GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 216, 10 August 1940, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

Leading Zionist’s Death. The Lord Privy Seal (Air Attlee), the Secretary of State for India (Mr Amerv). Air Lloyd George, Lord Snell, Air P. J. Noel Baker, Air T. Williams and about 40 other members of Parliament of all parties have paid a tribute to Air V. Jabotinsky, president of the World New Zionist Organisation, who died suddenly in America a few days ago.—British Official Wireless. Italian Explosion. .

In connection with the fatal explosion in the powder factory at Piazenza (Italy), a later message says the building housing the shell loading department was almost destroyed. Nearby barracks were heavily damaged and the windows of many houses throughout the city were shattered. Insurance of Troops. A plan to insure each of a thousand members of the fighting forces ior £2OO, the annual premiums to be paid by voluntary public subscription, is announced by tlie Premier (Air A. Mail'), states a Sydney report. Commending the scheme to tho public, Mr Main said he would accept the liability ior the premiums on five policies. Duke’s Plans. Bermuda reports that the Duke of Windsor said lie and the Duchess would visit the United States “soon.” He gave no indication when he was going to Nassau (capital of the Bahamas, of utter the freighter had been ordered to Murmansk. Ship Seized.. At Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) marines occupied the Lithuanian freighter Cultvaria, under United States charter, which had been ordered to Murmansk. Pacific Air Base.

The United States Navy’is planning the largest naval aviation base in the Hawaiian area—a 2700-acre airport on Oahu Island to supplement the l<ord Island field at Pearl Harbour. Factory Tragedy. Seven were killed and nine injured when an extension to a large factory in a north-western town of England collapsed. A military guard was posted around the Factory. Ban on Strikes. Ulster has banned strikes and lockouts tor tho duration of the war and is establishing a .three-man Arbitration Tribunal for the settlement of disputes, including representatives of the employers and workers.

Aerial Tour. Tho American newspapermen left Los Angeles by clipper to-day and will arrive at Auckland on August 15 and Sydney on the 18th. Thence they go to Sourabaya, Singapore, and Hong Tvong. and will arrive back in San Francisco on September 9.