TO-DAY'S CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 99, 31 August 1923, Page 6

TO-DAY'S CABLES

r In \ Press Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Receivd 11.25 a.m.) Paris, August 30. . Advices from Germany state that the ceremony at Nuremberg on 2nd September, celebrating the capitulation of! Sedan, will be separatist in character. In Munich it is thought that Bavaria will declare its independence on that day. According to an official return, 140,000 French war widows have remarried, exclusive of 1728 who married foreigners. ..

It is confidently that ! a meeting of Premiers will bo held early in September. Authoritative French opinion points out that the amount necessary for Belgium's priority claims, England's, fourteen milliard gold marks, Franco's twenty-six milliards, and the sums due to the other Allies, total fifty milliards, which is exactly that of the A and B bonds. It is admitted the future of the C bonds depends upon the settlement of inter-Allied debts, which in turn depend on the United States, which refuses to make a pronouncement at present. This part of the problem k therefore postponed. Meanwhile, it is desirable that the European Allies should agree to a common programme in France and Belgium. Le Journal's Geneva correspondent says a rumour is current that if Germany's request for admission to the League of Nations ha s not reached the Secretariat to-morrow, one of the delegations probably, South Africa, will point out the importance of securing Germany's admission.., . :.. London, August 30.

The Aeronautical Research Committee reports that if the country desires to make up for its lack of quantity in aeroplanes by quality, larger sums must be allocated to air research. In view.of the smallness of the Air Force, the importance of research cannot be overestimated. The funds devoted to keeping up a> highly trained technical staff would bring better returns than occasional large sums offered as prize money. Much full-scale model work was being done in connection with the stability of aeroplanes. The committee does) not see its way *° 6X .~ periment with gliders, but are experimenting with gliders with small engines. It declares tnat engine stoppages are most frequently the cause of accidents, anil' the minimisation of them i 8 imperative. , London, August 30,

r ' air James Allen states that New Zealand's pavilion at the Exhibition is. going forward expeditously. Messrs Forsyth and Fraser, tlie representatives" of the New Zealand Producers' Board, have made by which the restaurant v.iJl be placed iii a front position in the building, whe» it will be more likely to prove a. success, than if placed at the back of the building, which the Exhibition authorities originally suggested. Mr Bawnsley has handed Sir James Allen the original addresses presented to Lady Franklin by the citizens of Wellington in 1841. The document is being sent to the General Assembly library. Vienna, August 30. Signor Marava, secretary to the Fascilb Party) at Trieste, who is a personal friend of Signor Mussolini, has been murdered in. vengeance by an Italian named Sollaroli. •Brisbane, August SI. The silver lead discovery mad© at Ohillagoe promise* to be one of the most important in Australia. The manager of the Ohillagoe smelters says the out-crop ia approximately three-quarters of a mile in length, and .information at hand induces him to believe it may prove a second Broken Hall.