MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 125, 2 May 1925, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Canada will bo represented at theseventh annual session of the International Labour Conference at Geneva on May 19. according to Mr. Murdock, Minister of Labour.

Th© British brewers are holding the usual colonial wine and barley competitions on October 31st. Entries close on October 26.

After a 24 days’ debate, ending in an all-night session, tho Budget was passed in the Canadian House of Commons.

No change is recorded in tho position at Walsh Island dockyards. According to a statement by the general manager, tho dispute with the cranemen has reached a deadlock. Power is being supplied to th© plant by members of the staff.

It was announced at <4 League of Nations’ Union meeting in London that Colonel David Davies, a member of tho House oS Commons, had promised £6500, spread over 6} years, to bo devoted inainly to the work of tho Union in tho dominions. The “Daily Express’ understands that the report or tho Food Prices Commission, to lie issued on Thursday, recommends, in addition to the Food Council proposal, that the operations of international trusts in wheat and meat should be delegated to the economic section of tho League of NationsMr. Orville Wright announces, from Dayton, Ohio, that th© original Wright aeroplane, invented by him and his brother Wilbur, which mad© its first flight on December 17. 1903, will be sent to “'l'll© Times” museiyn, South Kensington, England. He said no suitable homo for the machine could b© found in America ami this, along with entreaties from friends in England, led him to offer it to “The Times” museum where there was already an exhibit of historic experiments in aviation. The Pacific Cable Board notifies that contracts lor tho Vancouver-Fanning Island-Fiji cable have been placed with the Telegraph Construction Company, embodying a new invention conferring an unprecedented traffic carrying capacity. Tho contractors arc building a special cable ship to carry a record weight, Tho work will be completed by August, 1926. A meeting of tho British and French War Graves Committee discussed the transfer of land titles of 79 British cemeteries, which tho communal authorities ar© refusing on the ground that overmuch land is being occupied, contending that the cemeteries should be concentrated. Tho French members agreed to do their utmost to induce the communes to accede. The New South Wales Labour leader. Mr Larg, opened his campaign at Auburn. Ho said his party had no connection with the Communists, who were being definitely refused admission to the official Labour party. Labour’s future policy would be one of spirited enterprise and initiative. He would not promise the millenium. but if Labour were given another term it would be content to stand or fall on the accomplishment of its programme. The party would endeavour to increase settlement oS the land and would not • hesitate to raise the necessary money! for that purpose, even to the extent of settling 20,000 new farmers and pastoralists. The Nationalist Government’s policy of giving preference to immigrants in land settlement would oe abolished. Labour stood for placing 1 Australians on an equal footing with j immigrants. He then outlined schemes for abolishing undue profits on primarv produce and reducing taxation and concluded an unimpressive speech which had little reference to definite policy.