OVERSEA NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 139, 26 May 1928, Page 6

OVERSEA NEWS

CABLES IN BRIEF (“Argus.”) Gorman Cabinet i The Cabinet, after Dr. Marx interviewed von Hindenburg, decided to postpone resignation till June 12. on the eve of tne Reichstag reassembling. Safe-blowers Annoyed; Safe-blow-ers. after opening a safe at Wallace's factory. Leichhardt. N.S.W., and finding it empty set fire to the building, causing £6OOO worth of damage. This is the second case of the kind within a fortnight. The previous one was at Beard Bros.’ Wirefessly-controlled Ship: A feature of the naval exercises at Malta was the shelling of the old battleship Centurion, which was wirelessly controlled. It had been for several days attacked by shells of all weights and calibres, but without a man on board. She dodges, alters speed and course and puts up smoke screens. Petrol From Brown Coal: It was announced at the annua] meeting of the German Dyestuffs Corporation that the Inuiquification of brown coal exceeded the most sanguine expectations. A hundred thousand tons of petrol will have been produced by the end of the year, and it is expected that this total will be doubled in 1929. The corporation is now concentrating on the application of similar methods to hard coal.

Soviet Funds in Britain: Sir W. Joynson-Hicks. in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said he had hoped to give the result of the inquiries into the sources through vthich the Soviet financed propaganda in Britain, but owing to pressure he must ask for postponement. He was taking away a mass of papers on the subject to read in the holidays.

Tax Reduction in U.S.: Exceeding the Treasury’s latest “limit of safety” by 20,000.000 dollars, the House of Representatives and Senate conferees agreed upon a tax reduction of 223.495.000 dollars. A Bill will be offered to the Senate with a request that the action favouring the publication of tax returns bo rescinded.

U.S. Navy: Doubtp as to the attitude of the State Department towards the Naval Bill pending in the Senate in view of the optimism held out for the adoption of the multilateral treaty for the outlawry of war, were dispelled yesterday with an assertion by Mr Kellogg that there had been no change in policy, He thought that the building proi gramme provided by the House was a good one and should be passed by the Senate.

The Phosgene Gas Explosion; “The Times’ ” Berlin correspondent reports that experts have decided that the remaining stocks of phosgene will be destrovod hr caustic soda and ammonia. The Minister of Economic Affairs, at yesterday's Cabinet meeting stated that the ga s was not intended for military purposes. A departmental expert has gone *o Hamburg to conduct an inquiry into the actual origin of the gas. The Wilson Murder; The body of Mrs Wilson was taken to London for cremation. A four days’ inquiry at Le Touquet has yielded no clue though detectives from Paris joined the local ,po]ice. M. Leger.Comniissary of Police said that only an extraordinary chance will now lead to the discovery of the guilty party, who must reveal himself by some act of imprudence.