GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3618, 3 November 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

ESPERANTO WINS AGAIN.

HALIFAX, Nov. 1. The American fishing schooner Esperanto beat the Canadian schooner Delawanna in the second of three races for the international championship of the North Atlantic, over a forty-mile course. The Esperanto finished. 7| minutes ahead. SPANISH REBELS, , MADRID, Nov. 1. The authorities have discovered a movement aiming at rebellion among the troops of the garrison at Saragossa. The movement was organised the trade unions, whose headquarters are at Barcelona. Several arrests were made.

EIGHT BOLSHEVISTS ARRESTED. Received 9.20 a.m. £ COPENHAGEN, Nov. 2. The National Tidendc reports that the Finnish steamer Ariadne, bound from Stockholm to Helsingfors, ' was stopped by a British cruiser and eight Ryssian Bolshevist passengers were removed. ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY. Received 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 2. The Archbishop of Sydney, after an audience with the Prince of Wales, is sailing in the Orvieto. SCOTLAND’S LIQUOR POLL. Received 11.50 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 2. Great interest is being taken in the Glasgow local option polling to-day. Vigorous propaganda was carried on right up to the eve of voting. The public houses have been closed in the thirty-seven wards which are taking a poll. The temperance advocates expect success in nine. The results will be announced to-morrow. CANADA'S WHEAT CROP. A FAVOURABLE HARVEST. Received 10.50 a.m. OTTAWA, Nov. '2. Owing to favourable weather conditions Canada’s wheat crop for 1920 is now estimated at 293,301,000 bushels, WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. o Canada exported to the United States

4,950,683 bushels of wheat and 65,946 barrels of flour. during the first fifteen days of October THE PRESS CONFERENCE. Received 10.20 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 2. Members of the Press Delegation a luncheon to Lord and Lady Burnham, Lord Northcliffe presiding. Eulogistic references were made to the personnel and work of the Canadian conference. Those present included Mr j Hutchison, of Dunedin.