GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 48, 20 November 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

MOTOR SHOW IN LONDON. London, November IG. The first Motor Show lield at Olympia since the war besran was ohenomenally successful. Tliore were 285,837 visitors, who paid over ,£(0,000 for admission in eipht days. Cars wero ordered to the valuo of many millions; but. moat manufacturers will bo unable to dolivcr before 1921, bavin? long lists of prior orders.— Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. A TRANSPORT DE LUXE. London, November 17. Tho Port Macquarie 6ailed to-day, taldnff five hundred wives and families of soldiers. Tho vessel is comfortably equipped, and has playrooms for tho children, and a. social saloon for tho women.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN"CRICKETERS. Cape Town, November 18. Transvaal in the second innings made 173 (Zulch !>5). Docker took fivo wickets for 20; Tho Australians won iby an innings—Router. THE SPANISH BUDGET. Madrid, November 17. The Spanish Budget for next year totals Marly a hundred milions, and largo inoreßses in taxation are proposed.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. DESCENDANT OP CONFUCIUS DEAD. New York, November 17. The Peking correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that Duke lumpr, the seventy-fourth lineal descendant of Confucius, is dead. The President has awarded a thousand dollars for the funeral expense.?.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GOOD RAINS 'fFNEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, November 19. Further good rains have fallen in tho coastal aroos —Press Assn. (Rec. November I—9, .11.30 p.m.) Sydney, November 19. Intercessory prayers werp held in the churches to-day for Tain.—Press Assn.

BOWLING- TEAM TO TOUR NEW ZEALAND. A bowling team to tour New Zealand w-'ill leave in tho middle of JanuaryPress Aesn. PRINTERS' W-\GTCS IN SOUTH • AFRICA. Cape Town. November 18. The Newspaper Press Union and tho Typographical Union have reached an agreement on the question of wages and hours, and a National Industrial Council has been established for the settlement of disputes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Cano Town. November 18. Tho South African Olympic Games Committee has derided that South Africa shall compete in the Olympic Games at Antwerp next year.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

TRAMWAY THROUGH FAMOUS HYDE PABIC. London, November IG. The Board of Public "Works is opposing a proposal of tho London County Council to build a tramway through Hvdo Park, to link up the terminals of tho Vauxlin,ll Bridge ftoad and' Edgowaro Road. The proposal ia part of a schemo for extensions of tho London tramways at a post of .£200,000, for which Parliamentary sanction ia being awaited.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION. London, November 16. Tho lease of tho Aldwycli site -provido* flint t'io Bush Company shall spend .£750,000 on tho building.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Tho Bush Company offered ilie London County Council a rental of JK>S,OOO yearlv forn ninety-nine years' lense of tho Aldwycli fjito. adjoining Australia Tlouse, and this was accepted. The company intends to establish a permanent exhibition of poods manufactured in Britain and tho Dominions, besides a commercial intelligence bureau and a buyers' club. The company has .£2,000,000 available for building.]

PETROL PRICES. (Rec. Novomber 1!), 11.30 p.m.) London, Novembor Ifi. Petrol prices aro unchanged.—Aug.-N.Z, Cable Agsju