GENERAL CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 60, 8 May 1924, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

BRITISH GO^ERVATfVES. Press Association —Copyright. Australian and :N'.Z. Cable Association. London, May 7. The Parliamentary correspondent of the Daily Telegraph understands that a meeting of Conservative loaders deed '(! that the time lias arrived for ;• more vigorous policy being taken up against the Government Laborites 1 challenge that their opponents dara not defeat theni because they do not want an election themselves. PREHISTORIC REPTILE. Capetown, May 6. Finds of outstanding scientific value of fossilised skeletons of the gigantic prehistoric amphibian reptile, dicynodon, were made in the Graffreinet district by a well-known German palaeontologist. Baron Friedrich von Heune, SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION. Capetown, May 6. Mr Roos, chairman of the Transvaal Nat onaliFst Party, speaking at Pretoria, advocated the builaing up of a defence force, including a trafcn ed army of 5000 men. Dr. Malan, leader of the Cape Nationalists, speaking at Parrow, said there could not be a republic Unless the people by referendum so decided. He asked what would happen after the first, five yoars. An agreement with the Labor Party prevented the raising of the question of a republic. He said: "We shall see." FATHER'S WISHES SET ASIDE. London, May 7. The House of Lords unanimously decided that an aunt is not entitled to demand the custody of her dead brother's children in order that,they may be brought up i.i the Catholic faith. A father, who was an Irish Catholic, left instructions in his will that his three girl:?, no.v aged 11. 7, and 5 respectively, be brought \tgr in the Roman faith, but the mother, after his dsath, reverted to Ulster Presbyterianism. When tlv> mother died the Protestant grandparents educat* ed the children. - i > • '(!/

The House of Lords decided that; though the father's wishes should'bo.' taken into account, considerations;! for the welfare of the children should prevail. I n th s case the eidr est girl had acquired: nettled convictions in favour of .Protestantism, and the younger' children should not) lie separated from tli© eldest. ■. ( ■

JAPANESE EXCLUSION. ~]

.. ; , Washington, May 6. Japanese exclusion, as provided in the Immigration Bill, will., become effective on July Ist of this year. Under the. agreement reached by the Senate and the House of Repr.e,-, seutatives at a conference on the. measure, two per cent, oi the census of 1890 was agreed as she quota basis to continue until July 1. 1927, when the so-called national origin method' will be employed, the total adriiit-' tames, however, being restricted ,to 150,000 annually. From that da'to persons born in independent cotintries of the western hemisphere will ho admissible upon' presentation 'of certificates without reference to any quota. Canada is considered an independent country wthia this provision ...:.

[ndicntions have boon given by White House that the agreement to make Japanese exclusion offeclf.ve on July 1 is unsatisfactory to President Ooolidge. SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S London, May 7The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, in view of the presence of overseas visitors, are arranging an Empire thanksgiving service, including a brief war commemoration, on the evening of June 18. SUICIDE OF EXECUTIONER. London, May 7. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express state* that Schwertz, the executioner, in succession to Spaethe, who committed suicide recently; also took his own life in a similar manner at Breslau after trying to relieve his poverty by exhibiting an axj on which were engraved the name of 123 victims. THE WORLD COURT. Washington, May 6. Senator Swatison (Democrat), Virginia, will introduce i n the Senate a resolution providing for American participation i„ the World Court, with reservations JIS recommended by Mr ('. E. Hughes (Secretary for State), the chief „f w -hich state s that such adhesion to the Court shall not be taken to involve legal relation on the part of the United States to the League of Nations or the assumption of a„ obligation by the United States under the covenant of the League. BRITISH STRIKE PREDICTED London, May 7. The Daily Herald (the Labor paper) says a national strike, affecting half a million building trade workers, appears inevitable. The operatives rejected the , employers' offer of ,},] an hour instead of 2d. as demanded, and voted for a strike, the date of which was fixed but not disclosed. LONG GAOL FOR BANDITS. New York. May 7. The girl bandit, Ccli x Coney,' one of the so-called bobbed-hair girl bandits, who was arrested last month, wa a sentenced with her husband to ten and twenty years' imprisonment respectively.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCES. j London, May (3. The Empire producers' organisation passed a resolution that it views with apprehension the Government's failure t 0 ratify the Economic; Conference resolutions, and regards with dismay the Government's proposals to reduce duties on certain products receiving preferences and with stabilising preferences at the pre-Budget money value, thereby checking enterprise in Empire development. The organisation points out that the Government's action will force the Dominions in search of markets to enter into long term commercial treaties with foreign countries regardless of Britain's interests, which action the Dominions have long striven to avoid in an endeavour to institute a common Empire economic policy. The organisation also emphasises that the Government's 'action "ill make difficult the task of finding settlement opportunities for Britain's surplus population. ALL-RED AVIATION ROUTE. London, May 7. Tli- Daly Chronicle states that, following upon the settlement of the airmen's strike, a new company is organising extensions of airlines which, link by link, w 11 result in All Red mail 'planes, goods 'planes and special wagonlits. travelling regularly between London and Australia. Giant 'planes ar e being built of metal throughout, with all the latest weight-saving devices. Meanwhile an expert survey of the airway to Sydney is being made, composed of eleven stations, viz.: Malta, Cairo, Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, North Borneo, New Guinea, Port Darwin and Sydney.

It is estimated the express service of 13,000 miles will occupy 13H hours. The plans include re-fuelling in mid-air by means of winged tankers, rising from the stations.