OVERNIGHT CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17535, 12 May 1925, Page 12

OVERNIGHT CABLES.

TOK VO. May II j Baron lanakn hns been apiooinlcd Japanese Ambassador to Aloscow. OTTAWA. Mav 10. Mr C. A. Dunning. In'bcral Premier, announces that, the General Flection for the province ..f Saskatchewan will take place on Itine 2. LONDON. May 10. Gaptain •Amundsen in a. wireless message from King's Bav, pays that a winter of intense cold prevails, and jee conditions are bad, therefore be has decided to postpone the polar flight until later m Alay, or the beginning of Juno. LONDON. Ala' 11 A representative of the "Daily Express’’ interviewed Air Austen Chamberlain regarding a secret memorandum. published in the "New York Herald.” on Empire defence, allegedly prepared for tlie British Cabinet. Air Chamberlain said he could not recognise the article. PARIS, May IT. The second ballot at- the Paris municipal elections confirmed tho previous movement to the I.eft The Communists gained three teats, J and the. Socialists ten. The Council is now formed a - lows:--Conservatives • -4 Right. Republicans . . 14 Left Republicans . . 23 Socialists . . - .2.1 Communists . . S WASHINGTON, Ala}- 11. German delegates ai the International Women's Council absented themselves from the annual Mothers’ Da? ceremonies at Arlington < nneterv. at which Ladv Aberdeen spoke for the attending foreign delegate? The Germans, later, explained that it would have been inappropriate for them to attend, in view <>f the presence of United States Navy and Army officers. They would have joined under other circumstances. LONDON, May 10. A Glasgow shopkeeper spent an anxious night owing to the fact that he sold a butcher a pound of salts of sorrel for preserving meat, instead of saltpetre. When the shopkeeper discovered Ins error, and realised that he had sold a deadly poison, he ran to the butcher's shop, but, found it closed. He returned at dawn and awaited tlie opening nf the place. He was, relieved to find that, none of the poisoned ■ meat, had been sold, though it had been laid out on the counter in readiness. LONDON, May 11 The Berlin correspondent of "The Times” says:‘‘On the eve of Marshal von FI in denburg’s entry into ofPi.cc he finds Berlin at loggerheads over the flag ques tion. The official notice states that the Republican flag must be flown, but the Nationalists are urging members not to be shy about flying th® black, red and gold emblemThe decision of the Republican Associations against participating in welcoming Marshal von Ilindenburg is regretted as enabling the Monarchists to practically dominate the occasion, thereby conveying an impression not strictly in accord with the true slate of Berlin feeling.” SYDNEY. May 11. The weather was fine throughout the dav, but everywhere, there, are signs of yesterday’s severe drenching. Flood waters in the lower suburban areas mostly have, drained off. The affected areas include the Warwick Farm and Rand wick racecourses. Considerable general damage has been done., chiefly in the shape of Mashaways and roof leakages. One advantage is that, the city water supply, which had been causing anx'ctv, is now assured for two- years. Country reports show that the damage is chiefly confined to the vnast •' and was lighter inland. Some. South i oast, falls ranged from twelve to twenty-one inchesAt Dalto many families were flooded out and some had to be rescued, while along the Nepean and Shoalhaven Riv ers wide areas of country were submerged. Crops suffered and a number of cattle were drowned. Traffic on the South Coast railway has been badly delayed by wash-