OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 2

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

SYDNEY. May 14..* A conference of Australian and New Zealand booksellers appointed Messrs H. C. South, New Zealand, and W. .Pyke. Victoria, delegates to approach the publishing houses in Great Britain to attempt to get better terms and conditions for booksellers in the Southern Hemisphere.. NEW YORIv. May 13 The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and his wife, the Princess Hermine. left Doom to-day for Saabor, Silesia, ostensibly to'spend a vacation with the Princess Hermine's children. A wireless report to this effect was broadcasted from Nauen and picked up by the “ New York World.” LONDON. May 13. The Irish Free State Government has issued a proclamation repeating the offer of a reward of £IO,OOO for thy apprehension and conviction of the men concerned in the Queenstown outrage last March. The proclamation now specifies that the wanted men are believed to be in the south of Ireland. TOKIO. May 13. The newspaper l *Yorod*;u ? ’ says; f ‘ The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is novr past history, while our relations with the United States and Russia are assuming a grave aspect. A FraneoJapanes© rapprochement at such A juncture is highly desirable.” The “lAsahi” says that FrancoJapaneee treaty oF guarantees nas done much in connection with safeguarding peace in the Fsr East. WASHINGTON. May 13. Various Congressional investigations, which are steadily going on. have revealed several interesting incidents of corruption. The committee of inquiry into the affairs of the Federal Shipping Board, learned that vessels which had cost millions were secretly disposed of- for one-twentieth of their value. The steamer City of Los Angeles, upon which 2,892,000 dollars had been spent to convert it into an oil-burner, wan sold for 100,000 dollars. It was appraised for the board by a r member of the firm which purchased it. The Daugherty Committee learned from a former agent of the prohibition enforcement service that efforts to bring influential violators of the Volstead law to justice had been frustrated. He cited various cases in which the guilty were permitted to gain their freedom upon payment of fines.