MISCELLANEOUS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3601, 13 October 1920, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

ECCLESIASTICAL. RecciveS" S!W a.m. LONDON, October 12. The King has approved the appointment of the Bishop of Frodsham as Vicar of Halifax This is the biggest Crown appointment short- of a Bishopric. Received, 9.55 a.m! i LONDON, Oct. 12. The Rev. Peter Green. Canon Residentiary of Manchester, is mentioned as the possible Archibshop of Melbourne, GERMAN TRADE IMPROVING. Received 8.40 a.m. LONDON, October 12. ' An Exchange Telegraph message from Berlin states tha.t. while both German and foreign buyers at the Leipzig Fair were unexpectedly successful. The Soviet representative ordered several millions worth of goods and the new independent Baltic States placed large orders for agricultural machinery. The "Scandinavian, Russian, Dutch and French representatives also placed orders for machinery on a large scale. CUBAN FINANCIAL CRISIS. Received 0.15 a.m. NEW YORK, October 12. A. message from Havana staes that owing to the banking crisis, the Government has declared a moratorium, which expires on Ist December, the Government reserving the right to suspend the moratorium sooner or continue it after expiration It is declared ::hat the crisis Is due to a reduction of the large mass of business transacted, during prosperity, tightness of foreign- markets, and. a fall in the prices of sugar. SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE. Received 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, October 12. Sir Thomas Mackenzie leaves for New Zealand on Wednesday. , ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. 1

Received 5.15 a.m. BRUSSELLS, October 12. The Montenegrin Press Bueau announces that an aYFeinpt was made to assassinate Priuce Alexander ,the Serbian Regent at Sarajevo. A bomb was thrown under his train, but the pi'ince was not injured. Received 10.10 a.m. LDNDOK October 12. A bomb wrecked two coaches of :!hc Serbian Prince Regent's train at Serajevo. CHINESE AFFAIRS. Received 0.20 a.m. The international! Chinese Consortium has received; an application from Belgian bankers for admission. It is understood that the application will be considered favourably.