GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

A PROPOSED ALLIANCE. (United Presß Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) PARIS, October 1. Simultaneous with M. Painleve’s announcement expecting £24,000,000 for defences of the Franco-German frontier, the Industrialist, Arnold (Reichsberg, the leading advocate of the Franco-German re-apjjroachmont, published in Berlin details of the propoesd alliance, which M. .Poincoir unofficially rejected in 1928. The plan provides for a military accord giving Franco ’half a million and Germany three hundred thousand troops foi the joint defence of the frontiers in which Belgium will be welcome to participate, each to go to the other s aid if attacked, evacuations of German territory by Poland, return of Danzig to Germany, Danzig being treated as a free port, the question of war responsibility wiped out, the discordant clauses of the V ersaillcs Treaty annulled, and France is not to oppose the Austro-German reunion. M. Poincare says the plan will never be taken seriously. LEAKING PETROL FUMES. EIGHT MEN OVERCOME. SYDNEY, October 3. Eight men were overcome by fumes -from leaking petrol tins being unloaded from the motor ship Bland.' Two were sent to the hospital in a serious condition and six others were treated aboard the ship. After the men were rescued from the hold, in which they were working, all work was suspended on the ship. ,It is thought, bad weather on the voyage from Colombo damaged the tins and caused leakage. N.Z. LOAN CONVERSION. UNDER-SUBSCRIBED. LONDON, October 2. The “Financial News” states; The result of the New Zealand conversion loan is not yet definitely known, but the underwriters are expecting to be left with from forty to fifty per cent of the amount. SPEED’ BOATS FOR WARFARE. LONDON, Oct. 2. The Daily Express understands that the Admiralty is studying speed boats, and especially Sir H. Segrave’s ‘.‘Miss England,” with a view to applying the principle to light war craft. AUSTRIAN ELECTORAL REFORM. VIENNA, Oct. 2. The new Austrian Cabinet has selected a small Ministerial Committee headed by Premier Schober, to prepare a draft of constitutional electoral reform at the earliest- possible date. MONARCHIST MOVE. ' , ■ . BERLIN, Oct. 2. A 'Nationalist Monarchist move for a - plebiscite in Germany against the Young Reparation Plan has begun, but it is not expected to survive the first stage of obtaining the necessary four million signatures to the request. COLD STORAGE. SURVEY OF SYSTEM. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, October 2. Doctors Griffiths and Vickery and Mr Haddow are going to New Zealand on the Rangitikei for a survey of the gold storage of mutton and lamb from New Zealand slaughter houses to the docks in England. Australia and New Zealand workers are joining them on the return journey to study humidity and air movement in the holds and will thereafter remain in England for some months to inquire into the food investigation methods at Cambridge and elsewhere. The work is expected to have a bearing on the problem of transport of chilled meat from Australia. '