CABLE ITEMS

Inangahua Times, 26 October 1932, Page 3

CABLE ITEMS

(United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) WAGE CUTS IN LANCASHIRE Rugby October 24 The dispute in the spinning section of the cotton industry has been sett tied. A stoppage wss averted after 81 i- hours oi negotiations The terms provide a wages reduc ion of I/6j in the pound from October 31 . There is also to be a restoration of a a forty-eight hour week. Therm-, plovers proposed a reduc ion of 1 Sad, wh.ch Was the basis of Si ttlement in their tecent dispute with he weaving r sec inn New nrg, •' iations are being also undeitaken on the means of securing the m ximum output, A Conciliation Comm! tee *s to b° set up to include reprt sen tat' ves of both sides, also independent m-mbers, and an independent ch tirman The terms represent a compromise, and were achieved largely through the efforts I of Mr F. W. Leggett, Labour Min-1 istry Conciliation Officer. , The agreement, it is claimed, will j secure higher protection for the t m-* j ployers and lhaf. in consequerce, I there will be better wages for the« worker despite the wage cut, while the new Conciliation machine! y should | ensure an avoidance of further diss | putes. -

COMPOSER’S DEATH

London, October 24 “ I know I have got cancer. I would'rather die e trly than linger.’' was the note left by Howard Fisher, a composer of songs, including ‘ The Old Violin," He was found dead as a result of poisoning. The widow gave evidence that her husband had worried because his parents had died ot cancer. He twice previously had taken over*, doses of a drug which he used owing to sleeplessness Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the famous pathologist, gave evidence ihat a post mortem examination had revealed no sign of cancer.

DISARMAMENT U.S AND BRITAIN TO DISCUSS PROBLEM Rugby, Oc'obar 24 Mr Norman D-vis, United States delegate to the Disarmament Conference. who is now in London, visited the Prime Minister a f Chequ" ers during the week-end and is ex pected in the next few days to have an interview with the Prime Minister and Sir John Simon for a further exchange of views on disarmament problems. MISSING RESCUED Rugby, October 24 Three naval officers, Lieutenants Colin McMullen, Keyes and Blax land, who were reported on Saturday as missing in the Channel in the sixteen-foot “ Little Owl,” were res cued by s.s. Romanby,’’ a Hartlepool steamer, bound to Antwerp, where they were landed yesterday. When found, the officers were in an exhausted condition. FOUR'.POWER CONFERENCE Rugby, October 24 Sir John Simon, in reply to a Par* liamentary question, referred to the proposal which the British Government had made for a Four-Power Conference and to the objections raised by the German Government to the conference taking place in Geneva. He said that the British Government, however, did not intend to let the matter drop-