GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3544, 4 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WOOL BONUS.

LONDON, Aug. 2.

Colonel J_ F. Hope, of the Munitions ‘ Depzu-tluent_. interrogated in the House of Commons, said than there was no} real ground for Australian gissatisfue- ,' tion regarding the w.. 01 accounts and‘ the woo'gx'owel's’ bo1111.<<:-5. All new cfoun-45 and balance-slleets \\‘ou'.'d be for I Warded to the Austmlizm Government! Without delay, but. owing to fihe 1111-‘ mense amount of d<.‘L"dil it was impos—! sible t» complete-the accounts until a‘ year had elapsed. Payment of the‘ bonus to New Zealand woolgx-owers’| had recently been arranged, amounting ‘ to half the profits a.§certained to Mm-ch ! 31, 1919. The Australian Government] had been informed that £6.453.901. namely half profits of the Austraiianl Wool seldto March, 1919, will be'ere<l- l ited to Australia as“"s‘6~oYf‘as the ac-i‘ counts have been acceptea. 3

‘OBITUARY. LONDON, Aug. 2. The death is aiinounced of the Marquess of Queensberry. The newspapers publish picturesque stories of the late Mzirifiéss, who died of pneumonia in Johannesburg. His widow, fc-rnioi-135 .\lrs. Mloxrgan, Svtill carries on fish and poultry shops in Curdiif. She is extremely wealthy. The new marqucss married a gaiety actress in 1917, arid ‘both are now travel‘ing in South America. ' NOT FOR ENGLA‘_\*D. 7*"-..i'.¥.'=* .‘C"<; """"‘ ' ’ -GENEVA, Aug. 2. Mr Tom Shaw, 1\1.P.. in his presidential address at the Internafional Labour Congn,-ss, said that if the Russian Soci:l}i:3s believed file my -method of achieving the 4:-.-ommcn Socialiist aim was vio-lent revolution and class dictatorship they were free to aglopt it, but if it were proposed to rrdopt that policy in Briifain his voice woulEl be raised

against it. _ ' The British delegation includes Mr. Ramsay Macdcnald and Ml-'Harry Gos,ling. and the Germans include ‘Herr Schiedemann (Leader of the Independenfi Socialists) and Dr. Muller (exChancellor).

CRICKET. Received 9.15 am. LONDON, Aug. 3. Dougla§ and Waddingvon have accepted invitatjons to join the cricket team for -Australia.

sTRI’KEs IN SOUTH AFRICA.

CAPETOWN, Aug. 2.

The Enginedrivers’ Asso-cidation of Johannesburg has started week-end ‘strikes to enforce :1. demand for a 48hour week and Sunday’s rest. Even pumping operations in most ‘of &he mines will be suspendecl every weekend until the demands are conceded.

ARCHBISEOP MANNIX.

Received 9.15.

OTTAWA, Aug. 3.

Interviewed at Winnipeg, Mr Bobinson, Victorian Attorney-General, said that Dr. Mzmnix was a very -disturbing element in the community -and a fomaker of éinti-British feeling. The Nationalist, party might possibly have been unsuccessful at the Federal elections had if not been for the indignation Which anti-British propaganda had aroused; causing the masses to repudiate him and his ‘tactics. The parties were realising thegianger-ous chzirzlcter of Dr_ Mannix. The opinions of the masses were against Sinn Feinn__and Feninnism. The Mann’x afiair had been nzxwfully an"a'nngod._

STRI(7'I‘URES BY FETJFIR‘ AT. PRENFIER. .

Received 11.5.

MELBOURNE, This Day‘

Referring to the statemenfs. by Dr. Mannix, Mr Hughes said the Archbishop was the leadcfr of Sinn Feln in Australia, and had abused his posiition as a priest to further the most disloyal purposes: Na.me‘.y, to set creed against creed and class _z}ga-Inst class. Respecting Dr 'Manni.\"s Sfatement that he will reply to Mr Hughes when he rcfurns to .»\ustralia. Mr Hughes said: “He. may: but first of all he has to return.”

PROM BATMAN TO GENERAL. LONDON; July 23. General Budenny. the Bolshevik cava.h;y leader against the Poles is re‘garded as the most brilliant soldier which the Sfiibi; has produced:.He was formerly baliman to General Kornifzky. Kornitzky I'caognised his ability when he wiis hi}; batman, and promoted him 3?; non-commissioned offic'm'. He flf:fP!‘W{l|‘dS éccured his omnmTssion. M :-- —-——-————-—————-—-

FLYING FUNERALS‘

LON-DO-N, July 23.

The first flying hearse, capable of carrying a coffin_ and 15 moilrners will be launched at New Jersey during the Undertakers’ Convention next month.

GUARDING VVILHELM

LONDON. July 21. I A message from Doorn states that‘ owing to the presence of undesirable! foreigners, hotels in the town ‘are required to supply daily lists of guests to the Burgomaster_ The order is regarded as ccnfli-nla-tion of the recent story of the attempted assassination of the former Kaiser. % WHAT MIGHT HAVE Linen. \ 4...... i GERMAN PLANS MISCARRIED. \ . [ Received 9.15 a_m. PARIS, Aug. Le Matin publishes a conversation between a high French_ personage and. !the King of Spain,’ in which the latfter, in March, 1917, said the German lintention early in" 1917 was to march upon Petrograd and Odessa, and then with Greece’s aid to smash General Sari-ail‘s_ army at Salonika; after which Austria would fall upon Italy. Germany’s next move was to violate Swiss neutrality, and make a. dash for |Lyons. -

The King of Spain'predicted the defeat of the Central Powers, thongh he did not believe they would be definitely crushed. He criticised the want of forethought and the ego-tism of the British Government, which at that time had not placed three million men in the field. Italy also had not inflicted a blow commensurate with her strength. The French Government and Mr Lloyd George were notified of the conversation.