GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 June 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ii INFLUENZA IN SOUTH AFRICA. i 165 DEATHS A WEEK. 1 The Minister of Public Health has received a cable from South Africa stating that in the Union, for the Week ended June2l, there. were 1933 cases lof influenza and 1-65 deaths_ THE INTORMZERS Ol‘ LAON. MOST REMARKABLEI COURT; , MARTAIL. » LONDON, June 25. l The most remarkable eourtmartial‘ on record has begun. Twenty-five prisoners, described as “the informers lot Laon,” of whom twenty are French (including twelve women), four Gerlmazis, and one Belgian, -are arraigned for treason and spying. The chief is ‘ a. German named Thomas, an Alsatian, ; who acted in Laon as a Hun secret ‘agent. His chief business was to unearth tho stray Allied soldiers and induce the Fnench to spy on one another. *hlost of the other prisoners were his dupes or paid agents. Schorn was shot ’as a result of -the gang ’s denunciation,‘ and many others were imprisoned_ Tho"mag was arrested in Paris.‘ He supplied the authorities with information of -those in ~Grerm~any’s pay during the occupation of Laon. The most notable of the prisoners is Toquc, an e:~:—co1onial administrator, who betrayed many compatriots. A .1 .._.._............. SIERIOUS RIOTING IN HAMBURG. "LONDON, June 26. ' Serious vfood riots occurred in Ham‘burg. The military intervened. Twelve persons were killed and 30 injured. TBERLIN SITUATION GROW- .. 3 .ING ‘WORSE. . V , COPENHAGEN, June 25 l The situation in Berlin is growingl worse. A railway strike has paralysed important lines, A ,

G]:‘.NEROU'S' AVIRMEN. LONDON, June 25. The airmen Alcock and Brown have given £2OOO from The Daily Mail prize to the workmen who built the aeroplane. ' PETROL MONOPOLY. V PARIS, qune 17. The Gvovernment has §ubmitted a Bill making petrol a Government monopoly, yielding 1% millions sterling annually. END or THE WORLD. A STARTLING PREDICTION. ’ LONDON, June 25. ' , 0 Rev. E. W. Webb Peploe,’Pl‘eben-‘ dary of St. Pa_ul’§gCa’rhcdral, caused ‘consternation at a church gathering by predicting the end of the world on December 31St,' 1929. ;

GERMANSIN THE EAST. . . , INCREASINGLSEAGGRESSIVE. Received 9.50 am. LONDON, June 25. Official inquiries into the conditions in Esthonia, Courland, and Lithuania ‘show that German troops under Gen’eral von’Der Galtz are increasingly aggressive. At the outset their presence was regarded as a check against. the Bolsheviks, but latterly they have rather strengthened the 801shevist cause by striving to sccui'e territory for Gerinany. ~ lIRIIS-H COMMISSION’S REPORT. INQUIRY DEMANDED. Received 8.40 am. PARIS, June 16... The Irish-American Commission has notified the American delegation that the Senateis resolution requesting a hearing‘ for De Valera, Griffiths and Plunkett has been presented to the Peace Conference. The Irish-Ameri-can Commission demands a sweeping disinterested inquiry into their re. port on English outrages in Ireland.