GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 200, 19 May 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph-Press Associatlon-OonyrieM j A message from Suva. states that 25 ; Indians have left Fiji for' Auckland. Mr. Storey, the New South Wales 1 Premier has circularised the heads of j the churches suggesting daily prayers ] for rain. 'j A Melbourne message'states that the j Government has decided to grant li- i censes for the importation of iudi6pensable articles manufactured in Germany. | The butter shortage in Sydney is ■ acute, as a result of the dry spell. 1 Grocery are only able to procure 33 per ! cent., of orders. ' ; Tho Sydney Public Schools' Athletio i Association' has decided to play Rugby ! League football .at the schools during ! tho current season. , The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce j has passed a motion protesting onanist j tho proposed increase in tho salaries of i member:; of the House of Representa- ' tives. The New • South Wales Presbyterian ' Assembly has decided to erect 'an as-. i seinbly hall and church offices in Syd- ! ney as a peace thanksgiving memorial, j at a cost of J;50,000. . : A United Service message from Lon- j don states that it is understood that , nil tho British troops in Franco and j Flanders will bo withdrawn before the ; enl of the summer. ' j A message from London states that ' Mr. IV. A. Watt, Australian Treasurer, has been 6worn in as a Privy Councillor.' j The Government wiM tender a banquet ; to Mr. Watt in June, • s The United States Senate's peace i®* j solution has biien referred to a House of Representatives Committee for (ho i purpose of reaching agreement upon a ! single form. The House and tlie Senate ' ha 70 adopted different peace resolutions : \ The students' doings on Commemora. . i tion Day in Sydney have brought about j their care a great public outcry in tho Press. The opinion is very generally ex- ; pressed that some of the displays l'ar j exceeded the bounds of propriety. ■{ - Advices from Teheran to tho London < "Times" state that on May 11 a 80l- • fihevik force at Astra crossed tho border, -t They stated that tliev had no quarrel ' with Persia, but the British must with- ' draw. > . j It is reported from London that tho i Suauki Company of Japanese shipowners are arranging to put a 9000-ton steamer' -: on the 'berth, at Sydney for London. If • tlis venture is successful other steamers t j Will follow. '! I!; is announced from Washington that j Senator Borah will introduce a Bill \ providing for American coastwise vessels i to pass through the Panamji Canal toll i free. It is not considered probable.that -■! the Bill will pass Congress, and Presi- ' dent Wilson will veto it .in any case. " : A delayed message from Shanghai- ! to Montreal states that the three mil-.; lion Chinese students who rebelled on ! April 14 against the Peking Military I Government's direct negotiation with. "1 Japan regarding the Shantung settle- i ment have returned: Their strike is -i at an end owing to the failuro of j crafts unions to support it, and tho ■ fact that the wave of patriotism, which ( they expected to sweep ever the coun- : try did not do 60.