GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3388, 17 January 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

*‘ IMPERLAL EXHIBITION.

LONDON, aJn.. 15%

The ‘L-I‘3"€UilLg exhibition leaves the United Kingdom on May Ist, and, after touring South Africa and Australian Commonwealth capitais, proceeds to New Zealand, opening in Christchurch on Novlcmber 2nd and Auckland on December 31st. Thence’ it goes to Canada. IRONMOULDERS’ STRIKE. LONDON, aJn. 16. T-he xmoulders conference decided to takjc. a further ballot, strongly recommending the strikers to accept the ie,mployel'so" terms, namely a 5/ week 1y advance. and 1: confserence on ?'working conditions. M 1 }. GERMAN MINERS’ STRIKE. ‘ BERLIN, Jan. 15.

There is a strike of niine-’r’sa in lieu-‘ born district, in the Ruhr region_ They ; dl:mand\.a I,ix-hour day and better‘ food. After rioting throughout the day, «a mob stomned the town hall, seizing arms. The disturbances latter spread to other districts. Owing to‘ railway trouble half a million tquns of coal for Berlin are held up. Interruption in the coal production threatens to pa?-alytez the entire Rh-e‘ni»sh and Westphalian niousrtrial regions, - GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS. PARIS, Eran. 15. A meeting of Allied delegates completed 8. list of war criininals, demanding "from Germany a'to«tal of S3O, of whom 330 are claimed by France. THE AFRIQUE DISASTER. 1 PARIS, Jan. iii. Boats from Nantes piCk'e.d up six bodxiesypf the Arifque victims, inclzldy ing three decorated American soltliml. TREATY OF NEUILLY_ SOFIA, Jan. 15. The S~obranje has ratifle-cl thie Tzrezity of Neuilly. . I‘3lEwsPmN'r TROUBLES. 4 OTTAVVA, Jan. 15. 'Ne«wsp~apers in Winnipeg are reduced to bulletin size, owing. to a dispute between thw paper controllers and the Port Francis paper mill. Cabinet absolutely supprorfix the a.ction of -the Controller. The res'ult is that vliil-3 the man-ufacture of paper COlltlll‘.lPS no shipments are being -made anywhere l _____________ ’ .- } BARON ASHFIELD. ’ LONDON, Jan. 1.4. Sir A, Stanley has. taken the titl of Baron Ashfield of Southwell. OBITUARY. NOTED OPERATIC COMPOSER. Received 11.35 am. NEW‘ YORK, Jan. 16. The death is announced at Chicago of Reginalrl do Keven, operatic composer, aged 59. CAPITAL Ol‘ HAYTI.

ATTACKED BY BANDITS. Received 11.35 am. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Billltiiig attacked the town of Per‘.Au Prince 1~1-mi. The United States .\La,i'iiies and the Haytien genalurmes defeated the assailants, both sides sufiering losses. THE FRENCH PREISID ENCY. CLEMENCEAU VVITHDRAVVS CANDIDACY. Received 11.35 121.111. PARIS, Jan. 16. It is repol"red fhaf Clemenceau has wi.thdl'a.wn his candidacy for the Presidency. BRITISH METAL QUOTATIONS. . Received 10.15 am. LONDON, aJn. .‘.5. Copper spot 119 7-8, forward 122 1-8; spelter 58%; and 60%; tin 371 5-8 d and 372 5-9.; silver 79 pence. 7 T=IMARU ENTERPRISE. ~ 'I‘IMAR~U_. Jan. 16. I In viexi of Hie. expansion ofl the dairy indtlstry now going on in South ;Oant2ou'bllry,. the Timaru Harbour I‘-iozml ito-day decided fe erect cool stores at lth-e. port to hold 10.000 boxes of but liter and 8000 boxer of cheese. The iilstilfiaited cost is -£II,OOO. A-‘J-'JI)T.iOII of the scheme, however, depends -upon, ‘district fao.torin.e giving a. guamntee that the)’ “'3l? Use the stmvs if prrw‘-IL led, At IJl=c«.~'ent Lytteltnn is emuig'r:uling port. 1'