GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3328, 5 November 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

yew YANKEE STEAMSHIP LIN-E. N%'«_YORK TO SHANGHAI‘. '1 . .' Received 8.45 a_m.i M ' NEW YORK, Nov. 2. \ Robert Dollar hag bought a. 14-acre waterfront site to establish a direct New York-Shanghai freight and passenger service via Panama, employing six vessels. He will build a. milliondollarterminal building in New York. GERMAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC - SUSPENDED. ‘

Received 8.45 a.m. A BERLIN, Nov_ 2. The passenger train service has been suspended throughout Germany for a fortnight, in order to facilitate goods traflic, especially coal and potatoes. B'RITISH.sTEAi\/lER Mmso. ’ Received 8.45 am. T COPENHAGEN, Nov. 2. The British steamer Volturnus, carrying food to the British Baltic Fleet, was mined and Wrecked. The crew were rescued. THE DEADLY GOODWIN SANDS. FOUR VESSELS WRECKED. ' MANY LIVES LOST. _ Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 2, Four small vessels were wrecked on the Goodwins in a violent gale on Saturday night. Deal lifeboat Quatmen‘ saw a.‘ wave wash away six people clinging to the rigging, and all perished. Two sailors were pic.l<.e:i up clinging to an upturned boat. The lifeboat was again called out, aml rescued two men from a wreck, rnd saw another Wreck, whereof all the crew perished. VA steamer picke:'l___ up a boatscad 01; survivors -of!_ Deal,; There are no details. _ ~. _ 3 THE FIUME_'._—SIT.UATION,:. ., ERENGH OVERTURES‘ TO U.-s_A.l ’ V Received 9.5 a.m. W : VWASHINGTON, Nov.‘ 2._ France has made overtures to; the United States fo_r‘.'a new,_ settlement regarding Fiume; Britain has notified her adherence to the latest ‘ltalian solution.

SCAPA FLOW SINKINGS. ~ RESTITUTION DEi\i;\NDED_ G Received 9:5 a..ln'. V '_ o PARIS, Nov. 2. The Scapa Flow clause in the protocol compels the surrender‘ to the Allies’ Associated Powers ofa. number of light cruisers and destroyegs now in German waters. and four huna dred thousand tons’ of. naval material. BOMB EXPLOSION IN JA.PAN,.' Received 9.15 am. » TOKIO, I§lov.‘. 2. 0 A bomb exploded in front of the‘ Foreign Oflice. There were no casualties. The day was being celeb_ra”red in honour of the Emperoij. *

IFINANCIAI: CONSORTIUM f CHINA. A V Received ‘9.15 am. '_ __ NEW--YORK, Nov.‘2. " According to advices from the East, it is expected Chinese. officials, including North China leaders, will not f-a.v----our an international consortium unless important changes in the terms’ wherefunder China will be financed are made. THE lIPPECTS OP PCROHIBITION LABOUR LEADER’S VIEWS. J’ -—:—n—--- . .Re.ceived 9.15 am. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Mr Samuel Gom-pers, discusisng the unrest,'contended the foisting of prohibition on the people of the United states was a blunder charged with. danger and loaded with disastrous possibilities; The Zadoption of prohibition opened up a chance of wrecking the social and economic fabric of the nation. ‘M The invasion of the working mum ‘habits unsetitled ‘him. Bolshevism in|Russia began‘ with prohibition. -4 1: -~-~-—--———---. -. wnmss nncnnvns A PEHERAGB. ' ‘ LONDON, Nov. 2. 5- Peerage has been conferred on Admirérl Wemyss. ' 0 GERMIAN DIAMOND INT-EREs'rs BOUGHT OUT. ‘ I CAPETOWN, Nov. 3. ". The -whole of the diamond interests owned by German companies in SVON‘-lth-West Protectorate have-. been .3¢9“.3’°'.d- by an Anglb—American—'.'~3éer°:l’,°l'??(?§i,<>‘lilr of‘ Johannesburg. The fiitfan. _sKacti_o'ni’ié .one of the biggest financial’ ;_4!ea_lajin the history. of South»Africa. "

TONS OF MONEY IN LONDON.

LONDON, Nov. 3_

The Daily Express writes that the greatest company inve-stment boom remembered in London is proceeding. Apparently there are tons ‘of money‘ available. Ninety-five zzxiilions have ‘been subscribed in new issues in two months, and the crest of the wave is" not yet Jeached. Fi‘n'.ulciel's state that Wage-earners are providing a new source of capital. They have ac.luil'ed of the investment habit as a result of taking up war-saving certificates.

TREMENDOUS WVAVE OF

‘SPECULATION.

Received 11.1 011,111‘

LON-DON, Nov.‘ 3‘

’lTlle Daily Express says the financial boom in the city grows daily. Such 3 Wave of speculation has been unknown for many years. New issues advertised To-day “total fourteen millions, mostly new capital 1-fleqfiired for new undertakings. There is no ditficulTy' in getting money. Apparently war-made wand war-saved wealth is finding an outlet, and brokers are having an extremely prosperous 'time. ~-

BRITISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LITTLE INTEREST TAKEN. Received 9.15 ‘am. ‘ ‘ LONDON, Nov. 2. The first municipal elections in England since 1912 were held on Saturday. Polling was small, and there were three thousalld ~ kaanldidates, ,'wihe~re)of ymany , were women, for 1362 seats in 28 London boroughs. Incomplete returns show many labour gains. ‘ HUN PRISONERS IN JAPAN. A J AP. GRIEVANCE. '_ Received 8.45 .a.m. TOKIO, Nov. 2. .TOKIO, Nov. 2. cm-fwy It is -understood that during the Privy Council ’s eonsideration . of: the Treaty jmembers .;blamed :the. -Japanese -Pea-ee De_l¢B.ationr for aéceptingowithouti pro£eSt_ the waiving of indemnity 'for ‘Japanese. maintenance of prisoners of w_al'. Itwas pointed out th-at Japall had nopri§oners' in‘; Gennanyz: _w_hile she: was compelled 1:0,; eare fo? ,a,_largeA.llun};bel' of enemy -prisoners .in__ Japan. _4 .- I-TAATALI TRAIN COLLISION. 1

. COPENHAGEN, Nov_ 2. Two trains collided near _C.openhagen, forty being killed and many injured. I .

COPENHAGEN," Nov. 3‘

A child falling from the train ‘caused lthle railyvay disaster. It occurred in the early(morni_ng. The train. backed to enable a search to _be made, and it collided with the’ express coming on at full speed owing to- an omission to alter the signals. The trains were teléscoped and rolled down the embahkment. ‘ The boilers burst‘ and many rvere injured _

“ "GERMAN SOCIALIST DYING.“ _ in Received 9.5 am. : < BERLIN, Nov. 2. [Herr Haast,.the German ‘Socialist, whose life was recently attempted, is in a critical condition,'and his death is only a question of hours. ‘ PLEBESCITE IN SCHLESWIG. HUGE GERMAN PROPAGANDA. uaipfi-4 Received 9.5 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 2. Underpressure of public opinion the Germanm‘tro~Ops which were sent to Flensberg have been ‘withdrawn. The German Chancellor is -coming to North Schleswig to participate in the _German propaganda. Huge sums of German money have‘ been spent 'll an effort to frustrate the vote in favour of freeing the province.

AMERICAN TRADE WITH GERMANY. _

THE SHIPPING PROGRAMME.

Reiceived 9.15 am.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.

The Department of C‘ommerce «announced that in September the imports from Germany to the United States were 1,586,963 dollars, exports to Germany 8,836,693. Ofljcials have announced the complete programme of the Shipging Board will include 1731 oil burners, with 3," capabity of ‘ten. million dead-weight tons.

THE ZIONIST MGVEMENT. ‘Received 9.15 am. _ "LONDON, Nov. 2. Lorii VRothSehil§l_s_3'f,'7prcsiding at ‘she English Zionists}fgiflministration, read a latte,-" from Curzon, stating the .Governme;ltf;i3“’:§;§qlicy was in ,_the direc--tion‘ of f;';,'j{‘(‘s?i:l'ifi’llgVVtVhe es‘t/atl)vl§sll‘il_l‘(el‘i‘i; of Jews in 'l>lsiié%sitine. %: 7» r .

GERMAN BANKERS DISPOSING R ‘OF FUNDS. PARIS, Nov‘. 1. Coml'nen“ting on Mr Lloyd Gem-g3’s confident assurances that -"onsicieralzle -indemnities will ultimate‘.3' be reeov~ erable, the Temps says that competent observers, eve-n Germans, declare that th financial heads at the Reich are conniving in securing the biggest possible outflow of money from Gernfmny in order to show the national balance at the lowest point when the Reparations Committee submiizs its d-2mands_ For example 3. Berlin bank has just sold Nerd Deutscherfs sh.u'es,. valued at £300,000 in defiance of Erzebel‘ger’s order against the export or Capita! . -

The ‘Allies have not yét devised a firm policy of finatmmg, controlling and utilising Germauyfis industrial revival. It must be frankly recognised '-Lhat, as matters stand, Germany will not pay. *

FIRE ON BRITISH CRUISEER. A PLUCKY PETTY OFFICER. Received 9.‘ Sam. LONDON, Nov. 2. The cruiser Calliope was severely damaged by fire off the Lizards proceeding to the Azores The oil feed pipe burst and set fire to the oil fuel. The flames spread to several decks. A petty ofiicer prevented an explosion of the boilers by forcing -his way into the engine-room through the oil flames and turning on the s‘tealn'pipes. The flames were mastered after four hours. FRANCE’E WORK IN DEVASTATED AREAS_ ‘ ‘ PARIS, Nov. 1. The Minister of Public Works, who has returned from a visit to the devastated regions, states that at the time of the=a_rmistice~ 33,0-00 kilometres of main.li_nes, 1200 bridges, great depots, and workshops were destroyed. Today the main lines, the majority of the bridges and ro£ty'fpe'r'jcent. of the "depots and “Workshops have ‘been restored. ‘Of 4vß',OoO‘kilo'metres of roads ‘rlestroyedy V1V2,0,0-O have‘ beeri re’-m'ad'e andttihe iiiajority of 3137 road bridges" ’wliieli were wrecked have been "re-‘ ~:iiad'e.“'- ~ *5 r