GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 July 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

RAISING LIMITS Ol‘ INSURANCE ACT. _ Received July 1, 9.20 a..m'. M A LONDON, June 26. The Government has introduced a Bill extending the ‘income liimit. of non-manual workers under the Insurance Act to £250 sterling, instead of £l6O. BRITISH RELIEF TO OTHER COUNTRIES. Received July 1, 9.20 a.m. , LONDON, June 26. The Treasury has agreed to subsidise pound for pound to charitable funds to a maximum of £200,000 raised in Britain for the relief of distress in European countries. THE MARRIAGE TIE. A DEPLORABLE MORALS IN . ENGLAND. . LONDON, June 28. At the Kent Assizes, Mr Justice D-arl-'ing spoke strongly on the laxity of views held by many regarding marriage. People were coming to look upon the niarriage contract as no more ‘binding than a dinner engagement. Hundreds were being divorced daily. “I have had eighteen cases of bigamy in one day,” said his Lordship. FIGHTING IN BUDAPEST. AMSTERDAM, June 29. Fighting continues in Budapest, but it is reported that Belakun has suppressed the counter-revolution, ordering a number of" cxecu.tiol_ls. o ‘*- ----- ALLIES’ COMMAND TQHUNGARY BUDAPEST, June 28. M. Clemenceau telegraphed the Hungarian Government that the Allies had instructed General Pill, commander of the Czecho-Slovak army, to arrz_lnge ‘for! the evacuation of CzechoSlovakia. Full" compensation }vlTr be de_manded_d for gunl_aivfuli' damage. _‘ ‘The Allies "wiill:reqlless:t ,th'e Rouma.n—ian army‘ to evacuate‘ Hungary under ‘similar cond.itions_..' as soon as CzechoSlovakia ’s evaeuationv is completed. General Pell directed‘ cessation of hostilities to take effect on the 24th, ‘the evacuation ‘to take ‘place on the 28th. The I-.l.ungarian cormnander declared his readiness to fulfil the conditions, 0

GERMANS ORDEREDTO STOP _ ADVANCE lIN ESTHONIA’. LONDON, June 29. General ’NuCfant instruct-ed the German armistice lcbmnfission, on behalf of the Allie’s', to stop iin'medi-' ately all ful'thel' advance ‘in .' Ek'tlionia, also to evacuate as 1-a‘p'iAdly as possible Windau, .Ll,b;lu and all torritorials _ll;ithertoV' b(3.l.(.,)llgillg__ to. Ruslsa in terms of Article‘ Twelve of. tho’ al'nlis4tic"é:

EX-CROWN PRINCE ESCAPBS T 0 GERMANY. PARIS, June 27. The ex-Clrown Pl'incc'of Gernlany, with 21 stall‘ oihcer, escaped into Germany. BOLSI-lEVIK BLOOD ORGY. PARIS, June 28. it reported that the Bolsheviks maSSacl'e(l SOO oflicers in I’etl'ogl':ld in one day alone. Three thousand others were sent as hostages to Moscow. DE ‘rt/ALERA’S RECEPTION JN ; AMERICA 1 NEW YORK, June 28. De Valera, interviewed said: I arrived in the Unite€’States on June Ist. We shall raise money in the United States for the legitimate purDoses of the Irish Republic." The correspolident pointfgd out to Mr. De Valera that this might lead to Ous complicatiolis between Britain and the United States. Mr. De Valera answered: “When international law interferes with the law of humanity, then I regard international laws as no laws. At Chicago, Depew University conferred the honorary degree of'1)7ic"l1elor of laws on Mr. De Valera_ The Newf"York Board of aldermen passed a resolution tendering the freedom of the city to Mr. De Valera. A United Press message from Washington says: It is pointed out by Government oflicials that the United States has not officially taken cognisance of Mr._ De Vale:-a’s ‘ presence in America. The State Department refused to comment, but said no steps against Mr. De‘, ,V§le.‘3 had been taken. : Mr. De Yaleraj interviewed, said: “I favour the League ot‘Nat.lons. I "believe the present covenant should be amended, parfieiiTa_rly' Article 10_ A clause should be substituted -in which members of the League would a'gr‘ee' to hold no nation within its dominion" against the will of the people of that nation.” .