GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 17 March 1926, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and tf.Z. Cable Association. DELHI, March 14. Attei the withdrawal ot the Swarajist members, a resolution condemning the Government of ■ India’s refusal io accelerate progress towards self-govern-ment, was defeated in the Calcutta As. sembiy by 47 to 31, and under the operation of'the guillotine, .various grants were passed.-. • DELHI, March 14. Tlie' new Maharajah of Indore will be installed next Thursday. OTTAWA, March 14.

Tho Hon. J, A. Robb, Minister of Finance, toid a delegation representing tho Retail Trade Bureau of Canada to-day, that the Government hoped to continue the income tax by a process of enlarging exemptions, particularly in favour of those who served overseas.

The delegation usked-that the present tax should bo abolished bn the grounds that it “is not only' confiscating the capital required to extend our industries, but it is frightening capital out of industry, and preventing new investments.”

LONDON, March 14. The Dublin correspondent of the “Times” says everybody assumes ■ that the Republican'Party as a political influence has ceased to exist. Mr do Valera will probably retire from teaching. . ■ Ho will retain the Chancellorship of the National University. - ... LONDON,:- March 14. The newspaper “Weekly .Despatch” reports that the nineteen year old Earl do Clifford was secretly married at a West End Registry office to Miss Dolly Merrick, daughter of ‘London’s Night Club queen. : Miss Dolly was .manageress of tho Manhattan Chib, in Piccadilly. LONDON, .March 1-1.

Two British'scliools, Shotley and Eastbourne, tied for first place in the competition for Lord Roberts’s and the Governor-General’s trophies ibr allround efficiency. ’ , >

The Hobart Naval College was third, the Winnipeg Cadets iourth, the New Plymouth Technical College fifth, Hilton College , (Natal) sixth, and Lawrence (Sanawar, .India) seventh. LONDON, March 14. The Independent Labour Party’s Empire Commission’s report urges the establishment of a,-world organisation of free people’s co-operation in the production and distribution of products, the British Government purchasing, the Dominion’ surplus, and all Governments owning ships. ' Tho report advocates that Ambassadors should replace High Commissioner-’, Britain sending Ambassadors to the Dominions.