NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 6

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

i ) JEWS TO FAST FOR PALESTINE FUND. VIENNA, Jan. 17.'—The central body "''of Austrian Zionist students lias decider ed to have one day of fasting to donate g- the saving effected to the Palestine foundation fund, in co CREW FLEES FROM BURNING o- SHIP. x ' RIO de JANEIRO, Jan. 18.—Twenty--13 one members of the, crew of the Nor!I! wegian bark, Ekelund, were landed to-' K day by the American steamer Delfina, which picked them up, January 7, after jy they had abandoned their ship, which r was on lire. , e- I ie ROOSEVELT MAY APPEAR ON ! NEW COIN. ! j r WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—A Roosevelt 2-cent piece is favored by the House Coinage Committee, which to-day re(j ported favorably a Senate Bill authorising the coin. The committee’s report said there was “genuine need” for a 2eent piece, and coinage of one would be “a fitting manner in which to honor the memory of a great American.’’ . ( IS THE SLUMP ENDING? THREE SOUTH WALES FACTORIES )( RESUME WORK, it LONDON, Jan. 11.—Two tinplate I. works, together with an extensive patent 1- fuel factory .in South Wales, restarted I- operations yesterday. Now that the r . first effects of the slump are over (tele1, graphs the Daily Chronicle correspone dent) a much more cheerful view is bei- ing taken of the position. d A MORE MORAL CINEMA. PARIS, Jan. 6.—A co-operative cinez matograpii enterprise lias been organised within the syndicate of professional 11 musicians of Paris, the plan boing to e operate cinemas in the capital and the ° provinces. The stock is issued at £4 per share. ” The purpose of the enterprise, according • to the musicians, is to make the cinema <! more moral, more educational, and more 1 ‘ amusing. BRITISH BARE NEW EGYPTIAN “AVENGER” PLOT.. q LONDON, Ja’n. 14.—The authorities >. in Egypt are said to have discovered d another conspiracy similar, to that of d the “Avengers’ Society,”’ an alleged e anti-British society, uncovered last fall, d says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch d from Cairo. In October last twentyfive members of the organisation were convicted of conspiracy by a court. Numerous assassinations and attempted murddrs were credited to this society. FOOD CONTROLLER’S POWER. LONDON, Jan. 19.—At the Cambridge assizes yesterday, action was c brought for non-delivery of potatoes, the y defence being that tile contract was void c by reason of the Food Controller’s order.. I Air Justice ltowatt remarked that, the s controller's orders was written in the s vilest English. Moreover, the controller '• claimed powers which were not possessed II even by the King of England or by anyt one else since England was England, he r said. o , . f FOUR DROWNED IN CLOUDBURST h DISASTER. c HONOLULU (H.T.), Jan. 17.—A s cloudburst to-day in the l’alolo valley, ! back of Honolulu, following unprecedent-1 '? ed rains of the past few weeks, caused' t damage estimated by city and county ' officials of £25,000. A few small houses ! in the suburbs of Honolulu were swept ‘ away. j 3 Four persons were drowned, according r to an unverified report. ■/ 1 Many bridges of the Oahu railway, were demolished. Rural highways were* blocked by debris. The Royal Grove district of Waikiki was flooded. , G CHE APER PETROL. I! FURTHER REDUCTION OF SEVENi PENCE, A GALLON. •' LONDON, Dec. 29.—There will be a a reduction of 7d a gallon in the price I of petrol on New Year’s Day. The 1 t present price is 4s it will then' be v 3s The Reduction will mean a savli ing of £23,009,000 a year to Great i Britain. The new system of motor r licenses, on the basis of £1 per horsef power, will come into , force the same , day. At 3s*sid petrol will still be more i than three times its pre-war price of Is , Id per gallon. , t £20,000,000 FORFEIT. I L ' SOVIET “AMBASSADOR’S” BOAST , • ON BEING EXPELLED. i; . NEW YORK, Doc. 27.—Ludwig Marl tens, the Bolshevist “Ambassador” in America, has received a cablegram from ! I the Soviet Commissary for Foreign Af- j I fairs, acknowledging Martens’ deporla- j ‘ lion from the United States and ordcr- ' ing the cancellation of all contracts with. ..] American firms. ’ 1 . Martens slates that the action of the.'l United States in deporting him will cost American business men more than £20,000,000, and will involve the cancelja-’ , lion of Vanderlip’s huge contracts with . Russia. I INDIA UNREST HEADS TOWARDS OPEN ANARCHY, * LONDON, . Jan. 8. Sir Michael ] O’Dwyer, until recently Governor of the 1 Punjab provinces of India, in an article j in the Globe to-day concerning unrest j in India, which has taken the form of Government boycotts, strikes and seditious utterances,, declares: “This much can bo stated with certainty—that the extremist novemont is heading straight for the disorganisation of trade and commerce, for the ruin of every British interest, and for anarchy and rebellion.” Sir Michael asserts that “the time for 1 toying with sedition in this vast empire | has long since passed,” and that if Eng- | land would retain India the law must be rigorously enforced. WOULD PUT SOCIAL FLUTTERERS TO WORK. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Members of Congress to-day received a uniquo , communication under a Brooklyn postmark from an association calling itself “the wives and mothers of industrial workers.” The “open letter,” which stales that it comes from “headquarters by the Jl cookstove and the cradle, with the washtub nearby,” frankly informs Congress that “legislative ■ beads should bo used for some purpose other than to support hats.” “Believing that the butterfly existence of the childless wifo should cease,” the letter then states “wo believe Congress, to protect the health of the mothers of the race, should compel wives under 60 years old who have no children to do housework threo days a week for wives who have children.” j NATIONAL SHRINE IN JAPAN DEDICATED. TOKIO, Jan. 17. —After six years’ labor and an expenditure estimated at £2,000,000, the national shrine to the lato Emperor Mutsuhito was opened yesterday with solemn Shinto ceremonies and amid impressivo manifestations of loyalty. For three days the populace of Tokio celebrated tlio occasion. Every street was decorated with bunting, and from the humblest door lanterns were displayed at night. The municipality gave a flower show and open-air performances and theatrical performances in Hibiya Park, but for the most part of the festivities were cooperatively organised by the citizens in different wards. At hundreds of central points stages had been erected where vaudeville shows '"'ere given, anil there were fireworks both night and day. Over 250,000 persons from . the country districts visited the city during the festival. ,! The shrine is a typical # Shinto building of plain wood and of the simplest possible construction. The opening ceremony was attended by over 2000 f" priests and officials, and lasted about ■ i llirco hours. 1