GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 March 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

WIRELESS TO AUSTRALIA LONDON, March 17. The Anglo-Australian wireless project is arousing wide attention in the press. Cable experts state that the traffic indicates that there is room for both systems in the near future. It is, unlikely that the interests of the Pacific cable will be materially affected.

NELSON BROS’ WORKS

PURCHASED BY C.C. and D. CO

LONDON, March 17

At the annual meeting of Nelson

Brothers the chairman announced the sale of the New Zealand freezing works and the sale of the whole organisation to the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company. The reason for the sale was the double income tax and the British excess profits tax. it is understood that the business in future will not be directed from England

BATTLE EXPLOIT MEMORIALS. A COMMITTEE APPOINTED. Received 8.40. LONDON, March 17. The Baltic Exploit Memorials Conin', it tee, consisting of senior officers representing the whole Empire, has been formed by the War Office to combine the erection of permanent memorials on battlefields, preferably to divisions or high formations. It is point'd out that exploits of smaller units may be recorded thereon. Claims from Australia, New Zealand, and India must reach Whitehall before September Ist.

REWARD OF MERIT. MARSHAL HAIG’S NOBLE SENTIMENT, Received 8.40 a.m. LONDON, March 14. The Manchester Guardian understands that Marshal Haig wrote to the Premier stating: “I cannot accept my country’s generosity until justice has been done to all my officers.’’ Marshal Haig will shortly receive a peerage and a substantial grant.

AEROPLANE EXPERIMENTS. A VERTICAL RISING MACHINE. Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, March 14. Secret experiments arc being carried out with the Helicopher type of aeroplane, which is capable of rising and descending vertically, and is also able to hover in the air.

THEY CANNOT HELP IT HUN BOAST AND ARROGANCE Received 9.5 PARIS, March 18 Baron von Kuhlmann, in a private letter, boasts that the spread of Bolshevism will cause a reaction, resulting in an early rebirth of Germany He says the Germans will bo in Paris under favourable conditions before j 925

ROADS AND RAILWAYS RAILWAYS TO BE ELECTRIFIED. Received 95 LONDON, March 18 Sir Eric Geddes has indicated that immediate electrification of the main lines of railway would be undertaken. It is believed it will prove remunerative. He has announced that control of roads will be placed in a separate department under General Maybury, who has a great reputation in connection with roads in France.

ALLIED WAR DEBTS INTERNATIONALISATION ABANDONED. Received 9.5 * NEW YORK, March 14 It has been stated that France has definitely abandoned the plan for the internationalisation of war debts.

AMERICAN-JAP. FRACAS

JAPS FINALLY ROUTED

Received 9.25

WASHINGTON, March 14

Reports from Penin state that United States sailors raided Japanese concessions at Tientsin and assaulted the Japanese Consul, damaging the buildings. It is alleged the Japanese previously drove out disorderly Americans with fixed bayonets, wounding several.

BELGIAN OFFICIAL PUNISHED.

RECEIVED POSITION FORM GERMANS.

Received 10 a.m

LONDON. March 18

A Brussels telegram reports that Gorremans, principal secretary to the Ministry of Arts and Sciences, was sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour for accepting, during the war, from the Gormans the post of Chief Secretary of the Flemish Separatist Ministry,

KAISER SAW THE INEVITABLE. ARRANGED FOR HIDING PLACE. Received 9.5 a.m. WASHINGTON. March 14. Diplomatic advices from Europe say the ex-Kaiser had arranged for an asylum in Sweden two months before the armistice was signed, but he was prevented from carrying out the plan bv (ho Swedish Government.

MEN ARRESTED AS BOLSHEVIKS

RELEASED IN AMERICA

Received 9.45

NEW YORK, March 15

All but four alleged Bolsheviks arrested, charged with advocating the overthrow of the United States Government by violence, have been released.

LUDENDORFF PROTESTS.

BERLIN, March 16.

Ludendorff has denied authenticity of the excerpts from his book, published in a New York newspaper, recently cabled. He said: “I protest emphatically against the statement that the Kaiser was solely responsible for unrestricted submarine warfare.”

A STRIKING ANSWER

LONDON, March 17

Replying to the Admiralty’s contention that it is impracticable to utilise warships to convey troops to the Dominions, it is pointed out that ’America is using warships successfully for the same purpose, a pre-Dread-nought carying 1200.

RETURNING SOLDIERS

LONDON, March 17

The Remuera sailed for New Zealand with 60 officers and 550 150 wives and children of soldiers

A SINN FEINER’S ESCAPE LONDON, March 18

Barton, a Sinn Fein member of the House of Commons, escaped from the Mountjoy Prison, where ho was awaiting trial for a speech at "Wicklow. He left a dummy figure in his bed.

BATTLEFIELD MEMORIALS

LODON, March 18

Major-General White represents Australia, and Major Westmacotf New Zealand, on the Imperial Committee which is considering claims by units to erect permanent memorials on battlefields to commemorate exploits.