GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 September 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION UNLIKELY. Received 8,45 a.m. LONDON, September 24 Newspapers state a general election in November is unlikly, unless circumstances change in the meantime, though the Government never actually decided in favour thereof. On the other hand there appears to be strong public feeling opposed to the idea, Kaiser Addresses Austrian Officers. REFERS TO AMERICAN TROOPS. Received 9.15 a.m. COPENHAGEN, September 24 The Kaiser, addressing Austrian officers on the Western front said:—■ The Americans are saying give Prance Alsace and Lorraine/ ’ I and my army are sure you'll give the enemy the right reply to his daring enterprise. AUSTRALIAN STATESMAN VISITS AMERICA. ' Received 8.50 a.m, OTTAWA, Sept 24. Mr. Samuel Manger has arrived at Montreal. He says he is unofficially investigating reciprocal trade relations between Canada and Australia, American social conditions, particular ly penal reforms and prohibition. He said a constructive trade policy between the Dominions would accomplish more than an economic warfare against other nations. GERMANS’ BRUTAL CONDUCT Received 8.45 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24. Germany is taking brutal measures to discourage escapes . across the Belgian frontier, The sentries on Friday killed six suspects, including an octogenarian woman. The victims were done to death with rifle butts and bayonets in order to; save •ammunition The Germans on Saturday, afterstripping 170 Belgians to waist, publicly flogged them in the market place and left four in a dying' condition. DEPLORABLE STRIKES. LONDON, Sept 23. The Press Bureau states: The shipwrights ou the Clyde, contrary to the Union’s advice, ceased work owing to the refusal of a minimum wage of £5 per week. The South Wales strike iS the result of a sectional trouble, affecting only 100 men who are discontented with the recent 5s award. The strike has thrown 9000 out of employment at many collieries and interfered with railway traffic. ’ The South Wales railway strike is spreading seriously. It includes the Newport,Cardiff, Neath, and Llanelly railways.. Interruptions are numerous, especially in the coal trade and main Tine passenger traffic. Mr. Thomas, member of the House of Commons, has arrived at Newport. He invited the men to a mass meeting, but the men refused. It is estimated that there were several thousand strikers last night, increasing the number of idle colliers.