OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17190, 6 November 1923, Page 9 (Supplement)

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

SYDNEY, November 6 Work has been resumed at the Richmond Alain, northern fields, and the Metropolitan, a southern mine, which were rendered idle through the strike. LONDON, November 5. The Imperial Conference has begun to draft. a report of ite deliberations. There is every likelihood that the t onferenee will conclude on Friday. LONDON. November o. Among the wreaths placed on the coffin of the late Mr Bonar Law was one on behalf of the New Zealand j Government, inscribed. *' With deep j j svmpathy.” *'*■ WASHINGTON. November 5. Air Lloyd George has contracted to | write thirty or more articles, the first | three dealing with his impressions of America, for a New York syndicate. . The price is said to be one of the j largest sums per word ever paid. XKW YORK, November 6. , A message from Jacksonville. Florida. ; states that the British auxiliary ; schooner Louis F. was captured by pro hibition officers within the twelve-mile TTmit after a three hours’ chase. Liquor valued at 875,000d0l was con- ! ft seated and the crew arrested. NEW YORK. November 5. Between .100,000,000 and 7,500.000.000 -dollars have been lost by ! American investors through tlio collapse of the German mark. The “Tribune” states that. British . investors have lost about 500.000.000 dollars and other countries the same. The newspaper declares that Germany has not only repudiated her national debt, but is a gainer to the extent. that about, two million dollars of the loss includes the funds of thousands of small investors, many of them German-Americans. LONDON, November 6. The Countess of Warwick made her debut as a Labour candidate before a crowded audience at the Leamington Town Hall. The Countess wore a black satin, fur-trimmed frock, long diamond earrings. a hat of black panne, with jet ornaments, and black shoes with red heels. Tn a bright, animated speech the j candidate said she would like to divide the world into two classes. The upper would l>e composed of people who worked with hand and brain, the professional classes joining with the manual workers. The lower class would be composed of idlers, the people who did not add anything to the work of world. Many young mean leaving Oxford and Cambridge, site said, were joining the labour Party.