GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 14 June 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

{ ANQJHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT. ' ‘ Received 10.5 a..m. . , ST. JOHNS, June 13 The Vickers’ Vimy airmen einpect to make an immediate start for Ireland_ A Handley—Page machine is also ready. REPARATION PROPOSALS RE-OPENED. ? Received 10.5 am. 5 . PARIS, June 13. l The British representatives of the ‘Reparations Committee have re—opened wthe reparation issue, proposing to con’trol raw materials furnished to Germany for future disposal. This is ‘delaying the Allied reply to the Germans’ counter-proposa.ls_ . SOVIET REPUBLIC AT VIENNA. Received 11.30 a.m. R COPEICYHAGEN, June 13 Advices from Vienna state a Soviet Republic will be proclaimed at Vienna bu Monday_ E FRENCH LABOUR UPHZEAVAI... 5 A WIDESPREAD MOVEMENT. PARIS, June 10. The labour upheaval is based mainly on the dearness of living. Three hundred and fifty thousand struck in the Paris region, parelysing traflic. The men claim a. minimum of 450 francs monthly, with a pension at the age of 55 years. Fifteen thousand arsenal workers at Puteant, also miners at Pas dc Calais, have struck. . . Demagogic orators i are urging‘ the men to extent; the agitation to ‘political questions, to protest against diplomatic or military intervention in Russia and Hmigery, and to demand immediate dcniobilisatioiis ' , ‘M. -Cachin, Socialist 'Depu'lty', 3‘d.e-~ clares that underlying the financial causcs.of the strike is the de'termination of Labour to secure a definite shared in the nianagement of the great business interests of the countu-y;..fur-p ther, that the French bourgeoisie have been combating the working classes. Peasant republics were striving for existence in Europe, but organised Labour meant to secure the direction .of the home and foreign affairs of France.

THE WOOL MARKET. THE FUTURE DISCUSSED. LONDON, June 13.~ Mr Goldfinch, speaking before the Wool Council, regretted that the Couneil’s programme had failed to stablise prices, but instead had resulted in an eager demand for WOOI and tops at issue prices. Consumers were not benefiting, because auction prices were governing the prion es of manufactured goods. Mr Goldfinch anticipated an early iniproiienient. He pointed out that imports in the five months ended May included'l,37o,ooo bales of Aus-tralasian:'wools—pr-obably a. record. The estimated total stocks in England were over’ three hundred million pounds weight, amply suflicient for the country ’s purposes, -also for the Continental department. They Were endeavouring to raise monthly auctions, to 160,000 bales, and arranging a supplenientagyr issue of 100,000 bales for June. He anticipated that offerings by the end of July would exceed the t.rade’s capacity. The demand for tops had cutstripped the output. and it would not be surprising if :\ustr.alia and the United States began ti send tops. The ceasation of I.l‘:ioning meant practically the cessation of control. T2l: schedule was out of date. He suggested that the committee fix the new schedule at a moderate per eentage below the prices established at the three latest auctions. The departments were striving to increase the quantity offered at auctions, go that by this means within two or three months values might be reduced fifteen to twenty per cent. The Government might. hold auctions at Antwerp and increase the volume of distribution. Mr Goldfinch added that Germany would soon be entitled to receive a certain quantity of Australian WOOI. ‘

Mr Raynor moved as a recommendation, that there be a further issue of colonial wool for civilian purposes, except _at present ascertained prices, namely, 20 to 25 per cent above issue prices. _ M The discussion was adjourned. FIGHTING THE BOLSHBVIKS BRITISH WAR OFFICE DENIES . REPORTS. LONDON, June’ 12. The War Ofiice denies the reporfi that the British are marching on Petrograd, also that British forces have arrived at Vologda, pointing OIIt that: Ko}tchak’s right wing is advancing.‘ enemy’s lines. Koltcha7k’s right wing ils- advancing. It has captured Glazov. Ural Coséacks took prisoner 20,000 Red troops ‘soutli-eastward of Samara.

\ CRICKET. Received June 14, noon. LONDON,'June 13. The Autnalians completed their first innings against Yorkshire for 418. ‘ AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Received June 14, 11.55 a.ul. SYDNEY, June 14. A mass meeting of seamen resolved to remain on strike until their claims are granted. As a. result of the seamen’s strike, Mt. Morgan mine has closed. Owing to the spread of influenza the government is closing the State schools from Monday. Arrived: Maroroa from Wanganui, PEACE BY JUNE 25th. OR MARCH TO BERLIN. 7 Received June 14, noon. LONDON, June 13. At a luncheon tendered to Sir J. Ward, Mr W. P. Reeves proposed the health of the guest of the evening, who said he hoped the Germans would sign peace by the twenty-fifth, but Allied leaders were not going to yield essential points. If peace was not signed by the twenty-fifth, the Allies would march to Berlin. The Empire was not going to run away from peace.

B N GLISH WIVES.

LONDON, April 8. A writer in several West Country papers has been visiting Torquay for the purpose of finding out “Why it is that New Zealanders are taking home with them wives from. this country in such large numbers.” The New Zealiand force, he" says, was -the second smallest colonial contingent ,yet the size of the fighting force was comparatively a large one. The division was second to none. P.roh-ably Very few people will agree with all the collclusions arrived at in comparisons between the English and New Zealand girl. However, to quote:. “The New Zealanders are taking back wives by the shipload. At this moment there are said to be no less than fifteen hundmofd New Zealvanid honeymoon couples waiting at Torquay forxtheir Blighty boat, and scattered over England a mat"te.r _,. of several thousand of them are said to be infpatiently looking forward to the day when they can take home their brides. In the majority of cases the type of young woman who has married the New Zealanders struck me. They are bright, pleasant, ‘healthy, sensible looking girls. There are very few of the ‘fluify’ or super—fascinating sort. The men, too, are obviously steady, agreeable, and intelligent fellows, and there seems no reason ti believe other than that most of the matches will prove very happy ones. One of the men——who confessed that he was not married—seemed rather brutal about the New Zealand girls, and I am‘ sure they would have a word to say to the contrary. VVhen I asked him whether there was a big majority of young men in the Antipodes, he replied in the negative. There were plenty of girls in New Zealand, he said, but he did not wonder that the fellows would not marry them. They were ‘too stuck-up, they wanted, when married, a life of case and pleasure, with no work, plenty of amusements, and nohend of fine clothes. I wonldn’t marry one of them,’ he added, ‘and the blokes are sensible to get hitched up before they go back.” (

Taking up the story another New: Zealander explained that in this c-oun-try the girls are entirely different from those at home. “Here, girls are brought up in a diiferent manner. They are taught at home that the home is their proper sphere, and that although a lot of them are getting their livings in shops and offiees and factories, their great mission in life to to keep a home of their own, and to regard that and motherhood as the greatest thing in life. Ddwn there things are not the Same. The girls do not take the same interest in home life. They are not as sociable as the British girls. Provided a man is respectable, the British girls don’t expect to rule his every movement. I like your British girls. But then, perhaps, I «am prejudiced, for, you see, I married one of them.” On the -other side of the matter, one of the Wives summed up the position briefly. The girls, she said, were not carried away by the ‘pretty uniform, 01' tales of possible wealth, or a desire to travel and conquer t""es'rl world; she did not marry her husband because he was a New Zealander. but simply because he w-as*“her Bill.”