GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1919, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

REGULATING FOOD PRICES, By Telegraph.—Press Assn-- CopyTljht. London, August )(. The Food Ministry lias resumed control of bacon, hams, and lard. It has requisitioned stocks and imports and fixed maximum wholesale and retail prices. DISASTROUS FATAL FIRE, Paris, August 9Fire destroyed the railway station at Besaneon. The damage amounts tc several million francs. Two people were burned to death and several seriously injured.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BIG WOOL CONSIGNMENT^, New York, August 10. It is reported that 10,403 bales of Australian wool have arrived in New York aboard the Norwegian sailing vessel Cate. The consignment is said to be the largest wool shipment ever landed in the United States.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, DESTRUCTION OF VERMIN. London, August 9. A Bill has been introduced into the House of Commons for the destruction, -of rats and mice. It is estimated that rats destroy in England upwards of fifteen million pounds' worth of food yearly.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, BELFAST PEACE CELEBRATIONS. London, August 9. During the peace celebrations at Belfast 38,000 demobilised men marched past Lord French. There were 250,000 spee r lators.—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DISASTROUS DUST EXPLOSION. Ottawa, August 9, A dust explosion wrecked an immense wheat elevator at Port Colborne, destroyed two million bushels of grain, and sank some small steamers and barges. The debris was blown a mile and a half away. The township was badly shattered and twenty persons killed. The damage is estimated at a million sterling. MUNITION DUMP EXPLODES. Paris, August 9. An English munition dump at Bailleul exploded and ra2ed a great part of the reconstructed town, burying numerous inhabitants and British soldiers. Three bodies have been recovered.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.