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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 20 August 1919, Page 3

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i NEWS IN BRIEF. ! Madrid, August IS. . Owing to the workers’ increasing demands, the macters’ federation at Bar- | eelona lias decided on a lock-out. They 1 ! are negotiating an extension of the ' movement elsewhere. The Government is preparing to deal ’ with threatened conflicts at Barcelona. [ A bond) thrown into a factory did scj vere damage. London, Aug. 18. i Mr Llovd George, speaking in the ! House of Commons, said that the war ! had cost £40,000,000,000. Sydney, Aug. 19. j j The annual report of the railways shows a deficit for the year of £193,309. The loss due to the influenza epidemic on the train aud tram services is £160,000. Perth, Aug. 19. There /ire 434 cases of influenza. Forty-six cases occurred in the city and country during the past week. Melbourne, Aug. 19. The .State Parliament is introducing the guillotine limit in Parliamentary debates. It is unofficially stated that the j Nationalists have decided against proportional representation in the Senate. Milan, Aug. 19. Archduke Joseph’s Government- lias j ordered the restitution of all house property confiscated by Bolsheviks. A search revealed many bodies of officials and others in cellars at Budapest. The demobilisation of tlie Red Army has been completed. London, Aug. 18. The Government with a view to economy has ordered the suspension of the construction of six airships involving contracts amounting to £2,200,000. Newspapers are continuing to urge the necessity for rigorous retrenchment to save.the country from disasv ter. ■ New York, August 17. j A despatch from Santiago states: It; is said more than five million dollars have been invested by the Japanese in; copper and iron mines ill Chile. The Japanese also recently took an option i over the coal lauds surrounding Talca-J huuno. ‘ H Rome, August 17. As Italy is unable to obtain coal, she has arranged with Belgium toS supply her in exchange for sulphur. p Berlin, August 17. The intcr-Allied Commission, finding | Germany unable to deliver to the Entente 40.000.000 tons of coal, has consented to a reduction to 21,000,000. Pekin, August 17. j A cholera epidemic has broken ont in Shanghai, Dairen, and Tientsin. Nearly a thousand deaths have occurred near Pekin. London, August 18. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Lima carrespondent states that according to the I newspapers diplomatic circles are warned that the Peruvian Government contemplates war with Chile. Washington, August 18. The Government has demanded of Mexico to take instant steps to release captured army airmen, who arc held for ransom by bandits.