GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 October 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

I SPORTING. A g _ CEASA-RWITCH STAKES. ‘ Received 9.10 a.m. I LONDON, Oct. 15. The Ceasarwitch Stakes_resulted_—Ivanhoe 1, Golden Melody 2, Bridge 3. ’ SHIPPING. * Received 9.10 a.m. V LONDON, Oct. 15. Sailed: Basona, for Lyttelton. JUGO-SLAVS CLOSE FRONTIER. i Received 9.10 a.m. ROME, Oct. 14. Jugo-Slavia has closed its frontiers against Italy, and concentrated two divisions at Fiume. MURDER Ol‘ MUNICH HOSTAGES. Received 10.10 a.m_ ‘ BER-‘LIN, Oct. 15. The National Tribunal at. Munich has sentenced Kamerstetter to death for the second murder of hostages, and three accomplices were sentenced to y‘fit'teen years,’ penal servitude. , ___._..__.._... ; SPARTACIST STRIKES. I Received 9.10 a.m. A . ‘ BERLIN, Oct. 14. Spartacists have fomented general; strikes at 'Ludwigshaven. Machine = guns were placed at difierent points, and it is expected the town will be proclaimed in a state of siege, ~ ; , I BRITAIN'S TRADE METHODS. W GREAT CHANGES NEEDED. I LONDON, Oc.t. 14. Sir Auckland Groddes, in a speechl in London, said that he was convinced I that Britain had the power to increase 1 her ovel'seas trade beyond what it had ever been. The world was ‘crying for goods, and sources of supply‘ were not ;nume_l‘,ous. If Britain were to increase herlexport trade theli_e,mus_t4be__a great fchange in the develo,pm_ent.of industry. He did not suggest Go.Vleljnnient_inte_r-_‘ jferenee, .fl_)ecause:t_lle;xnore the Go_vern- ! me_nt"kept out the better; providing the men runningi the businesses tOo.k.a big view. and saw beyond their own immediate cinterests. . . -*-7.-*-"--' i FRENCH STRIKES SETTLED. I Received 10_10 &..nl. J _ PARIS, Oct. 14. , The strike at Brest has ended in the I men’s wages being increased. ! The strike at Marseilles has been; settld. _

BRITISH TROOPS’ . SUCCESSFUL WI'I,'HDRAWAL._' . ' LONDON; Oct. 14. .. ' Official: General R-awnnsEs‘n’s skilful co- ordination of plans enabled the British withdrawal froni North Russia to be carried out with scarcely any loss. After blows had been struck, severely punishing the enemy on the Dvina. and Lake Onege. and facilitating the disengaging of our troops, the local Russian forces were left in excellent condition to defend themselves, and the Russians at Archangel have undertaken the offensive since the British withdrawal‘. The military authorities are much in_debted to a section of the English "Press for its repeated assertions douhting the sincerity of the Governmen-t’s policy of evacuation, and snggesting that an offensive into the interior was likely_ Th'e newspapers thus mystjfim the Bolsheviks, creating exactly filo atmosphere of uncertainty required for success.

BRITAIN'S LABOUR TROUBLES. INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL SCHEME ’ ENDANGERED. . . . LONDON, October. 15. The Daily Express states that the National Industrial Council Scheme is in danger owing to the Labour members presenting the Gov-ernment an ultimatum demanding reconsideration of the decision to exclude agricultural workers from the Forty Eight Hours’ Bill. The decision was made without consultation of either masters or men_ The Industrial Council, indeed the Employers’ Council, agree to the demand for reversal of the decision. As the Government is adamant, Lalbfllll.’ members have called a meeting for tomorrow to decide whether the whole scheme shall be dropped, Moderate Labour members‘ are generally anxious regarding the outlook, especially as it was hoped one result of the railway strike would have been to makg "the unions anxious to test the Industrial Council scheme. If it collapses, it Will mean that the chances of a great forward industrial movement on constitutional lines, and direct collaboration of employers, will be endangered.