GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3646, 6 December 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THEATRICAL. Received 10 a.m. * LONDON, Dec. 5. Elizabeth, sixteen-year-old daughter of H. B. Irving, made a successful de•hut as Titania at the Court Theatre. | CHURCHILL’S MEMOIRS. Received 10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. *Tslr. Winston Churchill will soon write his memoirs, dealing, besides the war, with the chief incidents leading thereto. !

THE LABOUR DELEGATION. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Received 10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. Mr Henderson is returning to Enfland. Labour circles confirm the statment that he is the bearer of important peace proposals. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Received 10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. It is reported that the Prince of will ride Kinlark at the Grand Military Meeting at Sandown in March, 1921. PILFERING FROM DOCKS. 'TTeCEtTed 10 a.A LONDON, Dec. 5. The London Chamber of Commerce’s Committee of investigation into pilferages from the docks reports an enormous increase of pilfering since the’

■war, involving an increase in insurance premiums. The losses are nnot due to petty individual thefts but to well organised gangs of thieves and receivers. One Shipping Company is paying '£250,000 annually for claims. ..The Committee asks the Home Secretary, to prove a special detective force, trained in the habits and methods of river thieves.

STORM ON ENGLISH COAST. ' LONDON, Dec. 4. Several wrecks occurred during a Ifctorm on the west and south coasts last night, including the big steamers Angsir and Hather on the coast of Cornwall. The two crews, totalling 69, were rescued, that of the Hather toy lifeboats and the rocket apparatus. The Hathbr, with a German crew, was interned in Chili throughout the war.’ • 1 ■ "• The Angsir belonged to the Ministry of Shipping, and was about to undergo Survey before being handed over to the Japanese Government. When she struck it was impossible {to launch the boats, and an apprentice of 19 swam ashore with a line, (communication being then obtained by means of breeches buoy. Five of the crew of the Rhoscolyn lifeboat were drowned while proceeding to the assistance of the vessel Carnarvon Bay. Received 10.20 a.m. LONDON, Dec.. 5 Four of the crew of the Carnavon Kay were drowned owing to one of the ship’s boats being overwhelmed. An unknown schooner sank in the Humber, and all hands were drowned.

HAPSBURGS NOT WANTED. Received 10.20 a.m. BUDA PESTH, Dec. 5. Tlie Government has announced the repeal of the laws relating t« succession to the Throne, thus preventing the restoration of the Hapsburgs - Received 12.10 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. The Hungarian Cabinet Has resigned and Parliament has adjourned. D ’ANNUNZIO »S CAMPAIGN?! 1 Received 12.20 a.m. ROME, Dec. 5. The Rectors of Fiume, as the Parliamentary representatives are called, have resigned The majority of the people are against D’Annunzio, and the latest Treaty. EXPORT OF COAL.

Received 12.20 p.in. PARIS. Dec. 5. The Echo de Paris states that a conference is being held in London in for the export of coal. The chief disfor the export of oal The chief dfscus°*sDn relates to maximum price. GERMAN INDEMNITY, Received 12.20 p.m. PARIS, Dec 6. Le Matin reports that the Allied and German experts will meet at Brussels in a fortnight to discuss the German indemnity. .