GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 238, 2 July 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph-Press Association-CopyrlifM It is reported from London that Lord IJ Abernon has gone to Berlin io assume I the duties of British Ambassador, Tho London "Daily Mail" prints pie-. hires by wireless from Copenhagen. Thai effects «re gained by bold shadows, in the 6t)ile of the Beggarstaff drawings. The Commonwealth Bank has increased' its rate" of interest from 3 per cent, to 3} per cent, on balances up to JIOOO, and 3 per cent..oil an additional i£3000.Tho French Minister of Finance inform-, e.l the Chamber of Deputies that already nearly 7000 million francs hud been paid towards the reconstruction of (lie liberated areas, lately German. It is understood in Buenos Aires that' eight German ships interned in Uru-' guayan ports during the war will bo given to Uruguay as a reward for her wsrvicta to the Allies. Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock: ■ I IV teat the 23-metro Shamrock over a coureo of 12 l-sth nautical miles by 187 j seconds elapsed time. This is the fourth. ! victory of Shamrock IV over, the other I yacht. : Labour disorders,. with incipient riots- 1 and looting of food shops, are occurring in. the industrial districts of Shanghai owing to the mounting price of rice. It ■ is estimated that only four days' (supply ' of rico is available. The Empire Development ''arliamentary Conimittce is bringing pressure to' bear on the Minister of Health (Dr. Addison) to permit 'boards of guardians to ■■■x.lot allowances for the upkeep of orphan boys to oversea schemes for tho emigra* tion of children 6uch aa Fairbridgc's. Private advices received at Cairo de-' ; scribe fresh raids on Merjayun. Strong bunds attacked Jedeid on June 15 and murdered forty men and women, besides pillaging the villages. There is wide discontent at the failure of tho French ' military authorities to adequately protect j the Christian population. It is reported from Paris that the' Foreign Affaire Committee has reported that the Vatican has accepted the separation of the" Church' and. the Slate in. France as a fait accompli, audi has deejared that it has not tho slightest de- . ' siro to interfere i with French politics. .. Tile way is therefore clear for a resumption of diplomatic relations. A London'message states that the Court of Appeal -dismissed Robert Sievier's application for a new trial of the case m which he sued Richard Wootton for alleged libel. The grounds of the appeal were that evidence had- been wrongfully, admitted, and that th<4 verdict was ' agajnst tho weight of evidence.