LATE CABLE NEWS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3073, 21 June 1923, Page 5

LATE CABLE NEWS

NORTH POLAR PLIGHT.

VENTURE ABANDONED

MESSAGE PROM AMUNDSEN.

(By Cable—Press Association)

LONDON. June IS

Captain Amundsen's brother, Leon, Who is visiting London, has received the following message from Captain Amundsen, who is in Alaska:—"Trial flight on May 11 was very unsatisfactory. Sorry am forced to abandon the proposed North Polar flight." REPARATIONS QUESTION BELGIAN REPLY AT ONCE PARIS, June 30. The Echo (\o Paris' Brussels correspondent says that M. Jasper does not intend to await the formation of a new ministry before sending replies to Lord Curzon and M. Poincarc on the reparations questions.

IRISH REBELS' PLANS DARING PROPOSALS BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO BE BLOWN UP LONDON, June 20. The Belfast Northern Whig says that Irish rebels, before the recent round-up in London, had carefully planned a scheme for blowing up Buckingham Palace. Women spies had made themselves conversant with every movement in the palace.

The Guard Police on duty were to be rushed at a given signal. Selected parties were to blow up the Thames bridges, others were to sot fire to the main railway stations.

BRITISH POLITICS OBSTRUCTION BY LABOURITES (By Cable —Press Association) (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. The House of Commons concluded the committee stage of the Finance Bill in the small hours of the morning. A section of Labourites made the later stages acrimonious by obstruction, raising innumerable points of order, and trying to place the Government in difficulties by first demanding divisions and then not insisting thereupon. Mr Butt's amendment, repealing provisions of the Finance Act, 1910, which made the transfer of land notifiable, was carried by 195 to 100. Mr .ToynsonHicks, though personally favouring the amendment, said the Government could not accept it, but the Prime Minister entered and removed the Government Whip, leaving supporters free to vote as they chose. Conservatives cheered the result of the division.

BODIES AT SEA ARE THEY FROM THE TREVESSA? (By Cable —Press Association) (Received 12 noon). PERTH, this day. Three bodies clad only in singlets were seen floating nine miles off land by fishermen near Bushclton. The police are patrol!ingthe coast, believing they may be from the Trevessa. MINERS' DISPUTE HOPEFUL FOP SETTLEMENT SYDNEY, this day. The miners' secretary states he is very hopeful that to-morrow's conference will result in settlement.