GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1928, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

TipPING SYSTEM.. A SCANDAL IN PARIS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). ;7-.v ‘ V • ; * : - ' PARISj, Sept. 29. The. system of tipping is the subject of a Bill which M. Godarts has introduced in the Senate with the object of compelling alLthe .managements to distribute to. their employees the ten per cent, that is added to hills for service. Even on top of this ,charge, queues of. waiters line up to fleece the clients, who have 'now discovered that scarcely* any of tlie ten per cent, reaches the Staffs in many of the restaurants 'where casuals are enrolled without any wage, and live on what they obtain by , tips, some even paying to he taken on. A WAR SECRET. LUDENDORFPS FIT. LONDON, Sept. 29. .. .The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent reveals a carefully guarded war secret to the effect that General •Ludendorff, /on : t^ptepiher.f9tli;,?l^lß, trought'by.the..kkoiwieafee *oi the' militarydisaster approaching, had a fit at ;a- hotel at.; Spa.; ; Then /there wad an avalanche of words about the coming debacle. This was followed by a tele;phone message, rirom r Kaiser ..Wilhelm advising him : to appeal for an armistice.

;:;iV CENSOR? \ ' (Received this day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, Sept. 30. A controversy has arisen over the censor passing a play entitled “Eternal Flame,” introducing an unknown soldier producing the Vicar of Leamington before .coming to London. The last scene is at the graveside at Westminster Abbey. The author, Watson C. Mill, say's the characters kneel and ’ftedd an inscription; then in darkness ( and invisible s the choir, sings, -and; as the voices 'fade the figure of an unknown soldier with trench kit and steel helmet is seen standing near the ;hut;the r features .Jake- ’completely ghrpqded. Sir.lan HarHilMh,'Dutssefis, rand (others. ~d isappr ove., hut Hie' aiitlfor says the incident is treated with , deep reverence. The words put into the mouth of the unknown soldier had the -enthusiastic approval, ;of • tlie-iVicar of L. 1 o ii . • ’ Leamington.;:;*. ; * 7 > ,7 \<

PACIFIC CABLE. LONDON, Sept, 30. ■ ”'"The"P3clfi^ ! ’"'Soartl "report for the year ended March 31st. shows the traffic receipts decreased £80,017, entirely due to the beam service. The principal loss was on cheap traffic. The ordJntipy rtraffie iiot seriously affectSHIP PIRATED -IN CHINA SEA. •<;’-• :SEANGH& September 29.' Wirelessing ■Ray:,'' ■ the British, coaster Anking repprtsj that It was 'pirated jeii route from Singapore > toj 'Swatdw oil September ' S26th. ' The .chief; officer,* ’David TClifford. l Jones, and the chief engineer, Harry Thomson, were killed, and, 0. C. Plunkett Cole, the captain,, iwas seriously wounded. A> Chinese quartermaster was killed. Details are lacking.. - • •‘llie pirates are belived to have boarded the ship at Shanghai. WOOL SALES. LONDON, Sept. 28. At ‘the wool sales 9437 hales were offered, of which 3296 were Australian and 4179 New Zealand. A limited selection- of,-merinos;; chiefly "Western’ Australian; top marking sorts a moderoffering; greasy cross-bred slipes. .withdrawals than at the lasi ‘ .two nights. Prices unchanged. M. CLEMENC EAU AGING FAST. i, (Receiyed this day at 10 a.m.) V-J;.'. - v PARIS, September 29. ; “The Tiger, ■’’ -M. Clemenceau, a man of iron vigour, is showing, signs of his 87 years. He is getting thin and stooped . . ‘ Celebrating, his birthday at Venice, M. Clemencea made his usual pilgrimage to his future grave, which .ds a mere; yawning, -neglected hole, in which his father was-buried years ago. His father >• stipulated .that nobody should interefere.with the work of nature, so the grave is now fringed with a tangle of weeds. Nearby is an old fisherman’s hut, in which M. Clemenceau' spends his holidays, behind » ring of barbed wire erected to exclude tourists.

An American camera girl yesterday risked the entangle,mentSi, in >vhich she became hopelessly .mixed -up. Her cries brought M. Clemenceau, who feigned • anger, and said? ‘‘For your curiosity, you can stay there - until tomorrow,” However, lie soon sent his gardener to extricate the inquisitive American.

SEAPLANE TRAGEDY. PARIS, Sept. 30. An Italian naval seaplane,.returning from a search for the Italia crew in; the Arctic, encountered a storm while flying south "of Rhone, near Valence. The machine struck high tension electric cables and fell into the river. The rear cabin, floated and two mechanics were rescued, slightly injured. The

front cockpit sank and two officers ami as non com. are dead, either drowned or electrocuted. DESPICABLE HUSBAND LONDON, September 29. How a husband got rid of his wife for a payment of £127 for her fares and outfit, was recounted in the Marylebone Court, when Mrs Lily Barton sued her husband for maintenance. She was married in 1911, and her husband i.u 1925 was unemployed. She then agreed that lie should go to live with' his mother, whilst she went to Canada. 'She signed an agreement in which her husband contracted to pay her passage. She supported herself in Canada for fifteen months, and then ill. health necessitated her return to England. In the interim, her husband had inherited £60,000, He then threatened to shoot her and to tie up the money if she worried him.

The Magistrate, Mr Halkett, ruled that the deed was valid, and he dismissed tlie case, stating,; “Burton has a wife, whom he is liable to maintain. He gets rid of her for £l27—a cheap way,of getting rid of a wife 1 I have never seen anything equal to it.”