GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 September 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

___.._..._——-¢———-—-—— ; AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS IN 1 ENGLAND. L Received 8.5 .a..m. A LONDON, Sept. 12. 3 Australian soldiers incarcerated in ‘prisons in England and France have ‘been-conveyed to detention barracks at Lewes, where the commandant ad- ‘ dressed them, saying they would not be sent home as prisoners. If they conducted themselves well between the barracks and ships their sentences would be commuted, SPORTING. - ' BRITISH STUD SAJLES. Received 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 12. At Doncaster, Swynford colt realised 6300gns-; he only cost six thousand. A Prince Palatine colt and San Toi filly brought 5000gns. The aggregate of the___ sales was £223,000, averaging £97.l.——both records, MR BALPOIIIR RESIGNS AS CHIEF PEACE DELEGATE. Received 8.5 a.m. . , PARIS, ‘Sept.’ 12. _ The Right :Hon. _A‘_~. .J'~. ~Balfo_ur"is'- "resigning his position- as chief British'ael¢gate;. It‘ expected that LordCurzonwi_l,l r_epla_ce_him. . - ' p BOSTON To.'.AU_sTRALIA_ l A Received .8.5‘»-a.-.m. -~ NEw'Yol§K; Sept. 13. } According to a message from Boston, I the Cunard Company announces that ‘a. new steamer service between Boston] and Australia, via Capetown, will start ' on September I_n, with monthly sail-' ings.. i A -—----.~ ~--—— PRICE 01-" PETROL. l Received 8.5 »a«.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. I The following are the quotations’ for A petrol: 60 to 62 degrees, in steel 'con—tainers, 24-} cents per gallon, wholesale; 26._1. cents retail. Other degrees are unchanged. I '3 _ . ‘'l——-—-—j—¢u——-\ , ' THE NEW YORK POLICE STRIKE. ONE KILLED; Two WO”UNDEI). A . Received 8.5 am. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. One -rioter was killed and two wounded in Boston. in connection’ with the police strike. The disorderly elements are well under control. SALVAGING SUNKEN SHIPS. BY MEANS OF CANVAS BAGS. Rceeived 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 12. Vickers successfully inaugurated :1 ship salvage device which utilises the airbag idea. The pa?ent consists of specially treated canvas and flexible superstructure, whereby the bags are

enabled to resist great pressure during inflation under water. It is believed many submarined vessels can be raised. The canvas bags each lifting hundreds tons have already been used, and it is expected bags lifting five hundred tons will shortly be utilised. If a battery of eighty bags is use! the biggest ship could be refloated. Vickers successfully raised the steamer Main, submarined Off the Scfittisn coast, by means of ‘CWO bagsTRANSPORT .'REMUERA SAILS. Received 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 12. The Remuera sailed with 70 New Zealand ofi‘icerg“;Ynr.l 580 men, with their wives and families. PRESIDENT WILSON IN SEATTLE. A’ GREAT WELCOME. T Received 8.5 a.m. _ NEW—\YOR-K, Sept. 13. At Seattle: President Wilson was given a tumultuous ovation, the most enthusiastic since he started on his tour. _ln speeches the President urged the people to help him, and all tllere By supporting :*..'he League of Nations. Party lines must be forgotten. and the pledges given -by the United States niufstbo fulfil‘led__ 'l'lley'>t‘v'ere pledges seal‘e’a~ with the blood "of |Alm'e.rican sma101‘S. V v. .

THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

A FIRM STAND TAKEN.

SEARCH FOR ARMS BY M.IILI'I‘.-'\RY.

- Rceeived 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 12. Police and soldiers, with full War kit, searched for arms and ammunition over a wide area. in Ireland, including Dublin,_ Londonderry, Donegal, Cork, and Skilbbpreen, Mfany parties of from ten to twenty soldiers, made a systematic search at Londonderry, discovering some: ifirerarms. A crowd followed the troops, frequently stoning them. In one instance an ofiicer prepared the troops for a volley, and the crowd scattered. An extra regiment has been drafted into County Galway, and distributed at many points. Airmen hovered over Galway ‘town ‘during the raid. mg. _

Mr O’Doherty, Sinn Fein mombel‘ Of the Commons, addressed the crowd during the search at Donegal. The police batoned the crowd.

SEARCHING HOUSES FOR ARMS

STONING BY THE POLICE.

Received 8.5 a.m.

LONDON, Sept. 12.

Documents seized at Sinn Fein headquarters at Dublin included some relating to trade wiah America and France, also evidence respecting the Walsh-Dunn report regarding alleged Irish atrocities, together with election registers and file§’of correspondence. Detectives searched all persons on the premises with the exception of Gl-if» fiths and Kelly, members of the HouS!' of Commons, who arrived during the raid. Americanand Sinn Fein flags were hung from windows While the raid ‘ was 'in " progress ‘the ‘crowd oceasionally"displayed"lrgly tendencies, but were “dispersed at,'_'the .ljayo'n'et bpoirilt. The houses raided‘. included," count, Plunketg, and >Staines,',irierflls_'e_rs of the -House of'.COmniol‘ls,A i ii’ I ..

Raids at Cork reshlted of two'dunln'rl'y rffl'eS a"ild"four 11a.ver_"sacks. "I"he_pol_ioe~ fore _,down the photograph of Mcdinnesé, a.dCommoner, and McDono'ugh, who was executed at Easter week. d_ Search of,a dozen houses in County Lough failed to'l-o-« veal_the whereabouté of the military irifles which disappeared from Greemore station recenaly. "It is stated rifles, hand grenades and a quantity of gelignite were seized at Londonderry and elsewhere.

Several newspapex-_ offices were searched in addition to houses of leading citizens in Kilkenny, Ltenagh, Naas. Bray, the Sinn Fein election agent of Derry, held up the searchers with two revolvers until overpowered and arrested. The crowd stoned the police, and struck the prisoner, who was seriously injured. A detective named Hoey was shot at Dublin during the night, and his condition is serious.

FRENCIPS DRASTIC MEASURES.

BELITTLED BY NATIONALISTS.

Received 9.5 a.m.

LONDON, ‘Sept. 13‘

Irish Nationalist newspapers declare that -Lord French’s drastic measures are useless. They declare the outrages would end immediately if British authority ceased. ‘

Unionists welcome Lord Fl'ench’s promises. V

Five‘ shots were fired at Dotectivc Hoey in Dublin, by -'3, number of men who surrounded him. One shot ml_forod his throat, and Hocy (lied on romc to the hospital. In connection with the raids, al'moul'ed cars scourecl the country -districts and visited isolated houses of Sinn Fain supporters.