GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

U.S.A. ACCIDENTS. HEAVY -MORTALITY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) NEW YORK, May 25. The National Safety Council has announced that the proportion ol persons killed in automobile accidents during 11)28 in the United States was (5.3 per cent above the preceding year. While the total deaths from various accidents increased by 3.1 per cent to 0(5,000, no deaths due to railway or street car accidents arc recorded, which is a notable decrease. STATE OF INDIA. NOT VERGING ON REVOLUTION. DELHI, -May 25. A statement is issued on behalf ol tlie Indian Government which says:— There is no truth in the rumours as ta the movement of troops in northern India. Though revolutionary activities are occurring in India, the country is not on the verge of revolution, as is suggested in some quarters. No special precautions have been taken tor the protection of the \ iccroy or ol the Governors; FALL IN, WAGES. DENIED BY MINISTER. , LONDON, May 15. Sir A. Steel Maitland (Minister of Labour), in a letter to the press states: .Mr Ramsay .MacDonald is reported ,to have said that tho benefits of any fall in prices were lo@t to the workers to the extent that wages-have been falling while the cost of living has been falling, and that wages have fallen under Mi Baldwin’s Government by £27,500,000. These statements are untrue. 'The general level of wages has not fallen by comparison with the level of the wages, ruling under the labourites’ regime of 1024. The benefits of the fall in prices have not been lost to the workers. On the contrary, the rates of wages and the cost of-.livjng combined, have risen eight per cent since 1924, j which is equivalent to nineteen .pence in the pound. ;I- challenge Mr. MacDonald to refute; my . statements. STUDENT SHOT. FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL PREMIER. . KOVNO, -May 25. A: student named Vosylius,.has been found guilty ,bv a court martial on a charge®!’ being the author : of tho attempt to assassinate-Al. Yaulemaras (Premier of Lithuania) as cabled on .May 7th. He was summarily executed by a firing squad at dawn. ENGLISH MARTYRS. FO R-. C-VTHO.I I IC ’ FAITTT. ROME, Jviay 25. iiie Vatican has decided, during the present year, to beautify two hundred and fifty -of .the English .people who were martyred lor the Roman Catholic faith, .mostly.during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Jt w.iU.jhe the largest beautification ceremony m the history of the Roman Catholic Churclw,

RUSSIAN PRESS. CURT AIIVAI ENT TH ROUG H PAPER SHORTAGE. RIGA, A!ay 24. In view of there being an acute paper crisis, the Soviet forbids the newspapers to increase their circulation in the mornings after supplying their regular subscribers, and order tha' !.’"■*v must print only ten per -'••I. additeina! papers for the'retail purchasers, whilst in the . evening, papers mart v\'l be sold except in the town" i icy are published. Both morning and evening papers. must[ reduce their space to a minimum. WOMAN MINISTER*. LONDON, Alay 24. The Rev. AY. A. Constable and alsi Mrs. the Rev. AYilma Constable, have been appointed Joint .Pastors of tin* "Unitarian Church at Auckland, New Zealand. They have sailed on the Ormonde. In an interview, botn said they thought that women pastors exer vised an hiynanismg influence in the life of their church. They said they hoped to attract a’ University element in Auckland. Their joint ministry would enable one of them to follow the congregation to week-end oampin places. VATICAN STATE. NEW STAMP ISSUES; ROAIE, Alay 25. , The Vatican has prepared the first issue of the fifteen ATitican City stamps. They are of values irom v live centimes to twenty-five lire fifteen centimes; The smaller values bear a reproduction of. the Papal- tiara. The higher values have an effigy ol the Pontiff. ROME, Alay 25. The Italian Senate, by 315 votes to six, has ratified the Lateral! Treaty.