GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1919, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

PRICE OF PETROL. By Telesrflnli.—rross Assn Copyr'eht. New York) July 22. Motor petrol (00-112 degrees test) was Bold during the week ended July 1!) at 24% cents per gallon wholesale and 27 cents re tail. Special petrols sold wholesale at 33.1 cents for 72 to 76 degrees test spirit in steel drums, and cents for 68 to 72 degrees test in steel drums. PRICE OF A CROWN. Paris, July 22Budapest advices state that the Soviet is trying to sell the celebrated Stefan Crown, for which it is asking 100,000 francs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. FLUORINE AS MANURE. Paris, July 22. Professor Gauticr reported to the Academy of Sciences that the use of the chemical fluorine increased ,the average yield of wheat 13 per cent., oats 12 per cent., and potatoes 58 per cent. ARMS SEIZED IN EGYPT. Cairo, July 20. Fifteen thousand rifles were recently seized in Upper Egypt. The Bedouins continue to smuggle miscellaneous arni9 from Palestine.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn, THE EX-EMPEROR KARL. Vienna, July 20. The ex-Empevor Karl is shortly visiting the King of England to arrango financial questions, and there is a possibility that he may reside in England. CANADIANS TRIED FOR RIOT. London, July 23. A verdict of not guilty was brought in the charge of manslaughter against seven Canadians in connection with the Epsom attack on June 18. Five were sentenced to a year's imprisonment for riotous assembly.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn.