GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 41, 12 November 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

i fly Telojrußh-Praii AjiooUtion-OopyrigM Mr. J. C. Davidson, Coalition Unionist, has teen returned unopposed for Heniel Hcmpstca'd. A Sydney message states that the seamen and marine cooks' meetings discussed the case of the Bellata men. No official statement was made. ■ While playing in a practice game at Adelaide, Hitch, of tho English cricket renin, dislocated tho forefinger of the right hand,-which' will necessitate threu weeks' rest. Joseph Pickcregill, the well-known Leeds) bookmaker, with whom King Edward and many crowned heads had betted, left ,£7JG,46D. Ho was formerly, a butcher. The Associated Chambers of Commerce of the-United Kingdom have resolved-to approach Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of t'iio Exchequer, regarding the difficulty of financing exports to Australia. Tho Methodist Synod, sitting in Sydney, almost unanimously expressed disavowal of dancing in connection with any institutions of the Methodist Church. A view expressed was that danciug is nn exceedingly mischievous form 'of nmmssmeut. Jn tho Federal House of Ifeprc-entß-tires, Mr. W. M. Hughes, replying tn Mr. Blakely, said he Haw no reason why Australian wool should not be sold to Germany if the latter desired to buy it at a satisfactory price. He was opposed, however,' 'to Australia purchasing fho products of enemy countries: A message from Amsterdam states that tho Deutsche Petroleum Aktiengesellschaft is amalgamating with the Doulsche Erdoel' Company. Iv is understood that th.i Royal Shell Company participates- in tho fusion, and the co-operation of French, Sriti'h, and Dutch companies is •to bo solicited. — e The United States Department of Commerce learns that a measure, proposing a Government monopoly of all oil produced in Japau, in order \<o assure an adequate supply for the Japanese Navy,' will ba laid 'before the Diet, when it meets in January. Japan oil production is said to be diminishing. According to a Rcuter message from Tokio, a. national meeting of silk dealers decided to suspend production until tho middlo of February. In order to maintain prices, the Exchange has lieen closed to forward sales. In Yokohama tho wholesale exporters agreed not to handle silk. ;A message from London states that 20 centres of the Y.W.C.A. have seceded and formed the Christian Alliance, objecting to tho official attitude towards dancing, card-playing, smoking, and theatricals. .\ limb official states tVat the seceders are sincere, good people, holding old-fashioned views, living comfortable, sheltered lives, and knowing Ji-thing di the modern conditions under whielii great masses of the girls live. ~ Sydney message states that Sir A. Conan Doyle has obncludeu a lecturing season in Victoria, whore keen publio interest was aroused in his spiritualistic mission. Tho bookings for the first Sydney lecture indicate similar interest. After flio Australian tour the lecturer will visT- New Zealand. All the proceeds wTT? "be devoted to spiritualistic propaganda. Sir Conan Doyle's mission has roused the churches into an active am!ispiritualistic campaign.