GENERAL CSBEESL

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17606, 10 January 1929, Page 2

GENERAL CSBEESL

CHANNEL TUNNEL. BRITISH ADVOCATES. <i\y Telegraph—Press A«n.—-Copjtlkm.l (AostnfQsn Press Assn,—Gutted SacnxxS ... i LONDON, January SL j A number of newspapers, including the Dally Express- and the Financial News, are urging the construction of the Ghannel tunneL They argue that there are no longer any military objections and that besides its economic advantages it will provide work for the unemployed, especially the miners.

THE DISTRESSED AREAB. LORD MAYOR’S FUND. RUGBY, Jan. 8. The Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of distress in the mining areas now exceeds £440,000. Many tons of clothing have also been contributed Local organisations are busily engaged attending to necessitous cases. The assistance given takes numerous forms. One example Is that in response to a special request from the Prime Minister, Mr Baldwin, certain advertising, printing, and paper firms have agreed to give a free display of 10,000 posters throughout the country, appealing for public help. This gift alone represents £IO,OOO. MALTESE DEADLOCK. SENATE’S POWER ABROGATED. LONDON, Jan. 8. The Malta correspondent of the British United Press Association says a joint committee of the Executive, by a majority of one, passed a bill depriving the Senate of financial control. This has ended the deadlock. The city to-day was packed with excited crowds of people. Labour supporters sang “ The Red Flag.” LOSS OF THE ITALIA. INQUIRY TO BE HELD. ROME, January 8. The Swedish aviator Captain Lundborg, who rescued General Nobile from the ice-pack in the Arctic and conveyed him safely to the supply ship Citla di Milano, has arrived in Home, lie will give evidence at tiie inquiry into the loss of the airship Italia. REPARATIONS PROBLEM. EXPERTS’ COMMISSION. PARIS, January 8. it is'estimated unofficially that the experts’ inquiry into the reparation problem will cost at least £20,000. The question has been raised, who is to pay this? LATE GRAND DUKE. BUOY LYING IN STATE. PARIS, January 8. The body of the late Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia now lies in the Russian Church at Cannes. The coffln is lined with white satin. The right hand of the dead Grand Duke holds a wooden cross from Mount Athos, and the left hand some Russian soil and stone from the mountains of the Caucasus, where he fought his last campaign. FRENCH POLITICS. MOMENTOUS DIVISION. PARIS, January 8. The French Parliament reassembled to-day. Prophets are now busy forecasting the result of the momentous division on the pending confidence vote. No one now believes the Government will be defeated. The only question Is whether the Premier, M. Poincare, will consider his majority sufficient. The Radicals have decided to vote against the Government. /DISTURBANCE IN JAPAN. ' , POLICE USE SABRES. TOKIO, Jan. 8. Serious agrarian rioting is reported from Gifu, where thousands of persons were involved in an attack on a city office. They were repulsed by the police with sabres . Thirty persons were injured and taken to hospital. BRITAIN'B UNEMPLOYED. INCREASE FOR THE YEAR. RUGBY, Jan. 8. The number of unemployed in Britain on December 31 was 1.520,700. This was 249,578 more than on December 17. Compared with a year ago the increase was 184,397. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, Jan. 9. In a billiards match at Glasgow Smith made a break of 1102 against Newman, whom he is leading by 7583. This is Smith’s ninth break of over 1000 in the present season, and the ,16th of his career. , Sporting Life declared it to be a world’s record. , v. A . CHICAGO, Jan. 9. Stung by taunts from all over the world that the city is the most lawless and crime-ridderl spot on the earth’s surface, Chicago announces a vigorous house-cleaning. There will be hundreds of deportations, because the great majority of the criminals operating in the city consist of aliens, who' make' a specialty of directing bootlegging. • VANCOUVER, Jan. 8. ; . Fifteen young, husky, dogs and. a Canadian driver will .sail, try the Niagara for Dunedin to jol nthe Byrd expedition in the Antarctic.