GENERAL CABLES.
——o PRESSMEN IN CONFERENCE Received 5.55 LONDON, July 17. The Empire Press Union Confer, ence welcomed thirty Canadian edU tors, and discussed the necessity of increased cable facilities. They also considered the Government’s proposal for an Empire Press News Service, The speakers insisted that the latter be free from Government influence. They urged the necessity for increased facilities for the collection of news, but the selection and transmission must remain under newspaper control. Lord Burnesum presided at the subsequent luncheon at a similar conference arranged with South African and Australian journalists. REPATRIATION OF WAR PRISONERS. Received 8.55 THE HAGUE, July 17. The Anglo-German agreement provides for the amelioration in the treament of prisoners in Germany and England. The transportation problems will be worked out by a separate commission at The Hague, including two Englishmen, two Germans, and one Dutchman.
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Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 5
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141GENERAL CABLES. Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 5
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