GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3329, 6 November 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

PREPARING £E‘Q£R. LONG snmxn.

A GOVERNMENT INJUNCTION.

~. V Received 8.55 .a.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The Government refused to annul an injunction to restrain the miner's from preparing for .3, long strike, The minersflrepresentatives blame the Government for refusing an opportunity of restoring order. WOMEN AND’ RED "PEPPER. Received ’’8.55 am. V NEW YORK, Nov’. 5. ‘ At Youngtown (Ohio) women synl— attacked the police with red pepper, attempting ‘to seize revolvers. POLVIICS IN NEWFOUNDLAND. ‘Received 8.55 am. ST. JOHN’S, Nov. 5. The defeat of the Cashin Government is conceded;

UNITED STATES GOVBERNORSHIPS REPUBLICANS GAIN SEVERAL. Received 8.55 am. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. In the elections for State Governors. the Republicans.ha.ve gained several Governorships. Kentucky defeated the prohibition amendmenf,'T)ut Ohio decided to remain dry. A wet candidate won the New Jersey Governorship, and the anti-strike GrO:Vel'Il0!‘ of Massachusetts was returned by a record majorlty. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was returned as Assembly man for New York State. The election synehronised>Witll the birth of his ‘son, who is named uentin. The Tammany ticket was defeated heavily in New York, and -the Socialists gained ii-B seats. A TERRIBLE GOAIL :SEIO_£RaTA.GE IN . PARIS. ’ Received 8.55 a.m.- . V PARIS, Nov. 4. Paris is suflfering from a terrible coal shortage, many schools being without fires. People are attempting to heat their shops and institutions with wood and -oil. The railway strike. in England aceentualtqd ithe difficiflty and’ now the American strike prolongs the shortage. V ' ______________ . BRITISH NAVAL MEN*s FINE FEAT.

LONDON, '.\T'J‘»'. :-:. It was related at the Prize filourt that eight British officers, who were prisoners at. Yoygad, Turkey, in 1918, escaped and reached the coast in an emaciated condition after untold privations and -hair breadth escapes, eluding encounters with brigands. They swam to the Turkish tug Hortha, lying in harbour, noiselessly raised the anchor and rowed ofi under the nose of sentry. They then started the engines and made for Cyprus by compass and sun. -The Court congratulates the ofiicers and decreed the prize was theirs. . _ , _ ‘at =~ ...;g -, ..._ .’._._,' ~¢.......:..; ROUMANIAN mwoys IN PARIS. ALLIES WANT AN XNSWERT. _ Received 8.55 am. ' PARIS, Nov. 4. The Supreme Council, apropos of the arrival of a Roumanian envoy in Paris, reminds Roumania she has not yet replied to the Allies’ Note of October 12, and repeats the request. for a clear and positive answer at the earliest moment. ._____.___,‘___ ~ , LONDON BOROITGI-IvS’ RETURNS Received 8.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 4. The final result of 28 London boroughs show Reformers control 11 Councils, Labour 14, and Progressives 1. Reformers won 596 seats, Labour "557, Progressives 130, others 39.

ORIGIN Ol‘ TANKS. Received 8.55 am. LONDON, Nov. 4. The Daily News asks who has a. better right ‘than Demole to the tank reward, and adds; “Even if only plans were prepared by Demole the tank might have cndeii the \wal' in fthe spring of 1917.” . PROHIBITION AND UNRBST. A METHODIST RE-B’UKE. ' Received 10.30 a..m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The Methodist Church has issued 3. rebuke to Gomp'er’s statemenfo that prohibition was 'n3spon¢s.i'ble for unrest ‘in the country-AGG-RIEVED SLAZBOURITBS. ’ Reeeiéed 10.03'a.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The Intel'n._ati<‘nAlal_ Labour Confer; encc delegates’ intiinatc that unless Senator Sherman‘ apologises they‘ may leave the United States: : f N V

GERMAN AIRSHIP DISAPPEAIRS.. :30 PERSONS MISSING. Received 10.30 am. AMS"i‘ERDAI\I, Nov. 4. A German airship, with crew and passengers aboard, totalling 30, failed to make a landing near Berlin during a storm. The airship disupperaed in the darkness, badly damaged. There is no .further news of her. BARRING ALIEN SSE-AMEN IN BRITISH SHIPS. UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES. . Received 9.40 am. -A LONDON, Nov. 4. During the committee stage on" the Aliens’ Bill in the House of Commons, the Government, with Mr ;)Havelock Wilson’s approval, modified the clause totally debarring alien nlasters, mates, and chief engineers from British ve.<~sels trading within the Empire. Mr Auckland Geddes explained that unexpected difliculties had been discovered, whieh might. prevent Bl'iti'sil sailorspuobtaining employment at ioreign ports if British legislation Was» overdrastic. U ‘ The Government agreed to the deletion of lthe clause em:'powr,-iving‘ the Home Secretary to grant perlnis.-sion in exceptional cases for ernploymc-n,r of aliens in the Civil Service. The ban thus becomes absolute. 5» “FIGHT THE FAMINE.” .CONIDI'I‘IONS IN AUSTRO.’— ‘ GERMANY. LONDON, Nov. 4.

The Austro-GGrermaxn ._ professors, Bl'en‘taso, 'Guttm.an., and -F, Oppenheimer, have arrived to attend the “Fight the Famine” Conference, which will open in private to-morrow. There is much secrecy about the movements of the enemy delegates, who refuse to be interviewed, though. it is stated they have brought a. mass of confidential information regarding the economic conditions of A_ustria-Ger-many. . “MADE IN GERMANY.” _ LONDON. Nov. 4. Sir Agucklanll Geddes‘ 's'tafcs,lthla:t £196,000 worth of goods had been imported from Germany and Austria during October.’ The‘. "imports com.» prised chiefly a cheaper class o'f goods. THE AMERICAN ARMY. MARTIAL METHODS. ’ .WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.‘ In the Senate, speaking on a. measure recommending changes in American Courts Martial, Senator Chamberlain alleged -that ofliccrs who dared to criticise their superiors in/the Ameri-« can Army, usually lostipromoti-on. Mr Baker, Secretary for XV-ar, Warmly repudiated the charge, alleging that Mr Chamberlain was ‘lying. Mfr Chamberlain retorted that even the Judge Aclvoeate-General lost his position owing to a. disagreement with Ml‘ Bakerihiinself. ? SOUTH AFRICAN VTIEWS DN A " COST OF LIVING-. CAPETOWN, Nov. 3. The Minister of Industries, at a meeting of the National Conference of Employers and Employees at Pretoria, declared that -the country was gettin-g further and further involved ‘in a “vicious circle,” resulting in high prices and increased cost of living. It was futile to attempt -to stop it by fixing prices or wages. The real remedy was eflicient production. The State could not he 9. passive onlooker in the squabblcs of capital and labour. Reduction of working hours could not be allowed. to travel beyond the point of profitable production.

FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND,

REPORT OF GENERAL PAU’S MISSION.

"LONDON, Nov. 4.

General] Pauis mission I'-eport acknowledges the eordi:llity of New Zealand’s reception and hospitality. The. war has enabled New Zealanders and Frenchmen to know and admire each other. Development of commercial relations, wliicll was mutually desired. would be a most pl‘-actica~l method of establishing permanent friendship. Cv'Ol‘l1'XI1(?l‘(3C followed lthe flag. but it would be equally true that. coninierce .’r'ollowe<l {he banner of interAilicd victory. New Zealand miglit readily become an exporter of products to France. and likewise a buyer of French manufacturers. ‘Direelt shipping facilities,‘ the necessity of which the Germans fully realised, were still difficult, But the Mission recommends the appointment of a‘ commercial represcntative in New Zealand. to encourage trade to mutual advantage.