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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 19 September 1919, Page 4

CABLE SUMMARY.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Washington, September 16. Senate has postponed action in the Peace Treaty till Monday. The Democrats claim to have sufficient support to create a deadlock vote. London, September 16. Barry and Felton supporters conferred at the ‘‘Sportman’s” office, and deposited £390 a-side. It was agreed to row on 27th October. Other conditions were settled, except the hour to start. . New York, September 16, A message from Chicago states there has been a recrudescence of Spanish influenza, a total of 37S eases being reported. Loudon, September 16. Following France’s proposal to honour 1,0u0,000 dead by burying aa anonymous poilu in the Pantheon at ; Paris, it is suggested that a British private be buried in the cenotaph at Whitehall, which would thus gain a sucreduess that is absent while it remains an empty tomb. New York, September 16. Seventy bodies of victims of the Texas hurricane have been recovered. The Texas floods disaster is growing, .and the loss of of life is probably 1000. . - o far 2uo bodies have been recovered. Several • small towns have been demolished. Five hundred are believed iu have been drowned at Hobetown. The British steamer Bayronton foundered, and a portion of the crew were 1 rescued. Three thousand are homeless. Washington, September 16. According to official advice received from Pekin, the Chinese Government has issued a mandate declaring peace between China and Germany. New York, September 16. At the st. Louis fur auctions, New Zealand rabbit skins, furriers’ sorts, hold an average of 100 per cent above April prices, and hatters’ sorts 50 pet 'cent higher. Discoveries of hew dyeing processes and new machinery for shearing and handling rabbit skins have greatly increased the possibilities of marketing the Australian and New Zealand skins at the Sit. Louis sale.