GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1916, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TROUBLE IN SAN DOMINGO Times and Sydney Sun Services. Washington, May 23. There is serious trouble in San Domingo. The cruisers Tennessee and Salem, with detachments of marines, are proceeding thither at top speed, and other cruisers are following to check a threatened rebellion. PACIFIC COAST SHIPPING RATES. Sydney, May 24. San Francisco files state that there are indications on the 'Pacific coast that the present high shipping rates are likely to decline. Color is lent to the report by the announcement that a number of vessels, including several new ones, have been offered for sale. The Chronicle adds that practically every vessel plying out of .San Francisco under charter could (be bought at reasonable rates. TRADE WITH THE EAST. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Sydney, May 24. At a Million Club luncheon, Mr. Sutton, commercial commissioner for the East, emphasised the growing importance of Japan and urged the establishment of a definite policy in the East, as long as the spirit of the AngloJapanese alliance was kept up. There was no doubt that Japan came to the rescue when Russia was absolutely defeated and when Russia's artillery was practically destroyed, Japan, in response to appeals from Russia and England, supplied her. Referring to trade, iie warned Australia against the possibility of losing Japanese trade as the result of the publication of hostile criticisms and pin-pricks. LONG RANGE WIRELESS. London, May 24. En route for Sydney the steamer Ventura received a wireless message from San Francisco at a distance "of 5580 miles. Then, using a new invention, the audion detector, the operator picked up clearly and read a message from Tuckerton Station, New Jersey, at a distance of over 9000 miles. Both are claimed as records. FALL IN FOOD PRICES AUSTRALIA. .Sydney, May 24. Official statistics show that the price of foodstuffs in the Commonwealth in April decreased il per cent, compared with March. ■' THE LIQUOR REFERENDUM. Sydney, May 24. The liquor referendum campaign is in full swing and both sides are organising for a great fight. PILFERING OF CARGO. Sydnev, May 24. In sentencing a prisoner to seven years' penal servitude for cargo pilfering, Judge Murray said the amount of thieving on the wharves amounted to a public scandal and caused the port to stink in the nostrils of every decent citizen. A STRIKE ENDED. Sydney, May 24. The strike of ironworkers on Walsh LJand is settled. GERMAN CAUSES STRIKES. Sydney, May 21. Time and again, referring to the prevalence of strikes, Mr. Black said he found t'hat they iwere engineered by the secretary of one union, who was a German. He advised the Federal authorities to take certain action, which resulted in the end of the dispute. OUTBREAK"!)]? MENINGITIS. Melbourne, May 24. The Chief Health Officer, 'lias announced that if the meningitis outbreak does not abate it will be necessary to consider the question of. limiting audiences or closing all places of amusement.