GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 79, 29 December 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

A.HL'KiCAN LINER SAILS FOR GERMANY. New York, December 21. I'lic Manchuria lias sailed for HamShe is tlio first liner to leave nn American port for Germany in a regular passenger service since tlio war.—Aus.N.Z Cable Assn. WAR-TIME RESTRICTIONS ABOLISHED. Montreal, December 21. Tlio Government has proclaimed the abrogation of the War-time Restrictions Act, which i'orbado (he use of alcoholic liquors and racing. The Government has also ordered the release of all military offenders in Canada— Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. THEFTS AT LONDON DOCKS. London, December 22. The "Daily Chronicle" elates that there ha,;. been enormous increase in thefts at the London Docks, especially of wines and spirits. There have been "I2CO convictions in 1919, and the ]»lice gay that only ono in a <lozen of tlio offenders is caught.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. MEMORIALS TO SIR .GEORGE REID '• London, December 21. A committee, including Lord Sydenham (a former Governor of Victoria), Lbrd Hlyth, Mr. A. Fisher (Ilidi Commissioner for Australia), and Sir Thomas Mackenzie (New Zealand High Commissioner) is appealing for public subscriptions to a memorial fori the late Sir George Eeid's grave, and also for the erection of tablets in St. Margaret's and St. Columbus's Churchcs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FUSION OF BANKS. London, December 22. Cnutts ami Co., founded in 1600, one of tho 'oldest private banks, lias arranged a fusion with the National, Provincial, and Union Bank of England.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRITISH ELECTRICITY BILL. London, December 22 In tho House of Commons, Sir Eric Gcddes (Minister* of Transport) moved lo accept the House of Lords' amendments to tho Electricity Bill. 110 denied that as a result of tho Government accept'ng the emasculation of the Bill compulsory acquisition would bo reintroduced as a separate measure. The amendments were agreed to.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Tho House of Lords deleted tho compulsory acquisition powers from the Bill, which aims at the national reorganisation of supply and tho distribution of electricity.] DAIRYMEN GIVE NOTICE TO STRIKE. Sydney, December 24. The dairymen have Riven their employers fourteen days' notico of a strike unless their demands for increased pay are srantcd.—Press Assn.

CHAMPION SWIMMER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. Sydney, December 25. Norman. Ross, the champion swimmer, arrived l>v tho Niagara. After competing at Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide ho will procecd (o Now ZealandPress Assn. AERIAL NEWSPAPER DELIVERY SERVICE. Melbourne, December 25. The "Herald" has inaugurated the first iwiilar, aerial newsnaper delivery service alons the shores of Port Phillip Bay-Press-Assn. AMERICAX UAH-ROADS TO RETURN TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. New York, December 23. President Wilson has announced the return of the railroads to private owners on March 1 —Renter. WOMEN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. London, December 23. A number of renresontative women have been appointed Justices of the Pence, including the Machionesses of Crewe and Londonderry, Mrs. Lloyd George, and others, who will act as an advisory committee to recommend fnrtter appointments.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable .Assn.

LKADFJi OF TIIKTCTSTT TXSt'KGENTS ASSASSINATED. Rome, December 23. Accordinu' to a telegram from Smyrna, .'tushnha Kemil, lender of (lie Turkish iiisiirirents in Anatolia, has been assass-inated—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn INTEU-ALI.IED COLONIAL EXHIBITION. Paris, December 24. The Senate has decided to organise n Ureal inter-Allied colonial exhibition in lU2;i.—Aus.-N.U. Cable Assn. KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN TO VISIT AMEIUC'A. London, December 21. A message from Madrid states that K : iij Alfonso and Queen Victoria will sail for South America in Juno.—Aus.N.7j. Cable Assn. TWENTY-FOUH-MOUl! CLOCK. London, December 2G. A committee set up by the Home Secretary some weeks asro to consider and report as to Hie advisability of adopting in the Un'tcd Kingdom, for official and other public purposes, the twenty-four hours method of expressing time has decided in favour of the proposal.—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn.

JAPAN'S NAVY

AMBITIOUS BUILDING PROGRAMME j

GUARDING THE PACIFIC ;

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (J'iee. Dceeiirljcr 29, 0..'10 a.m.) Tokio, December 20. The Naval Estimates for l!i20 are .£30,000,000, which represents ,'lO per cent, of the national revenue, and is probably tho largest amount any nation is spending on naval armaments in proportion to the national resources. The programme provides for the construction of 207 .vessels, including four battleships, four battlecruisers, eiglitv-two destrdyers, and seventy submarines, to be completed in eight years, at a cost of seventy-five millions. The newspapers generally approve of the programme, deciaVing that the' Pacific mandates involve the guarding of tho larger part of tho Pacific, and also mention that Britain and Americn contemplate a naval agreement.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.