GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 217, 8 June 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright It is reported from Borlin that Dr. Solf is proceeding to Tokio as.Ambassailor. Eighty car loads of munitions exploded at a suburban station in Turin, wrecking a number of buildings. Fourteen peoplo were killed and many injured. Tho London "Sunday Express" states tliat tho Government has decided to reject the proposals by tho Royal Dutch and Shell combines regarding the Mcsopotamian oilfields. The British. Minister's list of Birthday honours includes Sir James Elliott, Engineer Adviser to tho New Zealand Government, who has'been mado a Knight of the British Empire. A Brussels message states tliafc Evenco Copce, a Belgian Iwron, has been aTrested for supplying the Germans throughout tho war with coal mid coal products from which asphyxiating gases were manufactured. Advices from Belgrade state that an insurrection has broken cut against llvo Albanian Government. The Italians support tho Government. An Italian battalion was annihilated near Niessio, which Italian warships then shelled. It is announced from Sydney that tho weather is latterly cold as a result of tho snowfall in the highlands. Saturday was tho coldest June day sinco ISG2. Tho cold is causing losses among emaciated 6lock in tho drought areas. Since the rain, the Cong-delayed ploughing of tho wheat area in Now South Wales is being feverishly pushed ahead. It is now assured that the area, sown will largely exceed what was anticipated before the rain camo. In romo cases previously sown paddocks will require resowina, but large areas which appeared to be doomed havo been given another start. Private Toplis, who murdered a chauffeur at Andover on April 24, and escaped in the cliaufFeur's motor-oar, was rounded up and shot in a Cum'berland ullage on Sunday, after six weeks' huo and cry, during which Toplis made several attempts to litf.d up motorists. Bo also shot a policeman and a farmer in the Banffshire highlands. A Cumberland policeman challenged Toplis, who whipped out a revolver, menaced tho policeman, and escaped temporarily. A party of pollic© colkcted and surrounded him. Toplis made a last stand, firing until he was shot dead,