GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3564, 28 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

—o • ANOTHER CHANNEL SWIM., Received 9 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Henry Sullivan, an American swimmer, left Dover last night to swim the Channel. He was reported to be still in the water at eleven o'clock this morning., but the sea is choppyReceived 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Sullivan abandoned his swim three miles off Cape Grisnez, after being 19| hours in the water. He covered thirty-five miles. His chief food was beefsteak cooked on the accompanying trawler He put up a plucky struggle during the last five hours, but was unable to make any progress, and gave up the attempt.

THE COAL CRISIS. MINERS' STRIKE BALLOT. "Received 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Though the first ballots show sweeping majorities in favour of a coal strike, the crisis has entered on a more hopeful plans. Trade Union opinion is generally hardening against a strike. It is pointed out that if £1 per week is paid to the miners as strike pay, the funds would be exhausted in three weeks. Mr Arthur Henderson urges tnat the issue between the miners and the Government is not really nationalisation, but wages, which have been affected by the increased cost of living, and" which he declares is.a negotiable proposition.

AMERICA'S NAVY. DREADNOUGHT PROGRAMME. WASHINGTON, August 26. The Navy Department publishes a report of the relative strength of the American and British Navies, in which it is * stated that the Dreadnought tonnage of the United States Navy in 1923 will be 1,160,000 ons. Sixteen units will be battleships mounting six-teen-inch guns. There are now 19 ships of the Dreadnought type in the| United States Navy, whieh will be increased to 35 by 1923. There will also be six giant battle cruisers, each of 43,500 tons lisplaeement, and also 10 new jligh-f cruisers, which will be the, speeliest afloat. , , VENIZELOS RECOVERS. Received 9.40 a.m= PARIS, Aug. 27. Venizelos has recovered and has left for Greece.

THE COUNCIL OF ACTION. Received 9.40 LONDON fAugns! "27. ~ The Council of Action, aftejr consultation with M. Kameneff and M. Krasannounce that the Russian Government 's withdrawal regarding a civic millitia fO|r Poland all difficulties in the way of a Russo-Eng-lish peace. The Council urges that the British Governme|nt publisE the full terms whereon they will make peace with Russia. The Daily Chronicle protests against intrigues between the Council of Action and the Russian delegates, as the; Russians gave an undertaking to eonfine themsddves to dealing with the British Government. QUEENSLAND'S FINANCES.

Received 10.45 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Mr Hunter, referring to the BritishAustralasian Society's letter, has authorised the following statment: When Mr Theodore met the pastoral representative, he offered t& repeal the Act in the current session, and asked that the opposition shown to the Government's loan proposals should be withdrawn, so that the previous harmonious relations with the investing public and Quensland might be restored. While cheerfully accepting Mr Theodore's offer, they desired a further pledge not to introduce a pastoral lease tax. Mr Theodore regarded this as an attempt to subordinate the legislative functions of a Sovereign State to the dictatorship of outside irresponsible parties, and Mr Theodore held that this was more than even the Imperial Government itself would ask a Soverign State to submit to. JAPAN'S 'NAVY. Received 11.45 a.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. The New York Times' Washington correspondent states that it is understood that Japan is putting out of commission all line-of-battle war vessels more than ten years old. Japan is building super-Dreadnoughts with of 40,000 tons, with a speed of thirty knots, and a main battery of eight sixteen-inch guns. The Japanese are not building electrically

driven ships. Japan's battle fleet in 1923 is expected to include eight battleships mounting 48 fourteen-Inch and 32 sixteen-inch guns, with a displacement of 258,860 tons, and six battle-cruisers mounting 32 fourteeninch guns and sixteen -sixteen-inch, with a total broadside fire weighing of 76,004 pounds. By 1927, it is expected that the Japanese building programme will be completed. With twelve battleships and twelve battlecruisers added to the fleet, there have been some .reports that the programme will be delayed" 'due to the lack of stee/, but it is understood that there is sufficient steeL

NOT WANTED. Received 11.45 am. HONOLULU, Aug. 27. The American war veterans will re quest the absolute exclusion of Japanese from the United States, but will recognise the rights of American-bor n Japanese to citizenship. COUNTY CRICKET. Received 10.20 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Fine weather, good wickets, and heavy scoring are features of the county cricket matches., Surrey, playing against North Hants, declared the innings closed at 619 for five wickets. Peach made 200 not out, Ducat made 149, and Fender 113 not out in forty minutes. Sandham made 92. North Hants made a total of 306.

Hampshire playing against Warwickshire, declared the innings closed at 616 for seven wickets. Mead made 102 not out, Brown 151, and Barrett 148, •■<

Playing against Middlesex, Woolley made 96, and Fender reached hfs century in thirty-five minutes, beating Jessop's record of forty minutes, made in 1897,' and his score included five sixes and sixteen fours. Fender gave only two chances. His driving was wonderful.

Playing against Kent, in the second innings, Hendren scored eighty-four in forty-three minutes, Including one sixer and thirteen fours, by terrific hittig. Nothing has yet been settled as regards the amateur team for New Zealand, but efforts are being made to do so. Thdre is a strong desire to send a team if possible, as the team in Australia will be unable' to visit New Zealand. The Marylebone Club is quite in favour of the scheme.

ENGINEERING PROGRESS. Received 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27. Professor C. F_ Jenkins,, in an address on engineering before the British Association, said the time had come to thoroughly "overhaul and revise the fundamental data wherein the strength and suitability of materials was: based. During the war, aeroplane construction had revealed remarkably how inadequately the,problems of stress and strain had been solved, especially in regard to anisotropic materials, and in a lesser degree with tropical materials,. There was practically no theory in a form available for an engineer whereby the strength of timber could be satisfactorily calculated, but the outcome of researches during the war had yielded some reasonably accurate data. Professor Jenkins'urged the necessity for understanding the fullest research work on the subject.

BOXERS FOR AUSTRALIA. Received 12 Noosu PARIS, Aug. 27. The Eudeline has sailed for Australia with a party of boxers, including Arthur Wyns. who fights Kilbane at Sydney Stadium. Others of the party are F. C. Crioui, welter-weight champion of France, and Zozo Durro, featherweight champion, who was recently operated on for appendicitis, but made a fine recovery.