GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

GERMAN SHIP MISSING. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, Oct. 10. The German • four-master, Gustav. 138 days from Geelong, with wheat is missing since Sunday when high seas and mist prevented her entering Cork Harbour. COATS FORTUNE. LONDON, October 10. Mr Coats (cabled on 21st August) left .01,395,000 on which duty amounts to £409,000. He was the ninth member of the family to die a millionaire. HOLIDAY CLUB. LONDON, October 10. The White Star line has instituted a holiday club, enabling weekly and monthly instalments, for passages, which can be taken when the total cost is subscribed. > CABINET DECISION. LONDON, October 10. As was anticpated, to-day’s meeting of the Cabinet decided to publish the Anglo-French compromise proposals as early as possible. Government circles seem to think the comprehensiveness of the correspondence, tearing the entire course of negotiations will be sufficient to answer critcs. It is even suggested it will convincingly prove the earlier publication was impracticable, in view of the whole facts being unknown, and would have caused equally as much consternation as the piecemeal leakages have already done.

ARCTIC FINDINGS. VANCOUVER, October 10* Prince Rupert Stoll-McCracken expedition, which is searching sub-polar regions of Alaska and Siberia in the interests of tllp American Museum oi Natural History, has succeeded in obtaining the mummified remains of three adults and one child, who are believed to have ci'ossed from Asia to America thousand df years ago. They toured Wrangell Island area, finding unexpected birds arid animal life. MOTOR TRAGEDY. LONDON, Oct.. 11. \ tragedy followed the carnival at Shaftesbury, in Dorset. A motor van, in which five people were going home, overturned and burst into flames. The occupants were burned to death before anyone 'was able to reach the scene. A BRICKLAYER-IMPROVER. * , ! LONDON, Oct. 11.

J As the sequel to his "bricklaying r , hobby, exercised at Westerham, Mr Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) has agreed to join the Building Trades Union. Mr James Lane, the Mayor of Battersea, the local secretary of the Union, invited Mr Churchill to accept membership. Mr Lane pointed out that good workmen became members of tlie organisations with a view to keeping up the traditions of tlieir honouralble occupations, such as bricklaying. Mr Lane also pointed out: “Mr Ohurchiil is insufficiently competent to work as a fully-qualified bricklayer, but time will improve his craftsmanship, sirriilar to adult apprentices. I do not expect him to. spend to much time in training, in view of the duties of the Chancellorship.” Mr Lane recalled that Mr McKinley, the American President, became a Trades Unionist before he' could lay a foundation stone. ■ Mr Churchill’s entrance fee is five shillings, 'and his Union contribution is •ninepence weekly. He will receive twenty shillings weekly if he is called out on strike, and also a benefit if he becomes unemployed.

A WALKING RECORD. CAPETOWN, Oct. 11. Cook and Manson completed the first thousand miles of their walk to Cairo to-day, in thirty-three days, beating the record by five days. The country was sun-baked and made walking hard. They , had a wonderful reception along the route. - COCAINE TRIALS, LONDON, Oct. 12.

At the cocaine prosecutions, cabled on 4th October, at Old Bailey, Geroge Smith who was charged with receiving, was discharged. His :<on, Albert. inlso Morris, pleaded guilty of stealing. Morris was sent to Borstal for three years. Albert, is mentally deficient, and his sentence was postponed. A LIBEL ACTION. Parts, oct. n. Because a newspaper manager, the editor of which is the ex-Premier of Russia, Kerensky, published articles he considered libellous, Prince Yessiipoff brought an action in the Paris Correctional Court. Kerensky refused to divulge the author’s name and sought to appease Yussupoff hy inserting corrections, but the Prince insists on the case pioceeding.