GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1920, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

AUSTRALIAN ifc N.2. CAULK ASSOCIATION] BAGDAD REPORT. DELI.It, October 20. A message from Baghdad dated 10th. states tile garrison at Ktiia consisted of 518 (if 108tli ihi'antry. During the siege the 108th. had nine killed, two missing and seventeen wounded, lhe relieving force 1 1 ad eleven casualties. Our ti’Oops especially cavalry, inflicted heavy casualties on the insurgents, ji'oiir hundred wore taken prisoner of whom seventy-seven were detained. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, October 20. At the tallow sales 1566 casks were offered and 548 sold, at 3 J- to 4/- decline. Fine mutton 75/-, medium £66, fine beef 88/- medium 66/-. London wool sales are postponed sine die owing to the'coal stril*#. FRENCH DOCTOUTOR KING. ATHENS, October 21. King Alexander is rather hotter, though his temperature is 102. Meanwhile Professor Doblet, a Pariuien surgeon, is rushing in a special train to Taranto, where he joins a destroyer for Athens. The Government has paid the French physician Dr Vidal a fee of twelve thousand sterling for his services. MINE 1 EXPLOSION in CHINA. PEKIN, October 20. An explosion and fire in Tongsliaw coal mine in Chili Province, killed more than 422 labourers. It is believed that workers tampering with a safety lamp caused the explosion. The smoke caused, most of the deaths.