GENERAL CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 42, 20 January 1931, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES

MAN NEARLY BURJED ALIVE. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph. —Con vri ght.) BERLIN, Jan. 18. A man aged 23 was in a coffin ready for burial at the village of Constance, when he suddenly awoke from the coma. He was, too weak to cry out, but he heard his relatives discussing the funeral arrangements. By a superhuman effort he lifted the coffin lid and terrified his relatives.

RETIRING GOVERNOR. ST. JOHN (New Brunswick), Jan. 18. . The retiring Governor-General Viscount Lillingaon and Lady Wilhngdon have officially said good-bye to Canada. They are sailing by the Montglare for England. Mr Justice Duff, of the Supreme. Court of Canada, has been sworn in as Administrator of the Dominion pending the appointment of a new Gover-nor-General.

YACHT’S VOYAGE. MELBOURNE, Jan. 19. About 3000 people assembled on St. Hilda Pier to-day to see the yacht Oimara leaye on her voyage to New Zealand. The yacht was heavily laden with stores and provisions. The trip is expected to occupy a fortnight. CASINOS IN GERMANY. PARIS, Jan. 18, Germany is reported to have decided to compete with France by erecting palatial casinos at watering places. It is understood that Signor Mussolini also contemplates making San Remo an independent State like Monaco, permitting its deevlopment by foreign concessionaries into a large gambling resort. Foreigners may also be invited to build a casino at Venice to outshine evervthing on the Riviera. GAMBLING AELOAT. ; SYDNEY, Jan. 19. The manager of the gambling school which was discovered on a launch in the harbour was fined £3O. Two others were fined £2O and £lO, and 34 others were fined £1 each. AUSTRALIAN SHEEPSKINS.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 19. The Australian representative of a number of British fellmongers has received advice from them to the effect that they have decided to join the French fellmongers and ~ not purchase Australian sheepskins while the export duty remains in force.

HONOURED BY EX-KAISER. BERLIN, Jan. 19. The ex-Kaiser, ignoring the German constitution, which abolished all orders and forbids Germans accepting decorations, has conferred the Cross of the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern on a prominent Berlin solicitor, Herr Bloch, “as a token of my grateful recognition of his successful legal work and loyalty.” Herr Bloch won the ex-Kaiser’s libel suit last September.

PRODUCTION OF OIL. OSLO, Jan. 17. The estimated value of the Antarctic whaling catch for the season ending 1931 is £14,000,1100. The Norwegian companies are at present considering co-operation in order to relate the production of and demand for oil more closely to the possibility of a series of close seasons for various areas in turn.