GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 6, 2 October 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

(By Telegraph-Press Association-Coiiyrletn Sixteen hotel-keepers have increased the price of spirits to lenpence per nobbier. The prico of bacon in Victoria has been Increased a penny per pound. The Victorian Legislative Assembly has passed 'legislation 'increasing (members' • , salaries by <£150 yearly. c Mr. Oman (Minister of Agriculture) ! estimates the Victoria wheat harvest at : forty-five million bushels. ' A fire at Newtown, Sydney, destroyed ■ Holecomue's table-makinE works and adjoining premises. The damage is estimated at .£21J,000. In the New South Wales legislative Assembly Ml'. Bennett gave notice of 1 motion to reinstate Mr. E. D. Meagher ;on the.roll of solicitors. - The Sydney Labour Council has decided to temporarily defer the sending of a delegate to the International Trade | Union Congress in London. It is reported from Melbourno that ■ Senator Mullen lias departed for tho Geneva Conference. The Western Australian • Legislative Assembly, by an absolute majority, car- ' ried the second reading of a Bill enabling women t<j sit in Parliament. Sir Joseph Ccok's Bill increasing tlio Australian Federal income tax 5 per cent, has passed all its stages in the House of Representatives. A London message states that Lady Mackenzie has sailed 'by the Remuern. Sir ThoSias Mackenzie will join the steamer at Newport News. A message from London states that Mr. Reginald Coupland, of Trinity College, has been Appointed Beit Professor of Colonial History, in succession to Mr. K. E, Egerton. It is reported from Londcn that H.M.S. Renown will bo paid off at the earliest possible moment after her arrival. She will nob lie recommissioued. A (message from Adelaide states tllat during the passage of the 6teamer Ormonde through the Red' Sea, six deaths occurred 1 on board as the result of tho intense heat. , Signor Giolitti, Premier of Italy, has . brought in an urgency Bill to disarm the civil population. The Bill ordains six months' imprisonment for anyone carrying firearms. The police are also instructed to seize hidden munitions. A Sydney message states that Mr. Sydney Smith, secretary «f the Cricket Board of Control, has sent a cable message to the Marvlebone Club, urging it to reconsider its decision disagreeing with tlij eight-balls over. The Premier of New South Wales denies Mr. M'Girr's statement respecting the sale ef wheat to Egypt. The sale, 119 says, litis not yet been effected, and will depend upon whether the Australian Wheat Board can obtain the necessary shipping space! Messages from Galveston, Texas, report ( a destructive fire on the waterfront. Two piers and' two Italian steamers wero destroyed. The British steamers, Hornby Castle and Gloria de la Larrinaga, were saved, though badly damaged, and tho United States steamer Ancona was also : on fire. A message from Millwood, Virginia, states that Senator Harding's special train had a hair's-breadth escape from a disastrous wreck. A private car left the roils and was dragged across a high, narrow trestle bridge at thirty miles an hour. Nobody was injured. A Router message from London states that Sir Eyre Crowe, Assistant UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, has been appointed permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in succession to Lord Hardinge, who bos been appointed British Ambassador at Paris. The New South Wales Rugby League has acquired the use of tho Sydney Sports Ground, previously held by the Rugby Union. As the League already holds the cricket ground, the Union will find , difficulty in getting a suitable ground for its forthcoming big fixtures.

A Sydney message states that thousands of pounds' worth of French, Italian, and Belgian goods, chiefly laces, silks, and other similar productions, are being shipped lack to Europe, owing to the authorities persisting in- assessing duties ort the pre-war exchange value. Importers declare that tho goods will, have to be sold at a heavy less if landed on this basis. Tho Presbyterian General Assembly, sitting in Sydney, passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to appoint representatives to speak for and safeguard' tho native population of Papua. The motion aroso 'out of the re- ' ported intention of the Federal Govorn--1 nient to make legislation providing for the reconstitution of the Papuan Legislative Council. The Premier of Victoria, in a policy speech, emphasised the necessity for coping with tho stupendous cessation of production during tho war and the need for immigration. The Government waa ' seeking new marlcets _ throughout tho ' world, especially in China and India, for Victorian products. It was proposed to introduce a Basic Wago Board, and raise the school ago from fourteen to fifteen. Professor Watt, Dean of the University of Agriculture, Sydney, giving evidence at an inquiry infcp the agricultural industry, said that New South Wales waa, at cross-roads, as to whether ill should revert to a sheep-run or become one of the biggest wheat-growing countries in the world. If farmers were denied tho world's parity they would not produce. A message from Washington states that the Federal Shipping Board 1 has received bids for two ex-Gorman lincre. Ninetytwo 6teel ships will be offered for competitive' bidding, and-30 others will be sold to the owners to whom they have beim allocated. Bids are wanted for 285 wocden ships. The_ board proposes to sell 1200 ships, but is doubtful whether it can.sell tib foreign buyers. A London message states that the Assembly of the Congregational Union passed a resolution expressing appreciation of tho brotherly spirit which breathed through the apjieal of the Lambeth Conference for an endeavour to unite the forces of Christianity, and the readiness of Congregatior.alists to participate in any movement to promote religious intercourse among tho various branches of the Church. Cicotte, the star pitcher of tho Chicago White Sox Baseball Club, con- . fessed that ho accepted 10,&KI dollars to lose the games, _ and claims that other players took big sums. He stated that iu gambling ring profited to the extent of two million dollars. , The Exposure of crookedness in the greatest .American stwrt classio has caused a storm of indignation to sweep over tha country. A Router messago states that three more baseball players at Chicago have confessed that they received bribes.