GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1938, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

DRUG IBAFFIC, | United Press Association—By JSlectttf Telegraph—Cops right). PARIS, March 9. :• A New York mdSf&r'Vufscovery that her schoolgirl daughter was receiving regular supplies of heroin from Paris, resulted in. the arrest of thirty-one members of a drug ring. EGPTIAN MILITARISTS. » 'CAIRO, March 9. . King Farouk has decreed the banning of associations of a military character. The green shirts and the blue shirts are being broken up, and the equipment confiscated. ’ THE MAORI CHOIR. LONDON, March 9After a request from Mr Jordan, the King is receiving £ne'Maori O&0, on March 30. EASIER DIVORCE IN CANADA ; OTTAWA; March 9. t : The Senate read a first time, a Bill to make the divorce law conform with the decree in Mr Herbert’s Bill in Britain, whereby only after three years of marriage, desertion an dinsanity can’ be jmade Additional grounds for divorce. BRITISH FLEET OIL RESERVE. RUGBY, March 9. Replying to a question in the Commons, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty stated that the .Admiralty was taking the necessary measures to accumulate an adequate reserve of oil fuel for the Fleet. Arrangements were being made to pro • vide protection against air attacks <>U the reserves of oil. In reply to another question, he stated that the tonnage of the two capital ships in the T 938 construction, programme was still under consideration. No further information had*been, received regarding the size of Japanese battleships, projected o» building. 4) ' , 1 1

HUNGARY’S NEW CABINET.

BUDAPEST,. March 10. M. Daranyi has re-c'onstr.ucted the Hungarian Cabinet, ..'taking ; ih. four new members, including M, Irnredy, President of the National Bank,; who will enter The Cabinet To carry out the defence loan. "

JAP SUPPORT FOR INDIA

TOKYO, March 9

The National Economic Conference) presided over by Baron Mannosuko Yamaoka, president of the Nippon University, unanimously passed a resolution in support of Indian independence, with the idea of striking at tin root of the evil disturbing the peace in the East.