GENERAL CABLES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 31 October 1922, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Umtetl I'ieen Awiocifttiouj LONDON, Oct. 28. The Tiiiies understands- that Mr JT. Da vies'. Mr Lloyd George's private secretary, has been appointed to a directorship of the Suez Canal, which has 'jt'i'ii \acam'lor two years. The appointment is in the gift of the Treasury. Police raiding a house in Scotch .How, Belfast, found a flogging machine and cat u' nine tails. The place was evidently the headquarters of a secretgang which is carrying out a vendetta against political opponents. The Hogging machine- was so arranged that when the straps were fastened to the victim he was 1 brought forward in a .stooping attitude for punishment. (.J. R. Sims's will was proved at £7ll.

Lord Birkenhead states that the action of the Bishop of Oxford in barring the Duke of Marlborough from attending the Diocesan conference is as unchristian as it is arrogant. Legally the action was gravely doubtful. 'I he War Office is giving temporary financial help to pensioners other than army men whose funds are locked up in McGregor's Bank, of which the assets are unlikely to realise more than six shillings in the £ upon deposits. Captain Bromley, eourtmartialled at Portsmouth in connection with, the Joss uf the Raleigh, pleaded that if tlia (oast had been correctly he would nave cleared the dangers. The Court reprimanded him and dismissed him his ship. Lloyds report a fire hi the. insulated hold "of the meat carrier of the Port Ilurdy, only launched nine days ago, belonging to the Commonwealth Dominion line. The lire has been extinguished, but the damage is considerable. •'"Pussyfoot" Johnson has issued a libel writ against the National Champion Press Syndicate respecting an article appearing in The National Champion, winch he alleges is a reflection on temperance principles. The articles referred to an incident aboard the Remuera on which Mr Johnson was a passenger following the collision. At billiards Smith reached 16,00 and Falkiner 11,456; Newman 16,000, Totv I ill 14,298. ' At Boston, Secretary for War Weeks, at a luncheon at the Roosevelt Club, declared that the United States wajs willing to join any industrial conference of European nations to put them, on their feet again. CHRISTTANIA, Oct. 28.

A syndicate with a share capital of i twenty million kroner is taking over (lie whole* of the wine trade of Norway, incliKimg existing stocks of wine valued mi 25 to 30 million kroner. 'GENEVA Oct. 28. Practical methods for calling a general European strike in the event of a t lu-eat of .war will be discussed at the meeting of the World Peace Conference a? Amsterdam on 15th December. 'JPnV v (inference is convened by Mr Thomas as V resident of International Trade Unions Federation.

MADEID, Oct. 28. Thirty thousand foot and hundred horsemen, forming three columns, supported by warships, captured five strategical positions. The Spanish generals hope this is the beginning of a decisive attack against Alhuzimas. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.

The Federal Court ruled against American ships in any territory wherever they may be. Thus they cannot carry liquor even in foreign • waters. BERLIN, Oct. 29., M. La in-net, French Ambassador, has resigned.