MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16426, 21 January 1919, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

(By Cable.—Press AeßOciation.—Copyright.) The police seized Sinn Fein revolvers and ammunition at Camden Town, London. Up to the present, 8047 officers and 145,776 British prisoners in Germany have been repatriated. Four Maori soldiers have been detained in connexion with a shooting Affair at Bluomsbury, London, in which a soldier and a woman were wounded- " Following tho railwaymen's example, it is reported .that there is a _ general movement among skilled unions in Great Britain to exclude non-unionists from their industries. General von Bissing's archives were discovered in Belgium) hidden in a cart tha't was being driven off towards Germany. These contained a plan for tho splitting of Belgium, and a list of the moneys stolen. There is every likelihood that Mr E. W. C. Kearney, an Australian engineer, will secure permission to construct a high-speed railway under the Thames to Woolwich, on linos he has invented. Several public authorities have already given their approval. A footman employed at Clarence House, London, admitted at Bow street Police Court, a charge of stealing jewels belonging to the Duke of Connaught, valued at £60,000. He said: i "It is no use boating about the bush. Princess Patricia handed me the box. I opened it and took the jewellery." He was remtinded. The Australia Day celebrations, lasting three days, will commence in London on January 2oth. The Australian Natives' Association will hold a corroborree. The Duke of Connaught and General Monash will deliver addresses, followed by a concert and bal.' on January 27th. The Australian and New Zealand Club will ontertain Viscount Jellicoe at luncheon, and other celebrations will include an Australian Y.M.C.A. concert. A deputation of manufacturers to the President of the Board of Trade protested against the removal of the restriction on the importation of foreign goods. Otherwise, they said, it would be neccssary to discharge the women workers. Sir Albort Stanley promised to restore the restrictions in March, and said that no others would be removed. Everything must be done to give proper employment to demobilised men. The Home Office has issued a memorandum showing the grounds on which enemv aliens were exempted from internment'and repatriation These include long residence in the United Kingdom, and having a British-born 1 wife and children. They were also ox--1 empt if a eon or grandson was serving in the Armv. "Women were exempted i by reason of long residenco in Britain, on .riving proof that they had no connexron with Germany, or owing to incapacity, okl age, or ill-health. A PaAs message says that four Australian soldiers, including a negro, entered a cafe near Montreuil and called for drinks. The negro conversed with the landlord and then covered him with a revolver while his companions cleared lv,„ +.11 Gendarmes ana ponce agents were soon on their tracks. The soldiers turned their revolvers against their pursuers, and a fierce bout encued- Ore of the Australians received a shot through the lung and another foil owing to a shot in the arm. others bolted, but were finally cap--1 military authorities.