GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 15, 12 October 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

By Telecranh—Prow Aasoclation— CoDyrlEht The United States Senate has passed Senator Borah’s Panama Repeal Bill by 47 votes to 37. A Madrid message says the Spaniards have occupied Gurugu Massif, from which the Moors have been bombarding Melilla. Owing to tho disbandment of the South Persian Rifles, renewed disorder is expected. All British families are evacuating Shiraz. Lieutenant Muhlhausen, of the Naval Reserve, with, a crew of two, has arrived nt Sydney in a 28-ton yaivl, completing tho voyage from Plymouth to Sydney, via Panama. A Greek official message claims that r battle which commenced on September 30 in the AHum Karahissar sector ended on October 8 in a (brilliant Greek victory, the Turks retreating in disorder with severe losses. —Reuter. A Reuter message from Athens stalos that excavations at Ephesus resulted in the discovery of considerable portions of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, notably the crypt which is the traditional tomb of the apostle. Italy is intervening, with the British sanction, in tho Burgenland dispute, end proposes as a compromise that Hungary shall evacuate all Burgenland except Aldenburg, which will remain a free town till the plebiscite is ' taken. In view of the erratic overseas market for wheat, and with the object of fostering trade in flour with South America, New Zealand, and tho Pacific Islands, the Victorian Wheat CommisRion has further reduced the quotation for wheat to bo gristed for this trade by sixpence per bushel, making it 6s. per bushel.-* Lloyd’s Register’s shipbuilding returns show that the tonnage commenced in the United Kingdom in the third quarter of 1921 only amounted to 51,353, a decrease of 45.5,000 compared with the last quarter of 1920. This is regarded as an Indication of a very unfavourable outlook for tho immediate future