GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 149, 19 March 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright.

Rumania has decided to proclaim the union of occupied Hungarian territory with Rumania.

Advices from Havana state that Dr. Alfred Zayas has been elected President of Cuba.

University students at Grenoble, in France, demonstrated against the visit of M. Caillaux for the purpose of lecturing under the auspices of the League of the Rights of Man.

The coroner at Oliuige found that the deaths of the nine victims at the Cadia mine were caused by a premature explosion, and that there was no blame attachable to anybody.

The Hon. James Dooley (Minister of Housing in New South Wales) told a deputation that Cabinet would consider whether a reduction in wages and the cost of living would create more employment.

The Franco-British Convention dealing with tho boundaries of Syria has been laid on the table in the House of Commons. It provides that all disputes shall be referred to the Council of the League of Nations, whose decision will be final.

A deputation representing the retnlil tobacconists interviewed members of the House of ClonnncM, asking for their support for the complete removal of the 50 per cent, duty on Havana cigars. They stated that forty million cigars now in bond were unsaleable.

It is announced from Washington that President llarding'hns taken up the position that the United States naval and military forces must refrain from participating in demonstrations-, which may be considered as influencing America’s foreign relations. The decision arises from the refusal by the Secretary for War to permit uniformed men to parade in Boston in an Irish demonstration.