GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 163, 15 March 1915, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES

| NEW CABLE RATES. ! SOME DRASTIC REDUCTIONS. , ( [ J (United Press Assn. —Copyright.) I From the first of Apri] the cable ] rata to the United Kingdom, via the !Pacific, will be reduced as follows; (Ordinary, 2/8 per word; deferred, 1/4; Government, 1/4J; week-end, 1/6 per word, with a minmiura of 13/4 (equal to a charge on 20 words.) All Canadian, United States, American and South American rates via Pacific are reduced from the same date. Ordinary, Id per word; deferred and Governirfent •?d per word; week-end to Canada, where the ordinary rate on Ist prox. was 2/ a word, is reduced to 6d a word with a minimum, of 10/ for twenty words. TITLED WOMAN SPENDTHRIFT. •GETS THREE MONTHS’ IMPRISONI MENT. (Reed. 9.10 a.m.) LONDON March 13. Lady Ida Sitwell was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, Julian Field to 18 months and Oliver Herbert was acquitted for conspiracy to defraud Miss Dobbs of £6„000. Sitwell * in cress examination, said her husband several times previously paid her debts, and she admitted having asked her sou, an officer in a crack regiment, to induce fell'ow-o/ficers to back her bills. She also prorajised to use her family influence to get men elected members of the Marlborough Club and women, including - M.is& Do bibs;, into society. Sitwell borrowed £145 from her servants.

GERMAN OLYMPIAD FIZZLES OUT. NO GERMANS TO PARTICIPATE. (Reed. 8.20 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 13. General Pcabielski, president' of tbs German Olympic Committee, now proposes to cancel the proposed olympiad, as it is feared that few German athletes will survive the Wax’ unwouuded, it is proposed to sell tho stadium, which cost two million starling'. N.S.VV. PROHIBITION. SYDNEY, March 34. The exportation of fish, oil, blabber, sperm and lead mar tier has been prohibited to all destinations. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VICTORY. EVERYBODY MUST BE READY TO SUFFER., (Reed. 5.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 14. In the House of Commons, the Hon. Lloyd George, ret’errinjg to the Defence of th# Realm Act Amendment, sard business men w,ere being subjected to inconevnience, which was inevitable ’in war time. Instead of “business as usual,’’ we want “victory as usual.” That is impossible unless everybody in the community is prepared to suffer alj kinds of inconvenience and discomfort and even sacrifice. It is essential .that Britain should increase enormously her output of muniions. A drastic measure is net jur-i----nod unless it is felt we cannot •

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