GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1920, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES.

AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]

NICKEL COINAGE. LONDON, Dec. 8.

Tha new nickel coinage is being put iuto circulation on Monday. The withdrawal of the silver coinage commences simultaneously.

CONSTANTINE’S RETURN. ATHENS, Dec. 10,

Official.—Constantine returns next week. He will be escorted by every available warship.

ROYAL DINNER PARTY. LONDON, Dec. 8

The King and Queen have invited Sir James Allen, the lit Hon A. Fisher, the Agents-General, and their wives to dinner at Buckingham Palace on Monday to meet the Prince of Wales and receive their Majesties’ thanks and those of the Prince for the hospitality of New Zealand and Australia to the latter.'

Mr Fisher has booked passages for himself, wife anil family by the Omar, sailing on January 29tli.

LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, Doc. 12

At the free wool sale, chiefly Puntns, Falklands, and a small numebr of Westraiian merino was offered, which mostly sold at prices about TO per cent below the Government sales. Four sales of free wool have been fixed for January, and a - series also for cargoes up to the 6th available.

P. AND O. SHARES. LONDON, Dec. 11. P. and O. shares are quoted at £4lO to £430.

THE DISARMING QUESTION. BERILN, Dec. 11

A note lias been sent on the question of disarmament to the Inter-Allied Military Control Commission by Germany. She states that she has never recognised any obligations to disband her self-defence organisations, which are non-military. They are only temporary, but are necessary. The Government lias informed the Inter-Allied Commission that it cannot consent to disarm non-military and self-defence organisations because they are required to oppose internal and external Bolshevism.

GREECE AND TURKEY’, ’■ LONDON, Dec. 12.

M. Jourais declares that Greece intends to continue to oppose Ivemal Pasha. It was to the interest of the Greeks lie said, to work with the Allies, and they intended to ilo so in every way. TO JOIN D’ANNUNZIO. ROME, Dec. 10. The crew of the destroyer Espero mutinied and have arrived at Finnic to join D’Annunzio,'who, or) hoarding the vessel, found the Commnndbr'lashed to a gun because lie refused 5 to join the mutineers. The Commander • reproached D’Annunzio with high treason. BILLIARDS. LONDON, Dec. 10. * Reading billiard players and firms gave a luncheon to Hooper at the official headquarters. Hooper said that this would he his last championship effort at billiards, owing to failing eyesight. Mr Dixon, Chairman of the Billiards Goqncil, presented Hooper with a diamond-studded gold TiiedaJ, which was struck by the late Billiards Association in honour of the Australasian Championship, which could not be presented owing to the war’s interruption.

COMMERCIAL FLYING. LONJDON, Dec. 11. The ‘Controller-General of Civil Aviation states that the aggregate machine mileage in commercial flying is over a million miles. Since May, 1919, the passengers carried number 32,345. Regular night flying is not attempted, but the experimental lighthouse at Croydon is successful, and others are being built. The use of wireless telephones are being extended in connection with Imperial air routes. A hew aerodrome is being built at Malta, wireless communication being assured between England and Egypt. The report gives details n of recent aviation developments in Australia and New Zealand.

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. , . LONDON, Dec. 11. Mr Short (Home Minister) and M. Krassin continued their negotiations, which are believed to be progressing but there is a difference regarding the price of gold sent to England. Russia is claiming the market price, hut it is pointed out talit the Bank of England recently paid the statutory price for continental shipment.

Protests have been made against treating Russia preferentially.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Dec. 12. The National Rifle Association lias decided to add representatives of Canada, Australasia and South Africa to the committee for arranging rules and a programme for the Bisley meeting in 1921.

OBITUARY. CAPETOWN, Dec. 11. Obituary.— Olivo Schreiner, the auihoress. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) GENEVA, December 11. The Assembly on resuming, gave an ovation to M. Bourgeois for obtaining the (Nobel Peace Prize for 1920 The President offered congratulations to iu. Bourgeoisc, who is one of the founders of th'e League.

CHEAPER BREAD. CAPETOWN, Decembor J2,

A curious situation has arisen in connection with large stocks of Canadian flour that are at present held by the South African Government.

There ulere negotiations with the millers to take over the flour to mix it with theirs. These have failed. Therefore the Government have now decided to sell the wheat to the public oh the grounds that, as a heavy loss is 'inevitable, which is falling on; the taxpayers, therefore the public should have the benefit of cheaper flour. The Government have also decided to arrange for the distribution of cheaper Government flour, and will he sold at a considerably lower price than that now charged.

THE RUHR MINERS

THEIR FEEDING NEGLECTED PARIS, Dee. 10.

At a meeting of the French Foreign Affairs Committee, it was stated that none of the Allied advances to Germany to improve the feeding of the Ruhr coal miners had been expended for that purpose. M. Leygues (Premier) declared that Germany undoubtedly had npt carried out her understanding. He added that Franco in iier 1921 Budget was providing advances of a milliard marks to Germany This situation could not last. U.S. WORKERS AS DIRECTORS. WASHINGTON, : Dee 11. The railway companies rejected the Transport Ministry’s proposal to accept worker selected by workers as directors as unjustifkable and intolerable and wrong in principle because the workers would not accept financial responsibility to safeguard interests and. rights of shareholders. NATIONALISING THEATRES. PARIS, Dec. 10. .

Russian theatres and amusements will be nationalised on January Ist of next year, and the admission will he free.

MONRO FERGUSON A VISCOUNT LONDON, Dec. 11.

Sir Ronald Monro Ferguson, late Governor-General of tlio Australian Commonwealth, becomes Viscount Novar of Raith.

SENTENCED FOR FORGERY. LONDON, Dec. 12

John Ureman and Jacob Preger were sentenced to five.years’ imprisonment for hank forgery. LITIGATION FOR BARONETCY. LONDON, Dec. 12.

The House of Lords reserved judgment in the appeal of Lucas Tooth. A gazette announces that the Baronfetey lias been conferred on Hugh Veve Lu-cns-Tooth, eldest soil of Hugh Warrand, who married Beatrice, Sir Robert Lu-cas-Tooth’s eldest (laughter.