GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 247, 13 July 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

» By Telesraph-FroBS ABBOciation-CopyrlßM ■ Tho Tasmaninn Cabinet is increasing ;the rate of interest on inscribed 6toek : to 5} and 6 per cent, 1 C. G. Stephens, on Englishman, at> tempted to shoot tho Niagara Falls in a . barrel and was killed. A London messago states that Lord Burnhain has taken a thousand shaves in the Australian farms scheme. The Commonwealth statistician's fig' ures to December, 1910, snow the population of Australia to, be 5,217,019. ', The Japanese Diet has received a petition signed by six hundred Koreans, asking that Korea bo given representation in tho Diet. The Prince of Wales h.as arrived iiv Adelaide, after an interesting overland journey among Macks, dingoes, and saltbush. He was enthusiastically welcomed. Bishop's jewellery shop in the heart of the city of Adelaide was entered by burglars on Saturday afternoon and .£IOOO worth of goods stolen. At the Seamen's Conference at Genoa 18 votes, were cast in favour of an eighthour day for seamen, and 2G against it. The motion was lost, as it required.;* two-thirds majority. A message from Berlin 6tntes that British shipowners have offered to restore to the Hamburg-America Lino 6omo of its vessels now in British ports. • It 53 understood that credit for five years is suggested. Tho Japanese Government, replying xo interpellations in tho Diet, stated that Japanese shipping interests must protect ' themselves in the event: of the American shipping law being unfavourable to them. Tho Swiss Fcdern! Government is resuming diplomatic relations with tho Vatican, after a severance dating from ' 1873. The Jesuit Order will be readmiti ted to Switzerland. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Timts" says the State Dc* . pnrtment has announced that Presideut Wilson will issue a call for a meeting i of the. Assembly of the League of Notions for November 15. It is reported from London, that tba. Government is determined to resist, tho* miners' latest demand for a further two shillings per shift, because it is reces--1 -sary to reduce tho cost of living, which ' high wages are keeping up. 1 The New South' Wales Government is ; appointing a Boyal Commission to in* ' quiro into the ramifications of the rail* 1 ways and *ramwnys, and endeavour to effect cheaper and better services. Five ; Commissions are now inquiring into vanous matters. The Spa Conference has decided to : place the transport arrangements in ■■ Danzig under a joint commission of Poles and representatives of the free : city of Danzig; its chairman to be select- ■ ed by and to represent the League of Nations. , Tho "Petit Parisien" states that an armed madman who met Marshall Fccli walking in a etreot in a Belgian town presented a revolver at him, and declared: "I could kill you if I liked, • The man was disarmed.' but at Foch« request, was not arrested. A New York message states that a St. Louis Association football team has sailed for Europe, where it will play Norway, Denmark, Finland, ■ .Czechoslovakia. Holland, and Belgium, under the direction of the Swedish lootball Association. The "Sunday Express" states that tl» Bagdad garrison was cut off by an Arab revolt in Soinnvn, and advocates British Withdrawal from Mesopotamia, where the permanent occupation will cost forty millions sterling annually. In connection with the celebration of 1 tho reunion of SCesvig with Denmark, 70,000 people enthusiastically- welcomed tho King and Queen and the Kpyal. Familv as thev entered Slesvig. Tliero were Jubilations in several towns, -and the whole of the countryside. A message from Honolulu states' that the Australasian delegates to the Empire Press Conference, after being motored to various parts of the island, were the guests at a luncheon provided by the leading residents, and were welcomed on behalf of the editors of the Hawaiian newspapers. In the House of Commons Mr. S. Baldwin (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), replying to a question in (reference to double income tax, said'he hoped that reciprocal action would oe taken by the dominions, but hitherto he had not had time to enter into negotiations with them. A message from Eegina, Saskatchewan, states that it is understood that plana are under way for the ustnblishment of a large paper mill in Southern Saskatchewan, utilising a largo quantity of available straw. Lignite fields in the vicinity will provide the necessary fuel. Following on the application of a writ of habeas corpus, the military removed Father Jerger to Melbourne, whence he will be deported at the earliest opportunity. A committee, entitled the Jerger Defence Committee, has issued a writ -to r, test the validity of tho War Precautions Act under which the deportation ...was ordered. It has been announced in all New York Catholic churches that Dr. Mannix, who will arrive in Now York cither on July 16 or 17, will be the guest of Archbishop Hayes and will celebrate Pontificn Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on July 18. He will bo the gticst of honour at a demonstration in Madison Squaro Garden the same night, and lit a dinner at tho ■ Hotel Astor on July 20. Mr De Valera and Dr Mannix will be the only speakers at the Madison Square demonstration. ________—»