OVERSEA NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 201, 8 August 1928, Page 6

OVERSEA NEWS

CABLES IN BRIEF (Argus.l Singapore Dock; People from all parts of Egypt flocked to Ismailia to watch the dock successfully enter the last stage of the journey through the Canal. The trip has so far been carried out without a hitch. Raditch Sinking; The Yugo-Slav Government has ordered Serbian regiments to Zagreb, where Raditch is rapidly sinking. His villa is guarded by gendarmes and a detachment of his own followers. The gravest developments are feared in the event of his death.

Dauntless Court-martial; Captain K. D. W. Macpherson, at the Dauntless court-martial, was dismissed from his ship and reprimanded. The court found that he had not checked the commander’s course. The defence was that he had every confidence in the commander and was fully justified in accepting the course set by such a capable officer.

Greek Royalists: M. Venizelos, interviewed, said that outwardly restoration of the monarchy was not before the electorate, but it loomed large in the background. If the Royalists were returned to power and attempted to bring back the King, Greece would again be plunged into civil war. He regarded it as certain that the Royalists would immediately hold a mock plebiscite, although they had twice refused a plebiscite proposed by the Republicans.

Film inquiry in India; The Indian cinema inquiry board, appointed to examine the censorship system and the question of encouraging the exhibition of Empire films, recommends no preferential treatment of British films in India. The proposals include financial aid to the producer in building more cinemas, a compulsory quota of Indian films, compulsory exhibition of educational films, a grant of scholarships to study the industry in foreign countries, and the creation of a Government cinema department and a central cinema board.

Pilgrims Delayed; The northern contingent of 129 legionaries missed the remembrance ceremonies in France as a result of a terrifying fog experienced in the Channel. The steamer Alsatin was compelled to anchor suddenly. Pilgrims were thrown sprawling from deck chairs in which they had been huddled all night, and women were hurled from bunks, owing to a collision with a timber boat. At daybreak it was discovered that there was a shortage of food and water. Emergency rations—bully beef and biscuits — were issued, together with the crew’s breakfast, which was freely offered, though insufficient to go round. The party reached Lille at night and visited the cenotaph before seeking their billets.