OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17192, 8 November 1923, Page 11

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

LONDON. November 6. Mr S. M. Bruce will send a formal in* vitation to the Empire Press Union to hold its conference in Australia in 1225. 1 .ON DON , Novcmber 7. The Glasgow municipal elections resulted in practically no change. A feature of the polling was the overwhelming defeat of all twelve workers’ republican candidates. BERLIN, November G. A thousand silops were looted and badly damaged in yesterday's outbreak. The stolen goods include 15.000 pairs of boots. Arrests number 120. The city is now quiet. NEW YORK, November 6. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times” states that the State Department considers the situation in Germany so grave that pro parations are being made to extend voluntary aid to the German people in the coming winter, such as was extended to the Russians. "WARSAW, November 7. A general strike was called in sympathy with the railway men who have been on strike for some time, and it produced a. conflict between the strikers and the troops. Twenty-five persons were killed anti seventy-eight wounded. The strike, later, was called off. NEW YORK, November <». The “New York World” interprets the admission, on parole, of 1307 Britishers beyond the immigration quota, as proof that the United States immigration policy is being changed to curb the rush of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and to encourage Northern and Western Europeans It believes that a new quota is imminent, based on the census of IS9O, admitting more British and Teutonicsettlers, “ who slip into place among us.”

PERTH, November 7. A wireless message has been received from the steamer Tvoranna, on route from Melbourne to African ports, laden with grain, stating that a fire - -£ng in No. 3 hold, which is full Ihe vessel is in the Indian Ocean and is racing for Albany. It is surmised that the position must , ' serous as she is at least twentyiour Hours steam from port. I he Koranna is of 3585 tons register and is owned by the Ellerman and Bucknall Company.

, r , LONDON, November 6. -I he Empire Press Union proposed to establish wireless communication with Australia before the Conference dispersed. • *?J U - Ce ’ interviewed -on the subject, said it was his express intention to force matters to a definite conclusion, one way or the other. + u He ’, a J >purentl - v - has little hope that p he . £2 erence ? betw een the British Post Offiee and the Marconi Company can be bndged over. Nevertheless, he :s insistent that the imperative needs in regard to Empire wireless communication should not be sacrificed to a w Ua! ,U °( tbe existing nature. Mr .Massey also intends to bring the closest UP bet ° re ,he Conference

Tl LONDON. November 7. The .Daily Telegraph,' s in a strong editorial article, entitled “ Wireless Chain Muddle," declares that “if the Imperial Conference disperses without unequivocal assurances, it will commit a grave act of omission. The dominion .Kiime Ministers aro obvious)v entitled to express their views on the impasse between the British Post Office and the Marconi Company, since it is hindering all their efforts to liifk up the Empire. .“.ilIS? w «T e to speak frankly they would tell us that they had no faith in Post Office administration. It is not conducted on commercial lines, and the recommendations of Sir Evelyn Cecil's committee have been ignored. The Imperial Conference ought to inquire searchingiy into the cause of the present impasse. ’