GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1920, Page 1

GENERAL CABLES

AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] THE “TIGER’B” FUTURE. DELHI, Dec 15. M. Glemeneeau who is touring India, interviewed regarding the future, said his career would bo finished when he returned to France. Ho intended to retire to the country. Not oven journalism would tempt him. It was time lie. had a holiday. A GERMAN NOTE. * BRUSSELS, Dec 15. De et Croix the Belgian Premier, lias been elected Chairman of tho Repatriations Conference opening to-morrow. According to the “Etole Bolge,” the German delegation has handed a note to the Allied experts oil Germany’s economical situation. It emphasised the magnitude of tho floating debt, which actually exceeds 165,918 million marks, and is still accumulating. The only chance of salvation is the application of drastic fiscal reforms already inaugurated, but they will take a long time to effect tho finances. It concludes that if it becomes iinpossible to solve the financial crisis liqcaiiso port! >i of tin’ people clings to wealth in bonds and paper, an immense economic catastrophe is inevitable. ENGLAND’S UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, Dec. 16. The problem of unemployment in Britain is growing increasingly difficult. There are now 250,189 ex-service men on of work. The total of men, women and bays idle is over half a mllion.

The Executive of the Labour Party decided that the present scandal of the starving of innocent people canno be allowed to continue. They point out that any person for whom there is lio work- available is entitled to a maintenance amount of at least 30s weekly for men and 25s for women, with additional allowance for dependents. They demand that until a better provision for unemployment is made, a scheme should he directly provided.for by the Government.

(INEAfiPLOYETL-EX-SOT/DTERS

LONDON, December 15

Air McNamara, in the House of Commons, said the Government had resoj'vcd to find employment for fifty thousand ex-service men who were now unemployed. Negotiations with the building trade unions have been protracted.; The Government would not permit any further delay. Work must be found. The -Ministry would not permit any further delay. Work must he found. Tho Ministry would submit a definite' final proposal to tlie trade unions on Monday. There arc ten thousand Australian ex-service men and their dependents in England who are .receiving thirty thousand sterling yearly:,. BUILDING PROGRAAIAfES.

(Reuter’s Telegram.)

(Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LPNDON, December 15. In the Commons, in reply to a question, Air Craig stated Britain was constructing six destroyers, United States sixty three, Japan eight, France one, Italy, nine. • PERSIA’S DANGER. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 15. Pu the Army supplementatry estimates, Churchill stated General (ionsides force at Kasyin which was practically sole protection of the north-west Persia and Teheran was withdrawing in tip spring. Meanwhile .Britain was trying to rouse the Persian Government to a sense of its responsibility to self protection. Tt eyas melancholy to cp?ite?nplate the possibility of the ancient capital and monarchy being engulfed in barbarianisin, hut there must be a limit to Britain’s responsibilities.

TRAIN COLLISION. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, Efeeembter 15. A train crowded with miners pro feeding to Sarrigue mines, in Lorraine, collided with a goods train. Seventeen wore jdlled and twenty five injured. CHEAPER AIEAT DEMANDED. LONDON, Dec. 15. Fhe “Daily Express” says the National and Scottish Federations of Traders (who represent all retail butchers of- Britain) have decided to agitate for tlie removal of the embargo on the importation of palladia?? store cattle, on the grounds that it is im-perative-to reduce the price of meat and to restore Britain's- supply of cattle tliiit was depleted by the war. RECORD OF ROYAL TOUR. LONDON, Dec. 16. A record of the Prince’s journey will be published iii January. It will contain many illustrations. The profits will be devoted to St Dullstop's kome for tlie blind.

ARMY EXPENDITURE. LONDON, Dec. 16. Mr Asquitl) nioved a motiqii in Parliament for a reduction, of tlie supplementary Army Vote. It wiis defeated by 186 votes to 82. The debate centred on the British policy ip Mesopotamia and in Persia. Mr' George ’said that a reduction. of their forces in the East was going on steadily. 'They now were bent on setting up an Arab State. and a corn, plete withdrawal from Turkey was proposed in tlie spring. The guardianship of the 'Dardanelles was to be in the hands of Britain* France-and Italy.

KOREAN NEWS. TOKIO, Dec. 15. A dispatch from Seoul reports tho discovery of an extensive assassination conspiracy directed against the Japanese officials in Korea. Forty arrests have been made in Seoul, and many throughout the country. Bombs and arms have been seized. •PRINCE AND LABOUR. LONDON, Dec. 15. A mysterious announcement has been issued, in consequence of certain constitutional points, which were overlooked in connection with an invitation issued to certain members of the Labour Party to a dinner which it was hoped the Prince of Wales v/ould attend. It lias been cancelled. It is added that it is hoped the Prince will be able to meet tho Labour members at a later date. the"WOOL PRICE. (Received This Day at 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, Dec 16. Sir William Raynor, Chairman of the Colonial Woolbuyors Association in an interview said the Australian scheme was clearly designed to maintain prices 1 on a higher level than a natural competition basis and must inevitably beprejudicial to British trade. Manufacturers and consumers were applying to the fund of the Government wool department which made a profit of fiftysix millions and had not met the market by reducing tho price for tlie sake of about one penny per pound. The Department refused offers of considerable amounts of profitable business.