GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 198, 17 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

— ♦ ByTelegraph-Prcßß ABfloriation-Copyrlettt i It is reported that workmen excavating' at Jerusalem struck a gold reef. Investigations arc- being made. ', The Executive Committee of the Federation of British Industries has resolved "j to oppose tho levy.onwar wealth.by all. ; possible means. ' .; Japan's exports for the first four month? of the year totalled j dollars and tho imports 581,000,000 dol- I lar3. i The Methodist Conference at Sydney 'i has decided to appeal to the Medical: i Congress of Australasia, which will meet ' at Brisbane in August, for a stateinont ! on prohibition. , A message from Sydney states that j Messrs W. A. Holman, Of. Flannory i and A. Thomson have been admitted as i King's Counsel. ! According to a dispatch from Tokio ■ received at Washington tho reopening of • the Stock Exchange does not give in- -j dications further financial difficulties,, ■' The Government's gold holdings are re- M ported to be 927,000,000 dollars. \ The motion agreed to by the Federal '; Hous'i of Representatives in favour of increasing members' salaries to .£IOOO a' year involves an additional expenditure "j of .£43,000 per annum. . " ] I; is reported from London that the' ■ Admiralty Court lias awarded .£SOOO to 'i t'w Dover tugs which assisted the'Mara- • I thon after the collision with a Japaneso ! steamer off Dungencss ou September 10,-' I 1919. . ; Tho Paris "Matin" protests that . France, with 23,000 miles of submarine ' ' cable, has not received any German' j cable vessels, whereas Italy, with only: \ 2000 miles, has received one, and Amer- i iea. with no cables, has received one. 1 message from Homo states that rt i compromise between Signer Nitli and! ~:! Signor Neda for the formation of a Cab-. : inet failed. The King has invited Sig-, j nor Bouomi, tho Socialist reformist, to form a Ministry, but his success is' I doubtful. | Advices- from Jerusalem state that the j Arabs are pillaging Christnn villages in i the French zone at Gallilee, states a ; 1 Keutor message from . London. Tiicy, j murderel women and children, and the . , survivors are taking refuge in tho Bri- ,'; tish zone, , : Strikes in Berlin are still ' hampering ! the city's industry. The Riverside i dockers are out. Tho bank employees < . • threaten to strike on Monday. Tho: papers are not publishing owing to a' •■ strike of news-sellers. -The barbers are. '.{ also striking. "■.] It is announced from Ottawa that the Great Eastern Paper Company, owning' i approximately 300,000 acres of timber bu j the St. Lawrenco River, lias been formed, ; witli assets valued at 9,197,000 dollars.' . Montreal and New York interests are i identified in the new concern. J A Cairo message states that the city j is quiet, but the native community is ''\ sullen and restivo. The technical staffs .' • j en the European newspapers aro strik- '' : i ing„- Reports from tho provinces show j that crime, particularly robberies and j some murders, is rife, This is attributed' j to economic causes. . ■ ' ] A message from Constantinople stater ' ■ • j tint a court-martial has passed sen- j teno of death,upon Mustapha Kemal by default. A policeman fired at the Granl Vizier. He missed the Minis- ■ te<r but wounded an attendant. ; Tho i assailant was arrested. fHe is beli'evedV i to bo an agent of the Nationalists. '• i There wero wild scenes in l Sydney on. : j undergraduates' commemoration day.After a procession the theatres mid .! Town Hall were invaded and much damage was done to the organ and = furniture. Government House was visited and the Governor joined tho Tevellcrs An Imperial News Service mossagn from London states that tho House ofo .Commons,'by Gl votes to 8, read!a second time a Bill prohibiting the ira-, portation of tho plumage of birds, except ostiiches, Eider ducks, birds imported alive, or birds used for food. , According to reports reaching tho i State Department at Washington more than 6000 (?G0,000) inhabitants of Eu- ' ' rope, not including enemy countries, j have applied for permission to migrate to the United States. It is expected that ; \ these will be granted facilities for mi-' gration in order to help solve tho lab* our shortage in the United States. A New York message says it is under-" stood that the Aerial Transport. Corpora- j tion will inaugurate a passenger and' freight transportation system through- , ! out the United States, beginning in July. ■ ■ • •; More than five hundred British made, j aeroplanes and other equipment, repre« J sentiiig part of the British surplus war,' \ aeronautical material, purchased for » '\ million sterling, will bo used.