GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3421, 27 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

S FNOTS IN spam-. ' i ‘mu LWORKERS MURDER. EMPLOYERS ’ Received 11.10 a.m. R-U l MADRID, Feb. 25. I Terrorist and syndicalist outrages have taken place in Barcelona, Saragossa and Valencina, accompanied by bomb-throwing and the murder of employers. I ANARCHY IN ITALY. | Received 11.10 a.m. ROME, Feb, 25. There have been spasms of anarchy in Northern Italy. RAILWAY STRIKE IN FRANCE. SPREAD ALL OVER COUNTRY. I Received 11.10 a.m. PARIS, Feb. 25. There is a railway strike for superannuation allowances. The National IFederation of Railwaymen decided to lextend the strike all over the coun-; Ftry. _ , GERMAN FOOD RIOTS. 5 MOBS PLUNDER SHOPS. ‘ __.._ Received 11.10 a.m. * ' BERLIN, Feb. 25. § Food riots occurred in several provlinces, mobs plundered shops at Lud--1 wigsh-aven. THE SHIPPING Qussfiou. WAIL FROM THE COMBINE. Received 8.45 a.m, 3 LONDON, Feb. 25. , At the annua.l meeting of the C’hamber of Shipping the newly elected! president (W. Noble) scathingly cri-{ ticised State Control as !being extrav- | agant and wasteful. It destroyed in- 1 itiative and had been a huge failure.‘ Nationalisation of shipping was :11 sure road to bankruptcy. Owing tol congestion at ports and breakdown of: land transport, many steamers were ‘ only doing half the pre-war work. It was a fact that trades and industries which had been decontrolled were a - 1 ready recovering, whereas those still in the grip of the State were‘ goingl from bad to worse. With more Ship-i ping than we possessed in Augusti 1914, we were only carrying half the‘ volume of trade carried in 1913. Mr Noble said he had full faith in the Britisher as a shipbuilder and shipowner, but the present policy of the] United States~Shipping Board, also some of our own Dominion-s, especial-‘ 1y Australia and Canada, was unfair competition. Their policy appeared to be to build up a mercantile marine at any cost, relying on the national purse to make good any deficiency_

THE SUPREME COUNCIL. BOLSHEVIK DELEGATES EX- M PELLED. FOR ABUSE OF PRIVILEGE. Received 9.15 am. LONDON, Feb. 24. A Supreme C‘ouncill’s communique states the British and Swiss Governments have both been compelled to expell representatives of the Soviet Government beczmse they abused their privileges. Investigations by the International Labour Bureau would be invested with greater authority and, Pbctter chances of success if conducted under supervision of the Council of the League of Nations, so it invites the League to take action in this direction. The Council also considered the Turkish Treaty at two sittings.

THE PAISLEY ELECTION. .. UNPR-ECEDENTED EXCITEMENT. .=\SQUITH‘,’S MIXED RECEPTION. LONDON, Feb. 25. Excitement at Paisley was unprecedented for many years. There was much betting, numberless sweepstakes being organised on the result. Political clubs in London and the provinces were crowded to read the declaration of the poll on tape machines. It is recognised that Mr Asquith’s return will revolutionise the Parliamentary situation. Seventy per cent. of the electors voted. When Mr Asquith emerged from the County Buildings after the declaration of the poll, he was pelted with pease» meal. An attempt was made to hold up his motor with rope, but he finally -‘broke through amid a babel of cheers and hisses. Mr Biggar appeared later, and was carried eshoumer high along the streets. Mr Macl-iean forfeited £l5O by not polling the required eprcentage. 'l‘ro-tsky states Bnlshevik peace terms and craving for peace remain unchanged. He said the country '.Vlli(‘.ll first resumed anlie9.blr= relations would derive commerce advantages. Trotsky claimed that by spring the Soviet

CHINA AND JAPAN. WASHINGTON. Feb; 25.‘ " According to a despatch from Tekio, Count ‘Uchida, speaking in the House of Peers, said that despite China’s boycott of Japanese goods, Japan was ready, in conjunction with otherpoPwers, to extend to China financial aid indispensible -for the maintenance of the Chinese Government. We are solici-tious to see the early completion of the great Work of unification of China. The Russian question is a matter of great importance to Japan. The Japanese Government. has conisistently stood for a policy of inter‘national accord in Siberia. The Japianese Government is taking the ne»!°.9SSal'Y ‘steps to return the leased terntory °f shantuflg to China, and -work the railroad thereon as a joint l 9ntel'Dl‘iSe between China and Japan.

SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS. NATIVE LABOUR BEING REMOVED. AFRICA NOT WHEAT PRODUCING DANGERS OF REPUBLICANISM. Received 9.25. CAPETOWN, February 26 The departmental committee’s report on Wheat-growing in the Union, states the average annual defiicit is 40 per cent. owing to climatic conditions and liability to rust wheat cannot be successfully grown as 23. summer crop. In certain parts ‘prbduction '3l- - reaches the limit of cost of production; it is higher than‘ in other wheat growing countries. Wheat will never occupy a primary place in agriculture in South Africa. Neverthe less it is capable of producing sufficient for the needs of its population, even though the demands are greater than at present. A

Smuts speaking at a large and enthusiastic meeting, emphasised the seriousness of the Republican agitation, and the unwise attitude of Labour leaders in minimis-ing it. Smuts promised drastic anti-profiteering, revised currency, industrial conciliation measures, also reform of the railway administration by the testablishniefint of joint boards. |He refused to say what he would do in the absence of a clear majority. The aeroplane, Silver Queen, left. Khartoum for Mongalli on the 25th. The removal of large numbers of natives from the Rand is expected very shortly. There is great scarcity of seed wheat in the Union, and quantities have been ordered from Australia by the Governrfient, which is expected to arrive too late for sowing.