GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3517, 1 July 1920, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

CIRCLING THE EMPIRE. WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Received 8.50. LONDON, June 28. The report of the imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee has been published. It recommends a scheme for the connection of the various parts .of the Empire by wireless links not exceeding two thousand miles. The committee believes, by this procedure official, 'Commercial, ;s;;d press traffic would,, be carried reliably, expeditiously, economically, and all essential strategic needs met. The committee estimates the initial capital cost of the scheme would be £1,243,000, with annual charges, including interest and amortisation. £425,000. The committee anticipates the traffic would produce a revenue of £325,000, leaving an | annual loss <of £IOO,OOO. It recommends that the execution of the scheme be entrusted to the Engineering Department of jthe Post Office, but the long-distance wireless traffic with foreign countries might be left to commercial companies. The report declares the small temporary loss is negligible in comparison with the imperial benefits conferred. It recomimends the service of communication between Leafield and Cairo by a Poulsen ' —-i, which will shortly be operated vj -xe post office, be the first link in the chain of communication, to be continued by a valve station near Nairobi by the alteration of the exGerman station Windhuk to a valve station to'cqmplete the connection with South Africa. Further, that for communication with India, the Far East, and Australia, valve stations be erected in England, near Cairo, Poona (or another India station), Singapore, Hongkong, and Port Darwin or Perth. SHAMROCKJV. BEATS SHAMROCK 111. Received 9.25. NEW YORK, June 30. At Sandy Hook Shamrock IV. beat, the 23-metre Shamrock over a 12 2/10ths nautical miles course by 187 seconds elapsed time. This is the Shamrock IV.'s fourth victory over the other. ,_ / j URUGUAY RECEIVES GERMAN SHIPS. Received 9.25. BUENOS AYRES, .Tune. 30. It is understood that eight German ships interned in Uruguayan ports during the war will be given to Uruguay as a reward for services to the Allies.

DISORDEES IN SHANGHAI. DUE TO HIGH PRICE OF RICE. Received 9.25. SHANGHAI, June 30. Labour disorders, with incipient .rioting and the looting of food shops, are occurring in the industrial districts due to the' mounting price of rice. It is estimated only four days' rice supply are available. GERMANY'S WAR INDEMNITY. WHAT SHE IS ABLE TO PAY. Received 9.25. PARIS, June 30. , Le Journal says the German delegates at Spa will inform the Allies that Germany is unablo to pay more .than two thousand million marks owing to the Treaty depriving her of certain source? of revenue in her fleet, colonies, and mineral resources. RECONSTRUCTION OF LIBERATED AREAS. Received 9.25. PARIS, June 30. The Minister of Finance informed the Chamber he hu(d (' already \ paid nearly seven thousand million francs towards the reconstruction of liberated areas. CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE. Received 9.25. PARIS, June 30. The Foreign Affairs Committee reported the Vatican had accepted the separation of the Church and State in France as a fait accompli. It declared it had not the slightest desire to (interfere 'in French politics. The way is therefore clear for the resumption of diplomatic relations. N.Z. GRAVES ON GALLIPOLL LONDON, June 30. Sir Thomas Mackenzie learns that it i s untrue that New Zealand graves on Gallipoli have been desecrated. The Turks always treated New Zealand and Australian dead with respect. A few bones lying about have been identified as those of Turks. One cemetery, previously believed to be Turkish, has now been discovered to contain seventy to eighty British graves. Turkish officials promised to investigate and supply the names. It is believed possible to identify a number of Nov/ Zealanders previously untraced.