CABLE BREVITIES.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 September 1919, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES.

A -———-o———--Received 11.20 am. , 5 LONDON, Sept. 28. Obitua-ry: Frandlis Leveson Bertie, British Ambassador in Paris. British summer time terminates at 2 am. on the 29th. At the finals at Hendon Tennis Tourney Doust and Wood beat Ritchie and Dixon, 4-——s, 6-1, 6-2.

I An oflicial return issued to-da.y shows ‘British we-rsh‘ip‘s lost during the War ' numbered 254, including 13 battleships, 22 cruisers, 65 destroyers, and 54 submarines. Eight hundred and fifteen ’ auxiliaries were lost,’ including 244 colliers, and 216 trawlers.. r -Lever Brothers have acquired the 'Seu'thern Whale Fishing Company. It 'is understood the price is three—quart—}ers of a million. This" is the only 'B'ritish company operating in South ’ Georgia Island. _ ‘A PARIS, Sept. 28. ’ The British Government. ,has-post» period :the Pou-let’s flight from Paris to §"Melbon_rne owing to some trouble in §t»he”:l*]ast.V I "I i ‘ CAIRO, Sept. 28. ,The authorities h"-‘aveideeided 'to‘"e‘x-* "pel an,ex-compositor, Pizzute, —. an _agi:.. tater, who was largely responsible for -the labour/ztr-oubles, -also Hie Anglophobe, pro-Bols-hevik Count- Dicelatte, editor of a newspaper. - - . A The eompositors in! Cairo have struck as a protest against theexpulsion of Pizzute. PRICE Ol‘ SUGAR IN U'.S. Receiver? 8.5 a._m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution to investigfate the scarcity ‘and high price of ‘sugar. Senator New issued a warning that the price would soon be 20 cents per lb. JAPAN’S AERIAL AND NAVAL ACTIVITIES. Received 8.5 a.m. 3 TOKIO, Sept. 28. It is announced that the navy under} the personal supeiwision of the Em-1 peror will begin extensive manoeuvres! on the south-western coast of Japan. 1 Japan will; appropriate 125,000,000; yen for a. {’ou.l' years’ aviation ' programme. ' ~ I ‘J'APAN’S RIGHTS IN MONGOLIA ‘ AND MANC2HURIA. !

Reeived 8.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 25. According to a clespatch from Tokio, Marquis Kate, in a speech stated Japan would never consent to eibandon preferOllfiilll rights in Mongolia and Manchuria. AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING. A —-- \ RETURNS FOR THE YEAR. Received 8.5 a.rn. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The price of petrol is unchanged. The Department. of Czoanmerce announced fhat the output of American shipyards for the year ending August amounts to §:1,,187?,G70 ggrdsis ftons; COAL TROUBLES. IN AMERICA, A 30-HOUR WEEK DEMANDED. Received 8.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept.’ 28. ‘The National Coal Association issued a. statement that the united mine workers of America ihrcalfen to strike on the first of November, dcm-a.nd‘ing a thirty-hour week and sixty per cent Wage increases, which would mean a billion dollars annual increase in prices of’ coal.