Round the World

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 89, 17 May 1929, Page 2

Round the World

VARI0US HAPPENINGS GABLE ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST, Gy Telegrapb-Press Association— Oopyrlshi Cotton Amalgamation. A schenie is ajiproacliing completion for tlio amalganiation of fiftoen Egypliciu cottnii spiiincra mills in 1 . a 11 casliire. Tlie nierger will bo the hecoiul iargc-t unit in that brauch of tho cotton industry. Riot Of Strikers. Fglv sccncs took place ab Bombay, wlien \i mob of strikers, cnroged afc the refusai of t lio employers to pay wageo, bcseiged the mills and attacked poliee and tronps with stoncs. Tlie poliee opencd Jiro and sctcral were woundcd. Child Wclfarc. Tlie great advamc that. has been made in tho care of infants in Britain was- rei'errcd to yesterday iu a speecli bcforo the National Federation of AVomen's lnsfit rites by tlie Health Minister, Air Nevillo Chamberlain. He said tliat tcn years ago tlie number of babios who died before reacbing the ago of 12 months was 130 out of every 1000. Fivo years ago it hnd fallen to 75 jier 1000, and last year it went dowu to 05. Aerial Cruise. Contrary to a Berlin report, tbe Frencli Governniciit. has antborised tbe Gfaf Zeppeliu to Hy over French territory, following aiqilication by tbe Gerlnan Embassy. Tlie conditions aro less restrictivo tban when tlie Higlit wa? made to Egvpt. Tlireo alternativo rout^s aro offered. and considerable latitude is allowed regarding time, as it is realiscd tbat tlio atmosplicrie conditions rendor it diffieult to adliere to a rigid time-table. Tlio vessel has left. Clash In Morocco. A new advanced post in the Upper Ziz rcgioii of Morocco. was attacked liy tliree hundred tribesmem Tlie French advanced tliither in April to couuternct tbe iiifluenco of an agitatov who was terrorising tlie district for a time. Every thing was quiet, but parties of tribesmen approached, preceded by a- white flag. it was believed they intended to offer tbeir ■submission. Rncldenlv tbev opcned fire. killing tliree and wounding nine. Tbey were quiekl.v driven back, losing fourteen killed. They were pursued by aeroplnnos. The sliarp rcverse decply impressed otlier tribes. Pcpe And Mussolini, The Pope. addressing ex-students from tlio College of Mondrngone, whoiu lio reccived in audienee, challenged the b'ascisti tliesis expounded by Siguor Mqssolini, that education ivas primarilv tlie duty of tlio State. He said it. lies firstlv' and nbove all with the Churcli and tbe parents. Referring to Signor Mussolini's doetrine. "AATe 1*1 11s t give youtli a seuse of the power and virility of conquest." the Pope declared. "AAThat would befall if all States lirought np their youth on ideas of conquest?" He added. "Tbe Churcli did not intend to forego its educational riglita."