GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1940, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

N.Z. OFFICER’S ESCAPE. (United Press Association—By Electrlt Telegraph—Copyright;. LONDON, May 20. The New Zealand Trade Commissioner at Brussels, Mr George Clink-' nrd, lias reached London. He came : via Paris yesterday, after exciting experiences. He was aboard one ship at Ostcnd ; when the ship' was damaged by means , of a bomb. He said the passengers' were compelled to disembark, and leave their luggage aboard the bomb od vessel. : INDIAN SYMPATHY. BOMBAY, May 20. ; Nehru, one of the National Coni' gross leaders, declared that the launelii ihg of* the. civil disobedience campaign j when Britain was engaged in a life j and deatli struggle, would be action i derogatory to India’s honour. , AMERICAN PROTEST. MONTEVIDEO, May 17. It is announced that all of the 21 ! 6’ American Republics have agreed to i Uruguay’s proposal jointly to protest’ 1 \■ against the German invasion of Bel- - .giurh, Holland, and Luxembourg, s . ——— r 1 EGYPT’S WATCH FOR SPIES. , ; ALEXANDRIA, May 20., British and 'Egyptian authorities have assigned special police squads to t watcli all' persons suspected of espion- - age. i «--■ . j . AIRCRAFT OUTPUT IN U.S.A. WASHINGTON, May 20. •The Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Morgenthau, said that the United States was capable of producing two and a-half times the present output of planes. “Brit,” lie added, “the motor production is already at top capacity - 'witli our orders and the Allies’ orders:” f .. He' added that the aeroplane situar tiori would have been worse if the .Allies had not put sixty million dol--3 lars°' into plant expansion in the United'States. PARIS PAPERS—ONE SHEET, r ' —— - PARIS, May 'O. All of the Paris papers are to coni sisf of a single sheet only as from f to-morrow. t ! . GOEBBELL’S SHARES IN SOEZ ? ‘ -CANAL COMPANY. 3 ‘ 3- ■ LONDON, May 19. , , “The Times’s” Paris correspondent 3 'reveals that the French Government has c-onfisbated a' “nest-egg” from ) which Doctor Goebbcls had been l drawing dividends on a hundred Suez «'■- : Carial 'SbSFes, yylfic'lf - ; are vr T^of i th s oiretf severity thoiisaMd - sterling. He drew r the. dividends through a Luxembourg i bank. CAPE FEELING. PRETORIA, May 18. i “Neutrality is dead,” declared Gcnr eral Snuitsi in an address to the 1 United Party. “It proved a snare and ? a delusion for half a dozen countries. I do riot care where I fight, so long - as I ; aril against Gefiriany. We are > now preparing td participate in the I actual conflict. No doiibt South Africa will again do her duty and maintain her hondur untarnished.” LONDON ’TUBES. (Per British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 18. i The whole programme undertaken by tlie London Transport Board to make London tube railways safe from 1 tlie effect’s of air raids' has been completed with the installation of floodproof gates at a point between the 1 Bank Station and the London Bridge Station! To-morrow, tlie through service on this section of the northern line, whirih carries a million passengers weekly, will he resumed, after eight months interruption: In the interval ! passengers have had to change at tile Bank and London Bridge on to a special shuttle bus service. THE KAiSERi LONDON, May 18. ' The “Sunday Dispatch” says: The ,ex-Kaiser is reported to have concluded an agreement with Herr Hitter, under Which he will he permitted to return to Germany and live on one of his Prussian estates on condition that lie keeps out of politics, and makes no public appearance. A detachment of Herr Hitler’s bodyguards have been sent to mount a guard of honour at Doom for him. NEW BATTLE PLANES. BALTIMORE, May 19. Mi- Glenn Martin has announced that he has developed; with tlie aid of Allied experts, a formidable new combat plane, for which the Allies have contracted for the entire production for eighteen ■ months.' Details of tlie plane are withheld, but Mr Glenn Martin said he believed'it to he the most formidable battle plane in the' World. He would not estimate the number of planes that could be produced in the period, but indicated that the type was suitable for fast mass production. Aviation circles expressed the opinion that a mass order must mean a selfsealing petrol tank, armour for the pilot, arid heavy automatic weapons mounted in the secret British revolving turret which is to be incorporated.

CONTROL of prices. LONDON May 18. A commercial summary states more than effective control of tile commodity markets is expected now that leading producers uf rubber and tin have entered the Allied,camp. Cotton, which at present is beyond complete official jurisdiction, lias suffered heavily as the result of the closing of the Alexandria futures market in order to curb illegal speculation. Liverpool futures fell the full possible twenty points during the week. U.S.A. REQUEST. WASHINGTON. May 19. Mr Wallace, Secretary for Agriculture has asked the grain exchanges to peg the prices of grain futures at today’s closing levels (which are down sharply) for a week, on account of heavy liquidation. The request 'applied to wheat, maize, corn, oats and rve. It is emphasised this is merely a request. Mr Wallace has no authority to order it.