GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 5 June 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

TRADE WITH CZBOHO-SLOVAKIA.

MARTIAL LAW IN GREECE. PLO'I.‘TERS’ ACTlV'l’_l_‘Y. Received 9.0. ATHENS, June‘ 4. Venizelos has decided that martial law shall continue until danger of a pro-Constantine rising has been removed. He believes pldttel‘s had proposed to act during his forthcoming absence in France and England. Venizelos ridicules reporfsv that Alexander does not intend to return. ATINO HOPES TO BE RECALLED. "Received 9.0. ROME, June 4;‘ Constantine, in an interview, said he hopes and believes Greece will recall him. He says he never abdic:ited,and the forthcoming elections will reject Venizelos and insist on Consf:mtine"s restoration.

BOLSHEVIKS ENTER TEHERAN. Received 9.0. " CONSTANTINOPLE, June 4. The Persian Legation undmsttands the Bolsheviks have entered Teheran. THREATENED GAS-WORKERS’ ' STRIKE. G, Received 9.0. ' Jllnf‘ 3. The entire country is threatened wifh a gas-workers’ strike for higher wages. A ballot. overwhelmingly favoured stoppage of work on the 26th. ' ANTWERP WOOL SALES. P, 25 PER CENT. DECLINE.

l Received 10.10 a.m. LONDON, June 4. At the Australian wool sales bidding ivas moderate and irregular_ Prices showed a a. 25 per cent. decline. Eleven thousand bales were offered, and 2200 were sold. ‘ V I. SETTLING OFFICERS IN ! AUSTRALASIA. ' ‘ ___________... E SCHEME FUNDS SUPPORT. » ; Received 10.10 am. V ‘ LONDON, June 4. Haig"s Olficers’ Association has agreed to take 12,500 shares as a start in Australian farms. It is also convening a meeting of business interests of the city with a view tosecuring further financial support. Sir Arthur Stanley, Christopher: Turner, and other influentrial men} have joined the London Board. Finan-l cial circles in London consider it the! Australians are more generous in their support this would ensure further‘ British capital. The o'vel-seas Settle-E ment Committee suggest the scheme‘ should be extended to other Australian { States.

I BRITISH FLAG BURNT IN 1 STREETS Received 9.0 a.m. V WASHINGTON, June 3. The State Departxnent has ordered an injuiry into the burning of a British flag in the streets of Washington at the instance of a number of women friends of the Irish Freedom Movement. No steps have been taken by the British Embassy even to make a. protest. DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC MAMMOTH. Received 8.40 a.ln. ’ PARIS, June 2... WOl-kmen discovered near Chagnv some fossilised bones_ Scientists cleclare they belong to 3. pl'e-manlmoéll mid-European elephant, thirteen feet in height, with tusks eight feet long.

ALLIED TRADE WITH RUSSIA 'KRASSIN’S MISSION. ‘ Received 10.30. LONDON, June 4. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr Gretton regarding conversations with Krassin, Mr. Lloyd George re~ called that the Supreme Council. at San Remo on Apirl 26 decided that Allied representatives should meet Kl-assin and other Russian trade delegates, except Litvinoii’, in London. Krassin, besides heading the delegation as representative of the Russian eo—operati\'e organisation, was also the Soviet Government Minister; therefore he acted in the name and with the authority of the Soviet Government. Mr Lloyd George thought Krassin was not originally a German agent. He was associated with :1 German electrical firm, but was a Russian Government employee. He‘ wanted to settle certain questions before undertaking‘ negotiations. For exanxple, the release of all British prisoners in Bussia was an essential preliminary to the renewal of trade relations. _

THE IDEA VVELC()M}‘}I)‘

Received 9.25. ‘PRAGUE, June’ &.

’fhe 'Austrian Press Association interviewed Hotowetz, Minister for Commerce, regarding the prospects for direct trading al'l'an-gcmonts with Austl'a'li:~. 3:22‘! N”l\' 'Ze£ll:-xndl. Hotowetz welcomed the idea‘, and said CzechoSlovakia. needs raw materials in order to x'c-establisli her industries. The problem is one of lixizmce, and it will beneecssai-y to obtain credits or make special al'rangclllents, because the exvhange is so seriously against Czeeho—' Slovakia. The eouiitry has already secured nine months’ credits from the United States, from whence it is im--por1"i11g cotton direct, vchich formerly was pul'ch-used. by London and Liverpool. The new republic looks hopefully to Britain, inasmuch as Britain was the first power to Officially recognise CZ(-‘.OllO-'S'il)V:3,k'ifiv’S nal«011al rights‘. resulting in her independence. He would be glad to think it possible to develop friendly relations with British. Dominions also.

AN EXI’ERIMEN‘TAL SHIPM.EI\"I‘ SUGGrE'STED.

Received 11.10‘

PR-A Gr UE, June -1

Hotuwetz continued: We hitherto purc.has.ed Australian and New Zealand wool in the English «market, but -have difiiculty in obtaining the required quantities now except on a system of credits. We would willingly. negotiate with fhe View to ascertaining whether it is possible to» ostzabl‘.-sh 3 practical fraclin-g a.l'mnlgnnlellt' wisth A‘.Js!'d;ali-3 and New Zealaml to mutual advantage. In C'zm:ho-Slovakia‘ labour is cheaper than in Britain. VVé would supply nlanllf:lc’r-ul'e(l textiles, glass Ware, porcelain, and paper in payment. Hotcwotz' sug'gests Australian and New Zo:1l:md pro4ll'Jeel's slmuld "test the practicability of the scheme by sending‘ a small sample of quanhffies of raw m:lt'el'ials to responsible Czecho-Slov-akian mamlfaetul'ers; thus enabling them to investigate I'esu.lt?s.