LATE CABLE NEWS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2424, 6 December 1930, Page 5

LATE CABLE NEWS

GOLD OUTPUT. CANADA'S RECORD. NEARLY EIGHT MILLIONS. Australian Press Assn—United Servfe* (Received 9.52 a.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 4. The value of the gold mined in Canada in 1929 was £7,972,200. This is the largest annual yield of the precious metal in the history of tlie Dominion, CRISIS IN FRANCE. GOVERNMENT RESIGNS. A DRAMATIC SCENE. I Australian and N.Z. Press Associations PARIS, Dee. 4> The Tardieu Government has resigned as a result of its defeat in the ate by 147 votes to 139. The division. followed an interpellation by the Opposition about general policy. There was an intensely dramatic debate in a crowded Chamber, tho;>e present including many fashionably-dress-ed women. SOLICITORS' FIDELITY PUND^ BILL PASSES ALL STAGES. SAFEGUARDING AUSTRALIAN/ SOLICITORS. Australian Press Assn—United Serbia** ; (Received 11 a.m.) BRISBANE. This Dajv ', The Bill to set up a fidelity fund t* cover defalcations of dishonest solicitors passed all stages in the Legislative Assembly. The measure was draftect by the Law Institute for the protection of investors' trust funds. Nobody will bo allowed to practise as a solicitor or" attorney unless he is a contributor So this fund. ~, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ? v _ ■ ~/> SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA. , | ' ' ' "-'/ THE ABOLITION BILL. . ■■- ■•■ Australian Press Assn—United Sarviees (Received 11 a.m.) a SYDNEY, This Day, There is no further development irt regard to the abolition of the Legislative Council, but it is reported that if the President of the Council refuses to send the 'Abolition BiE for, Boyai: absent, steps will be taken by the Government to have him removed frotxS ENDANGERING LIFE AN© HEALTH. .; THE PRINCE SPEAKS OUT' ' INDUSTRIAL HEALTH EDUCA^ TION. I ' ■ : __ :■ t -■ (Received 11.80 a m.) LONDON, Dee. 5. ? ' No man's occupation should endanger his life or health, said the Prince of Wales, when addressing an Industrial Health Education Society. He adder! that it was the duty of the employer to provide hygienic equipment for th» worker and observe the regulations of health in the industry. This meantgood output, good earning and contentment, but workers must earn dailr health just as they earned their dailybread. All risks with health should besavoided, said the Prince. ASTHMA SUFFERERS KILLED*. ASPHYXIATED BY FUMES. ZINC FACTORY MACHINE FAlLS(Received 11.30 aJn.) BRUSSELS, Dee. 5. Asthma sufferers living near a zinc' factory at Liege were asphyxiated lastnight. . ... It is believed a fojr interfered, with the working of the yolairtUsrfcr causing fumes to spread over the district. TRADE RETURNS. FIGURES FOR AUSTRALIA. CANBERRA, Dec. 4. A summary of Australia's trade shows that imports for'the first four months of the present financial yeardeclined almost 50 per cent, and thatthe trade balance moved from an adverse one in 1929 of almost £16,000,000 to a favourable one of £4,921,038. MINERS' DECISION. NATIONAL STRIKE REJECTED. LONDON, Dec. 4. The Miners' Conference rejected the proposal for a national strike by 230,000 Votes to 209,000. The position remains critical. A national ballot on the strike issue is now regarded as a strong possibility.