GENERAL GABLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 67, 13 December 1920, Page 5

GENERAL GABLES

Br Teliirarh—Presi Aiioolatfon—Copyrlrul A London message states that Sir Eonaid Crauford Munro-Ferguson, late Gov-ernor-General of the Commonwealth, becomes Viscount Novar of Eaith.' . A message from Now York states that Signor Caruso, while singing, broke a blood-vessel in his throat. It is feared he may never sing again. In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly the Bill to reinstate Mr. It. D. Meagher on the roll of solicitor was read a second time by 30 votes to 9. ' A New York message states that tho great New England textile firm.?, which employ hundreds of thousands of workers, have reduced wages by 22 per cent. A Washington message says the Senate Finance Committee is considering how tho Allied debt to tbo United Stales, approximating ten million dollars, could he used to oa.se the demand on tho United Slates Treasury. Tho New South Wales Legislative Assembly read the firs'.l time a Bill to onlargo the operations of the Government Savings Bank by the addition of a rural department to nsswt primary producers and associated industries. Its lonns will range from ,£'so to ,£2OOO, and the toihl amount available is not to exceed X 5,000,000.