GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 285, 26 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

ByTelegraph-PreßS ABBodation-CopyrlKM The Bolsheviks are reported-"to beevacuating Baku, • It is announced that Latvia has recalled Mr. Nagel from Washington. Playing against Kent, Douglas scored 33 and 61 runs in 33 ond 170 minutes respectively. \ The conference of sporting bodies to i be- held in Sydney to determine the de- ■''.; finition of "amateur" has been postponed ■ until late in September. > There has been a butter famine in i Hobart during the past ten days, and : .merchants are seeking relief from the ! Commonwealth pool. ! Herr Hermes, the German Minister of i Food, has arrived in London to discuss the German fcod programme under the ■! terms, of the Spa agreement. . , A Berlin message states that the widow of Prince Joachim became engaged to Herr Guerard, owner of p. large factory, five weeks after her husband's suicide. '-_.j It is announced from Pittsburgh that I the Socialist Party in the United States ! has endorsed tho Third "International," but is opposed to dictatorship by the . proletariat. : . Mr. J. Storey (Premier of New South. Wales) announced that the Government's policy iu.nppointing new Judges in future would be to give preference to politicians, all things being equal. J. M. .Gregory, the Now South Wales " | fast bowler, is temporarily abandoning agricultural pursuits in Queensland, and will be available to play against the English crioket team. The various Agents-General are appealing' to Colonel Amery, Under-Secre-tary for the Colonies, to postpone for a : year, the date for the closing of applica- • j tions for free passages for ex-sen-ice men to the overseas parts of the Empire. ; The Federal Treasurer, Sir Joseph Cook, will present the Budget next ; week. It. is understood that it will involve no new taxation, but will abolish the amusement tax. A surplus, is forecasted of five or six millions. .- . Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of the Prime • Minister, has been, nominated Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her services in connection with war charities, for wlich sho raised ovar ..C:2O0,(/0O. ' Mr. Robert Smillie (president of the j Miners' Federation <rf Great Britain), . j addressing a demonstration of minors in j North Wales, said that unless the Gov- • ernment agreed to tho miners' demand, or proved their claim unjust, there would be a complete stoppage of work three i weeks hence. The manager of tho Victorian Varnish Company, Ltd., giving evidence before the Fair Profits Commission, stated that his company was shifting to Sydney, owing to the constant interruptions of coal supplies. He thought other industries . would be compelled to do the same. Dr. Benes, Czecho-Slovakian Foreign Minister, has reached London from Bel- \ grade, where he concluded a defensive alliance with Serbia, He hones to convert it into a triple alliance through tho ; adhesion of Rumania. Rumania'also'desires to see Greece and Poland within the alliance. , '' Mr. W. F. Dunn (Nor Wdea Minister of Agriculture), speaking at.the Farmers' Conference, stated that he estimated tho coming wheat crop at forty , million bushels, whioh would reahso .£20,000,000. The Government proposed,, to . legislate to compulsorily acquire the crop and prevent private trading in.-wheat. The United States Ambassador, Mr. H. C. Wallace,' addressing the Knights of Columbus at Metz,. said: "Imperial autocracy, once overthrown on the battlefield will not bo allowed to rise again : through the excesses v f a barbarous pro- ; - ' Mariat; nn will Ui<> great bat? i lor civilisation won on the West be lost in cue. Bast." . . Mr; Hughes, Prime W'nister of Apstralia, Has announced that the visit of the Federal Parliamentary delegation to.tfto Pacific islands in connection with acceptance of mandatory, powers.-has. been indefinitely postponed owing to the L&bout Party declintng"reprcscntaoon. ; In. the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mr. Bagnall gave notice or motion stating that the time- has arrived for the abolition of State Parliaments, and tho substitution, of a, national Parliament, with full sovereign rights, to govern tho Australian nation. It' is rumoured that Chile is about to purchase six more British destroyers or\ the 900-ton type, a Washington, message states. The balance of, power in South. America Is seriously disturbed through , tho addition of five warships, bought ; from England, to the Chilean Navy. , Brazil, Argentina, and Peru are taking adeemed interest in the Question of increasing their nay-al strength.- ■• 'A, Eeuter message from New York' tffetes that the first -mtim of teet wire- ; less messages from Bordeaux, Franoe, have been received at Palo Alto sta ion California, and were clear anoVdistinct. The distance is 7200 miles. The Bordeaux station is the most powerful in the world. It was erected by Reunited States Navy service for France. It is capable- of raising Tutuila, .which is practically half-way round the .world. It is believed the message was heard ( there. _ . _ ; Reports from Tokio indicate that;the new American shipping law (the;;. Law") continues to cause grave concern in Japanese shipping and trading circles, . where it ia-alleged to be a possible menace to Japanese transportation between - Japan and America. Advices received at Washington state thatl lending ,Jap- : anese steamship companies doing •ouaness with America are preparing for an energetic campaign against the new stup- < ping legislation of tho American Government. The Earl rf Stradbrokc (the new Gov- i ernor of Viotoria) is a Inrge .landowner .; in East Anglia, and is associated with many phase! of public life in Suffolk particularly the County Council (states a London message). Though he was never • in tho Navy, ho enjoys the title of ViceAdmiral' of Suffolk, and thus exercises ; theprerogatives of Lcrd-L outeuant of the County. His estate, Henham Hall, ; ! hat £ in possession of the Rous family since IMS His uncle, Admiral Rous, wis a famous turf celebrity, commemorated in a number of handicaps. The Earl of Stradbroke is a well : known traveller, . and visited South Africa, accompanied by the Countess. Ho is an active Freemason. -i - Official advices from Jerusalem state that since the French occupation of ; Damascus the principal Sheiks in the 1 territory east of the Jordan commnn - Mted with Mr- Herbert Samuel (British High Commissioner) requesting British occupation of the country (states a Router message from London). Mr. Saniuei informed a representative gathering of Arabs that the French Government had riven renewed asiurances that tht-y bad no wish to interfere in affairs en 'ho eastern side of the Jordan. Mr. Samuel added that as the French had fully cs- , : tablislicd their <nluenr.it at Damascus, it would be necessary to a.iparate .the district from the adni'miwiition of Deinascus.