OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17527, 2 May 1925, Page 2

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

SYDNEY, May 1. The case against Jacob Jolinannsen, charged with counselling persons to strike, has been adjourned till Tuesday next. HALIFAX, April 30. Hie Red Star liner Zeeland reports that she received an S.O.S. from a ship in distress in latitude 44, longitude 04, but when she reached the spot she was unable to secure any nrressage from the distressed ship. LONDON, April 30. Tt was announced at the League of Nations Union meeting in London that Colonel David Davies, a member of the House of Commons had promised £6500 spread over six and a half years, to be devoted mainly to the work of the union in the dominions. LONDON, April 30. The “Daily Express” understands that the report of the Food Prices Commission, to he issued on Thursday, recommends, in addition to the Food Council proposal, that the operations of international trusts in wheat and meat should be delegated to the economic section of the League of Nations. BERLIN, April 30. Germany’s net budgetary surplus last year was 334,000.000 marks. The Finance Minister, Herr von Sc.hlieben, in his Budget speech in the Reichstag, estimated next year’s expenditure at 4,900.000.000 marks, and the revenue at 4,652,000,000. He proposed to increase the beer and tobacco excise to meet the deficit. . LONDON, April 30. | The Pacific Cable Board notify that i the contracts for the Vancouver-Fan-ning lsland-Fiji cable have been placed w ith the Telegraph Construction Company. Siemens are embodying a new invention conferring an unprecedented traffic-carrying capacity on cables. The contractors are building a special cable ship to carry a record w’eight. The work w ill be completed by August, 1926. SYDNEY, May 1. The Moeraki sailed at 4.15 p.m., six hours late. When the ship was due to sail at ten o’clock this morning it was discovered that the crew was-nine men short. These were afterwards found, and they agreed to rejoin the ship, but then the 1 entire stokehold * crew refused to take tho vessel to sea unless one of their number; who was imprisoned overnight for riotous behaviour, was brought out of gaol. The company then paid the man’s line and he rejoined the ship, which then sailed. IjjTEW YORK, April 30. Mr Orville Wright announces from Dayton, Ohio, that the original Wright aeroplane, invented by him and his brother Wilbur, and which made the first flight on December 17, 1903, will he sent to . “ The Times” Museum, South Kensington, England. He said no suitable home for the machine could be found in America, and this, along with the entreaties from friends in England, had led him to offer it to “ The Times ” Museum, where there is already an exhibit of historic experiments in aviation. SYDNEY, May 1. The Labour leader, Mr J. T. Lang, opened his election campaign at Auburn to-night, when he delivered a policy speech which was wirelessly broadcast. Ho said his party had no connection with the Communists who were being I definitely refused admission to the offiI cial Labour Party. He said Labour's future policy would be one of spirited enterprise and initiative. He would not promise the millenium, but if Labour was given another term it 'would be content to stand or fall on the accomplishment of its programme. The party would endeavour to increase the settlement of the land, and would not hesitate to raise the necessary money for that purpose even to the extent of settling twenty thousand new farmers and pastoralists. The Nationalist Government’s policy of giving preference to immigrants in land settlement would be abolished. Labour stood for placing Australians on an equal footing with immigrants. He then outlined a scheme for abolishing undue profits on primary produce and reducing taxation, and concluded an unimpressive speech which had little reference to a d finite poTTcy.