GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

COMPANY FRAUDS. i United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, Dec. 4. In the House of Commons, Mr Graham, answering a question, saicl that he would consider any practicable proposals to make impossible the fraudulent duplication and triplication of share issues. It was already an offence punishable with penal servitude under the Forgery Act. LORDS PASS PENSIONS BILL. LONDON, Dec. 4. In the House of Lords, the Widows’ and Orphans’ Old Age Pensions Bill was read the third time. SALE OF MILITARY DECORATIONS LONDON, Dec. 4. Rt. Hon Tom Shaw, in the House of Commons, answering a question, said he doubtedth e desirability of illegalising the sale of the A ictoria Cross, The Army Act forbade the sale, of decorations and medals to unauthorised persons. This did not prevent bona fide sales to collectors and similar purchasers. Mr Thurtle: Is not the man who earns a decoration entitled to do what he likes with it? There was no answer. COLONIAL GOVERNORS. SCIENTISTS SUGGESTED. "LONDON, Dec. 4. That the day will come when scientists should be chosen as Governors of the British Colonies, instead of distinguished soldiers, sailors and politicians, was a forecast made by Sir Richard Gregory, when presiding at the dinner of the Royal Empire Society in conjunction with the British Association for the Advancement of Science. COFFIN IN COURT. BOGUS MARQUIS TRAGEDY. VERSAILLES, Dec. 4. A sinister coffin, with a drain-pipe attachment, in which the bogus Marquis of Champaugcrt (as cabled on October 6th) was buried, was produced in court at the trial of his accomplice, Henri Boulogne, who was sentenced to three months, and bis associate, Felix Bachelet, was fined one hundred francs. KELLOGG PACT. MOSCOW, December 4. Italy has informed the Soviet of her adherence to the American Note regarding the Kellogg Pact.