GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(2y Telegraph—Per Press Association^

LORD DERBY SELLS PROPERTY

LONDON; Nov. 19; Lord Derby lias sold a great part, of bis Lancashire property, comprising ground and rents of 2)2.000 houses, including practically tho whole to" n of Bodtie. The purchaser is Phillip Hill, associated with the Beociiam estates, and other companies. The price is approximated at £175,000. SULTAN’S FUNERAL. FEZ, Nov. 19. Crowds kneeling in tbe tortuous streets of the city, chanting, rendered the Sultan’s funeral picturesque. Crowds surrounded thr- Palace, which was guarded by troops all night, while inside, three brothers squatted in eastern fashion around the liodv, now and again prostrating themselves with arms outstretched and chins touching the marble floor.

When the French Resident-General arrived, the Moroccan National Anthem was played. Viziers, sheikhs, kaids, and arabs of all stations in life prostrated themselves in a touching gesture of grief as the body, wrapped in fine wool and covered with a richly embroiderd shroud, was carried on a yellow stretcher over which was a sort of cover draped like a Moorish mausoleum. When the centre of the courtyard was reached, the body was removed from the stretcher to the ground and the troops marched past. The body was then carried, while the Palace servants chanted prayers to the Mosque of Millay Abdulla, into which onlv Moslems are admitted. FEZ, Nov. IS. Moulay Mohammedan, the late Multan’s 14-year old son, is proclaimed successor

JOFFE DEAD. LONDON, Nov. 18

Moscow reports state that the Soviet diplomat, Joffe, who negotiated tho treaty of Brest-Litovski in 1917, has committed suicide. He suffered from an incurable disease of the nerves, which is believed to have been aggravated as the result of Trotskv’s downfall.

Joffe, after reel ring fame for negotiating the Brest-Litovsk treaty, was generally tipped as the Soviet ambassador to Britain, which he visited with the Soviet delegation in 1924; after which lie was obsessed with the idea that Britain was on the verge of collapse. A pet theme of his speeches in Russia, was the sunset of the British Empire. BYE-ELECTION. LONDON, Nov' 19. Southend bye-election resulted : Lady Iveagli (Conservative) ... 21,221 Douglas Weston (Liberal) ... 11,912 J. Harper (Labour) .[ 777 E. Hailwood (Independent) ... 917 LONDON, Nov. 19. Obituary.— Earl Cathcart. A TRAGIC SHIPWRECK. . LONDON, Nov. 18. How ’a lifeboat from Moolfre. Anglesey, saved a ketch’s* crew in the height of the terrible gales of October 28, by descending 011 to the ketch’s deck, is revealed in connection " 'tli the award of the Lifeboat Institution’s gold medal to Coxswain Jones and Second Coxswain Roberts, and bronze medals to the remainder of the crew. The lifeboat found the ketch sinking and swept by the seas in the black of night, and being unable to approach it. Jones and Roberts decided on the desperate risk of sailing over the wreck. They waited for a big sea, which hurled them over the deck. They bumped, dragged in the ketch’s crew, and wero swept off by the next wave. They were stove-ill in three places, but the air eases kept the lioat afloat, and the crew fought the storm throughout the night, finally reaching shelter. Meanwhile, one of the ketch’s crew died from injuries, and one of the lifeboat crew died from exposure. Jones held the tiller throughout 11 fifteen hours’ battle, and was blind for several hours afterwards, owing to the strain.

RADIO COMPETITION. LONDON, Nov. 19,

The “Daily News” expects the appointment of a Royal Commission to consider the cooperation of Stateowned wireless systems with competing cable companies. This arises out of Canada’s Pacific Cable Board’s representations to Britain. The Board’s affairs are understood to he causing concern to four Govern merits interested. It is stated that if the heavy losses due to beam competition continue, the Governments may he compelled to defray a substantial deficit at the end of the year.

“SEX APPEAL.” LONDON, Nov. 19,

Increasing attention is being paid bv the intellectuals of Britain, to the possibilities of films.

Mr Bernard Shaw at the Trade Show said that exhibitors were obsessed with what they called sex appeal. Where was the sex appeal about Dean Inge, yet crowds went to St. Paul’s to hear him preach and crowds listened to lectures and political speeches. Where was the sex appeal about Charlie Chaplin or Mary Pickford yet some was often injected into their films, usually towards the end. In spite of my age, I would not be averse to kissing Mary Pickford, hut I find it extremely tantalizing to see another man kissing her. Mr Bernard Shaw stressed the need for greater variety, and commended British films of nature studies, now shown for the first time.

PREPARATORY (DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. GENEVA, Nov. 18. Litvinoff and Admiral Behrens, head of the Soviet delegation, consisting ot eleven .persons, to the Preparatory Disarmament Committee meeting, have arrived. LABOR corporation. LONDON, Nov. 19. Sheffield’s Labour-controlled Corporation. with a view to improving education in elementary schools has adopted a new curriculum for children front the ages of eleven to fifteen, nearly to the matriculation standard, including mathematics, languages, science avrd literature.

TRADE UNION STATISTICS. GENEVA Nov. 19. The International Labour Bureau has completed statistics showing there are 37.(XX).000 trade unionists in the world. LONDON, Nov. 19. Official figures showed a decline in trade union membership in Britain. In 1920 it was 289.000 compared with 1925. The principal decreases are in the mining and transport industries.