GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 15, 13 October 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS' WORKS. , , London, October 9.' ' New Zealand and Australian -artists v are well represented at the International , Society's exhibition in the Grosvonor Gallery-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. : AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS'' MAR- ■ ' i RIAGES. • , J Sydney, October 10. . Altogether 11,401 .Australian soldiers ; married in England. Nearly ftvo thousand of the marriages took place sroco the armistice. There aro still about nv# thousand waiting for passages to Australia—Press Assu. ' ..« ■ ENDOWMENT,OF CHILDREN. ( ; Sydney, October 10 ; ' • i In the Legislative Assembly 'the En- ; dowment of Children Dill was lead a . first time. —Press Assn. 1 -. PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED ! ■ •: STATES. Washington, October 10. The House of Representatives and the Senate have l.iotli agreed to tion' 1 Enforcement Bill,, and President Wilson's signature only is required to complete'it.-1 Wide authority is given to the States to suppress the iliquor tramc. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable A.ssn. DISCOVERIES OF POTASH AND SALT.. Vancouver, October' 10. ; . Large deposits of potash have been j found in Vancouver Island, capable of ■ making Canada independent of German supplies. Salt lakes which have beendiscovered in Alberts*arc believed to • contain salt in quantities equal to any ; salt-producing area in the ■ world.—Aus.- ;j N.Z. Cable-Assn. . ' PASTO'R OF CITY TEMPLE,RESIGNS. , i London, October 10. -Rev. Dr. •Joseph Fort Newton, pastor j of the City. Temple, is resigning; and returning to New York. He says ho is con- j vinced that an American proacher can- ' - not succeed in England. There lywloubt- j edly exists a, lack of understanding between British people and i Americans. i Better relations are vitally important.—. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Dr. Newton, of Texas, was appointed , pastor of tho City Temple in 1916.] . ' INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE.' ; Washington, Octobcr\lo. . j The capitalist group at the Industrial • Conference iecomm«nded that—trade unions should be made liable to publio authority and legally answerable for their, own conduct and that of tlieir agents.— j Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ' , BRITISHERS NOT ADMITTED TO . MEXICO. (Reo. October 12, 5.5 p.m.) ~ Now York, October 9. ; A dispatch from Moxico City announces ) that Mexican consuls have been instructed that it would bo unwise to. issue pass- / ports to British subjects desiring to <! enter Mexico—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn'.

DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA. . Cape Town, October 10. ■ A drought throughout tho Transvaal, the Free State, Cape Colony, and the Midlands is assuming the gravest aspect'. Stock is dying wholesale, and tho cro'pa are imperilled.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. . Melbourne, October .11. j The Senate and the Houso of 1 Representatives have passed tho Constitution Amondment Bills.—Press Assn. INCREASE IN PRICE OF BREAD. Sydney, October 11. Tho Price-fixing Commission has granted tho bakers an increaso of a farthing n loaf in tlio price of bread. Press Ash. THREATENED STRIKE OP STABLE LADS. (Rec. October 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 10. Tho • topic in racing circles is the threatened striko by stablo lads at Epsom and Newmarket, owing to tho Tra'ners' Federation refusing a conference regarding wages and grievances. Tho National Union of General Workers,- to whom tho Stablo Lads' Union is. affiliated, has prdofed a strike n week hence unless tho trainers modify their attitude.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo RUMANIAN REQUISITIONS IN . HUNGARY. (Rec. October 12, 5.5 p.m.) , Paris, October 10. The Supreme Council has decided to send an inter-Allied Commission to Hungary to make an inventory of Hie properly requisitioned by the Rumanians.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. PADEREWSKT RETURNING' TO WARSAW. (Rec. October 12, J. 1,5 p.m.) London, October 11. M. Padercwski (Premier of Poland) has left London for Wnis»sy iVUSr an interview with Mr. Lloyd George'.—Aus.N.Z, Cable Assn.