GENERAL CABLES
« By T«le*r«,nh-.Presi ABBOoiation-CojiyrlirM A Sydney message states that tho heat irava has broken, and useful rain is fall-
Sir Matthew Nathan, the new Governor of Queensland, has arrived in Melbourne.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies, by 22C votes to 10, approved Iho treaty with Jugo-Slavia.
The Capo Town Government lias -withdrawn the prohibition against the importation of wheat flour and wheatmeal.
The Brisbane Trades Jla]l is recommending all unions to seek a forty-hour week in tlio Arbitration Court, in view of the hot climate.
The' South African Parliament will be dissolved at the end of December. Tho elections will be held in February, and the new Parliament will assemble in March.
A Hobart message states that over n thousand employees of the State hydroelectric construction works in the Greta Lake district have struck, demanding increased wages.
A meeting of the All-India Tennis Association in Delhi decided to enter India for tho Davis Cup in 1921. The tViam will consist of British subjects or subjects of native States.
M. Legues, Premier of Franco, placed a wreath on the cenotaph in memory of the British fallen, and visited tho grave of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abboy.
A Simla message reports that the Afridis have' released two British sol-' .diers who were kidnapped from Peshawar. The release i 6 due to political pressure. No ransom was paid.
Two hundred shop hands and casters engaged in the plastering trade in Sydney ceased work on Saturday, and decided to fall into line wiih the other sections of the building industry. ■
The_ Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia has issued a writ against Thomas Walsh, secretary of tho Sydney branch, claiming an injunction restraining him from acting as secretary of the organisation. V
It ha 3 been persistently rumoured in Sydney that Commodore Dumaresq, head of til.? Australian Navy, is to return to England in March owing: to the reduction of the naval organisation. Commodore Dumaresq, in an interview, said the rumours were ■ groundless.
According to advices from Lausanne (Switzerland) tho Chief of Police has banned Shakespeare's "Measure for- Measure," becaußo of its alleged pornographic character, and will forbid ,any plays likely to injure the reputation of the town.
The London "Sunday Express" publishes a lengthy article tolling how, at Lord Milner's instance, Marshal • Foch was chosen on March 26, 1918, to the (supreme command on the Western front, after a protracted discussion at the most momentous gathering during the war.
Japan's Army Estimates for the forthcoming year total 245 million, yen (.£24,500,000), representing a. 50 per cent, increase over last year. Forty million yen will be expended upon new defence schemes. Service in the cavalry branch of the Army will bo reduced from three to two years.
At a oonforenco of unions in Sydney concerning the handling of foodstuffs, the suggestion was made, that the export of meat, wheat, and butter should be boycotted till the prices for local consumption were reduced. It was eventually dccided to appoint a committee to report concerning the line of action to be adopted.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 56, 30 November 1920, Page 7
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