GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3549, 10 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

.I——..._a——-U._...—.—..0—0 JAPAN AND AMERICA.

M~:\v"l*oßl{, .-‘Lu-gust 7.

-\H)rl'_t Johnson. c.llairman of the HI.-use flcf Repl'c~s-emvafives committee which is investigwring rhe Japanese s_itua('ion in (.‘:11ifo1-niué, dec.‘:u.l'ed at T;1c(_vlli:l thzxi. he had ovidml(:c proving the existence of a >'j~'st{‘}ll for illegally snlugg3ing .Tupzmosc into ‘the U’nito<l b't:‘ltes_. and xmuld shorily Submit. it ‘.O the b‘tat'e~:l)cpartlnc-xlt and the I)cp:u'tment' L,-1’ .r_uhour.‘ H 0 «zoncludcd by sayl'llg that the .la.}3zLxlese Gover‘nnlent \\<zL.~3 pl*o_b-oébly igl'lul‘:ult of the routés and means 'used.

Seattle advices state that Frank "I‘el'race, a welhkiiown farmer, testifying before the committee which is making investigations into the Japanese situation in California, ad.vocat«~(l the immigl.nt,ioli of .3, million -lapunese to recl‘ainl lands in the northwest of the United States, of which timbers had been cut, the Japanese to return. to Japan after completion of 1119 project.

A RBITR A 'J.‘ION UNPOPU LA R.

LONDON, {August 7‘

The na,tio::-.11 ccvnferenco of shipbuifding engineering trades and engilieering unions decided to recommend unions IO witlld;"'é\v*froln the agreement. submitting periodical" wage applications to the -arbiti-.a.‘ti~o.n of the Industrial Court. and to iiegotiate with the mnp?oye‘l's in future.

INCERMEASED BANK RATE.

LONDON, August 7‘

It is réported that Mr Phillip Newman, Gm-'el'nm' of thé B‘anl~; 6f England, favoufs increalsing the bank rate to 8 per cent. for the purpose of checking speculation, also for attracting foreign balanc~cs, particularly Amerir:.an, thereby I'eclficing the rate of exchange.

'EFFEC'/I‘ OF HIGH "TARIFFS.

LONDON", August 7.

Newspapers are watching Week-end railway firaffic. Since fares were increased they iagreae 't.hel*e‘ihg.'ls been considm'able reduction in passengers. especially fil'sQ-t:’iu.ss, camiagos being almo.~*t empty.‘

J.~\l".\l\'ESl‘} S'IIIPPTNG RATES.

NEW YORK, August 8.

;\cord'lng to :1. dispatch from Kobe, Japanese shipowners are ready to ac.cept 21. proposal to_,raise freight rates to the American level fixed by the Jones Act.

GREAT NAVAL CONCENTRATION.

NEW YORK, August 7.

The greatest concentration of seapower in the history of the United States Navyufiill occur by the conjunction of the Atlantic and-V Pacific fleets next .Tanual‘y probably in 'the v.icinit_v of the Gulf of Panama. for winter manoeuvres-.

OCYCUPATION OF SAGHALIEN.

TOKTO, August 7.

Cabinet, has decided upon an answer to "the American nofé regarding the Sughalian occupation. The diplonuitic zldvisory council approved the fcply.

BAVARIAN I\'fIa"PHODS.

PARIS, August 6‘

The “Mat'in’s” Munich corespmld—ent state's: The Bav::.ri:ln Government ‘has decided only to conespond with }FI-uuco through Berl‘in._, not through Ltho French repl'es(m'f.ntivo at Munich.

‘ REVOLUTION IN PERSIA

REPUBLIC ANNOUNCED.

Received 9.30 a.m.

PARIS, Aug. 9.

! The Echo de Paris’ Constantinople correspondent reports hat the Shah has abdicated and a. Republic has been proclaimed in Persia. The Legation states it has no knbwledge of the event_ _ ' ARCTIC EXPLORATION. AMUNDSEN’S EXPEDITION. Received 9.30 am. : NOME (Alaska), Aug. 9. ? ‘Amundsen sailed on Saturday. His inroposea course is west of Wranéel Isiand toward the Siberian Island's, keeping in open water until a favour-

_..........._...—........_................_......._.......... . 9 able place is found to strike directly nOl-‘Eh—pl-obably in the vicinity of? the foundering of the Jeam:ettl~‘. He. hopes to gain two years by this means_ The Jeannette was lost int drifting from Wrangel to Jeannette; Island.‘ 1 PROPOSED EXPEDITION.

TO SCALE MOUNT EVEBRESIT

Received 10.15 3.111

LONDON, Aug. 9

A sub-committee of the Royal G-eo~ graphical Society is considering details of a proposed expedition to attempt to scale Mount Everest, ' via pedition will entail enormous difilClll- - and will take a. couple of years. Tibet. It is anticipated fhai. _Lbe ex-

FAMOUS STATUES ABOLISI~I.E1)

Received 10.15 am.

LONDON, Aug. 9.

The City Corporation has decided on the abolition of the famous statues of King George 111., in Pall Mall and VVilliam I\~'., and Iproposes to-(erect new statues of Es\V'zll‘d VII. in Trafalgar Square, Earl Kitchener, and Ear] Roberts at the War Office, and Lori Fisher at the Admiralty.

CHEAP CABLES.

OTTAWA, Aug. 6.

The Press Conference agreed to incorporate a. penny a. word slogan in a resolution seeking a cheaper cable

service.

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.

HELSINGFORS, Aug. 6.

A Soviet newspaper states that 5'30 officials and a doctor of the army medical department. have been arrested for_ ficcept.ing bribes, totalling 50 million‘ roubles, to grant exemption certificates for military service. Forty-four. including eight drc-ctor:.<l have Been condemned to death.

PROPAGANDISTS.

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6‘

The Bolsheviks are sending great numbers of Russians, formerly war prisoners in Germany. into East Prussia, for propaganda purposes. The German authorities interned them. The soldiers declare that there is a great famine everywhere behind the Bolshevik fnonf.