MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 397, 11 August 1921, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Jl Jins boon announced that the Kobe striking shipyards’ workers have decided to resume work on condition that a preliminary compromise settlement, giving the workers a voice in the mechanical direction of the plants, shall bo made the basis of further discussions. Sir Ernest Siiaekleton intends interviewing eleven boy scouts aged between 17 and 19, who have been chosen by Sir Robert BiuLm-Powoll, with a view to_ timing one on the forthcoming; expedition to the Antarctic aboard the Quest. The Native. Martin, who was sentenced to death for (he murder of a 'policeman at Niue Island, lias had his sentence commuted to imprisonment for life. The Standard Oil Company announces a reduction in the crude oil price by twentylive cents por barrel, and petrol two cents' per gallon. Archbishop Hanna, of New York, has offered £IO9O for the recovery of Father lleslin, the kidnapped priest, the police have offered a similar amount. The Connless of Cathcart had sensational luck at Deauville casino in h ranee,_ She commenced to play at ten o’clock in the evening with 125 francs, and. left the table ,d midnight wilh 17,000 francs. Silver is cjnotod in Condon at 38£d per ounce. Mr Wallace, recent American Ambassador »t Paris, lost 690,000 francs at baccarat on the eve of his sailing for America, to a French Count who is well-known in turf circles. A general protest is being made in England against the proposed sale by auction of the historic field of Bimnyniede. The Vicar of Egh'i m threatens to duck the auctioneer in the river r J hatnes. All the British officers employed in Northern Persia have been disinsised wilh six months’ pay, and have left. Mr T. Wintringhain, member for Louth, died suddenly while sitting in the House of Commons reading room. Tiie London Daily Express’ Munich correspondent states that while Britain is still ■suffering from war-time liquor restrictions, Munich residents have joyously celebrated a return of the beer drinker’s status quo. A gigantic statue of Gargbrinns, the beer god, was erected in the principal hall, and cellars were connected with the mouth of (Ho statue, from which poured o continuous stream of boor of pre-war strength, which supplied hundreds free. Men, women anil children brought tankards, pots and puns, and drunk to the beer god, and participated in tiie dances. Charles Grand, a Londoner, and Bernard Brute, of Sydney, wore arrested in \enice on charges of thefi and cheating at cards. The police believe that both are wanted in England on a charge of the theft ol £25,090. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Captain Guest said that the original cost of the existing British airships and material was approximately £1,576,000, exclusive of the cost of accommodation. Their “scrap" value was small. Douglas Edgar, a well-known golfer, was killed at Atlanta, being struck by an automobile.