GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

DISCONTENT IN LUXEMBOURG. By Telegraph,—Press Assn- Copyright. Paris, August IC. The recent disturbances in Luxembourg, when twenty thousand people attacked the Duchess' palace and Parliament Buildings, arose out of a demonstration ostensibly directed against the high cost of living, but believed to be really connected with the refusal of the military authorities to allow tho formation of a republican Government. —AU9.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED. London, August 15.

Lloyds reports that the sinking of the Italian warship Basilieata, near Tewfik, after an,explosion, has blocked the Suez Canal since the 13th. DECLINE IN GERMAN MARK. London, August 10. The German mark continues to fall in value. Eighty-five marks are offered for £l. This is dii 6to the reduction of the British anny in Germany, and the fact that Switzerland and other State.* bordering on Germany are fto longer active buyers of German currency, while many Germans are selling in order to transfer their wealth abroad.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE ACQUffiE RAW MATERIAL. Received August 18, 8.30 p.m. I New York, August 17. A despatch from Santiago states it is said' that more than five million dollars have been invested by the Japanese in the copper and iron mines of Chile. The Japanese also recently took option over the coal lands surrounding Talcahuano.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aasn. CHOLERA IN CHINA. Pekin, August 17. Received August 19, 1.15 a.m. A Cholera epidemic has broken out at Shanghai, Dairen, and Tientsin, and nearly 1000 deaths Lave occurred near Pekin.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

DOUBLE INCOME TAX. Received August 19, 2 a.m. London, August 188. Owing to the double income tax, the Robert Reid Company is transferring its head office to Australia.

GRAND DUCHESS 'OF LUXEMBOURG. Received Aug. 19, 1.50 a.m. Berne, Aug. 18. The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg has been betrothed to Felix Bourbon Parma. who is an officer in the Austrian army and a brother of the ex-Empress Zita. "