GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3608, 21 October 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE DEFENDER OP LIEGE.

GENERAL LEMAN DEAD,

; PARIS, Oct. 19. j The death is announced of General i Leman, the defender of Liege, j i SHRINKAGE OF PRICES 1 . i r i ' I Received 9.10 a.m. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. j Speakers at a meeting of the Ameirlcan Bankers’ Association declared that the farmers, of the United States.’are facing a shrinkage in prices comipared .with 1920 aggregating more than.-, 2,5000,000 do lars, or nearly 37 'per cent.

j This year’s woo] clip totalled 258,307,000 pounds, and at the prices prevailing in September, 1920, would have brought 133,000,000 but on the basis of present prices will bring only 73,000,000 dollars. In the same manner farmers will lose 1,000,000,000 dollars on corn, and 233,000,000 dollars on cotton. I PRICE OP SUGAR. | Received 9.35 a.m. OTTAWA, Oct. 20. The Canadian Government has permanently cancelled the Board of Commerce order prohibiting sugar Importation, wbish was designed to secure the stabilising of prices. Canadian dealers are now forced to compete with the American refiners, who are selling at half the price asked in the Dominion. i I THE GREEK MONARCHY. ; Received 8.50 a.m. ! GENEVA, Oct. 20. Ex-King Constantine states: t “I would hot accept the Regency now, as my desires and intentions are the faille, as those of my people.” j FRISKY AT FIFTY. ' Received 8.40 a.m. LONDON, Ost. 20. 1 Connie Ediss, the actress, is the first prominent, person in, England to undergo the thyroid gland treatment. Interviewed, she said she was feeling run down after her return form Aus- ‘ tralia. The doctor suggested the thyroid 1 -gland • treatment. Describing- the operation, she said she felt as though, a red-hot poker were run under her “skin. Later she revived, and felt she must be oh the move, as she was full of strength and ‘ energy. She added: “I scamper over the fields, climb trees like a monkey and dont fed. anything like fifty.’’