GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WHEAT YIELD. By Tolesraph.—Press Assn.-Copyrizht, London, Aug, IS. Mr. McCurdy, interviewed, said the supposed enormous surplus of wheat wa3 non-existent. It was due to miscalculations, therefore the price would remain high. It would ha several years before the production in Central Europe reachud the pre-war scale, owing to the lack of fertilisers and' the exhausted land. Russia's contribution to the world's supply would be negligible. DISASTROUS COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

deceived Aug. 0, 8.40 p.m.

New York, Aug. 18. A message from Trinidad, Colorado, reports that there are 20 dead as the result of the explosion at the Oakdalc Coal Company's mine.i One man was meued.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WARNING TO CHINA. Received Aug. 20, 12.20 a.m. Washington. Aug. Ift Reports from Tokio state that •Japanese Government has warned China that further disturbances in Manchuria similar to the Kurangchengha incident will he inimical to Japanese interests,— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. TIBET THR BUFFER STATE. A BRITISH-CHINESE AGREEMENT. Received An?. 20, 12.20 a.m. Washington, Aug. 19, According to official advices from Pekin, Britain and China have reached an agreement regarding Tibet, whercbv China will grant autonomy to Tibet while retaining the sovereignty.. Therefore China will he relieved of the burdensome task of maintaining- order in Tibet, and Britain's desire for the maintenance of Tibet as an autonomous buffer State will be realised—Aus. N.Z .Cable Assoc.