CABLE NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

WORLD-WIDE! HAPPENINGS

The Daily Mail’s Rome correspondent says Mussolini is considering the resumption of the .excavations of the ancient city of Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii. There have been intermittent excavations since 1719, lilut with difficulty, the site being covered with solidified volcanic rock.—Sun. Sir William Orpen, R.A., writing in the Daily Mail, announces the discovery of a hitherto unknown Sargent portrait of a Spanish peasant, which lie purchased from a Bond street dealer for a considerable sum. He says: ‘ ‘The Mona Lisa is nothing compared with this masterpiece, it is Sargent’s greatest work, and is painted with the deepest feeling.” Sir William Orphen considers -it was painted in Spain. Only a stupendous offer would induce him to part with his purchase. —Sun. Announcing the erection of a. supplementary station at Dundee to ensure greater claiity cf trails-Atlantic telephoning, Mr Purves, Post Office Engineer-in-Chief, says he never claimed to guarantee secrecy, but special efforts were being made in that direction. Even on the beam' system such a wide “track” was required that the signals could easily be read. Regular users of telephony should use code words and phrases, but he hoped to devise -a means of cutting up words into fragmentsat the transmitting point and piecing them together at the receiving end, thus baffling interception en route. The Federal Government has announced the personnel of the indusgqp op Siiipa.ioo.ia uoipuSojop [in.ip United State’s. It numbers eight, consisting of an equal number of employers and employees’ representatives. They will be charged with making a thorough investigation of the methods employed in and the working conditions in the manufacturing industries of the United States and reporting thereon. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported the Naval Supply Bill to the Senate. The Bill provides for appropriations for the additional battle cruisers, increased personnel for the navy, and additional aeroplanes, thereby- overriding the wishes of President Coolidge and the Budget Bureau.