GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1919, Page 7

GENERAL NEWS.

UNITED STATES' NEW SHIPPING. By Telegraph.—lVess .tan.—Copyright. Washington, Nov. 2. Officials have announced that the com- < plete programme of the Shippiag Board will include 17311 oil burners with a capacity of ten million dead-weight tons. •UNITED STATES' TRADE WITH GERMANY. Washington, Nov. 2The Department of Commerce has announced that the September imports from Germany to the United States were valued at 1,686,963 dollars and the ei>ports to Germany at 8,833,693 dollars. PROHIBITION IN~AMERICA. New York, Nov. 4. Mr. Samuel Gompers (President of the American Federation of Labor), in a discussion on the unrest, contended that foisting prohibition on the people of the United States was a blunder charged with danger and loaded with disastrous possibilities. The adoption of prohibition opened up a chance of wrecking the social and economic fabric of the nation. The invasion of the working man's habits unsettled him. Bolshevism in Russia began with prohibition. NEW SHIPPING SERVICE. New York, Nov. 2. Mr- Robert Dollar has bought a 14sere waterfront site to establish a direct New York-Shanghai freight and passenger service, via Panama, employing six vessels. He will build a million dollar terminal building in New York. THE HUME PROBLEM. Washington, Nov. 2. Prance has made overtures to the United States for a new settlement regarding Fiume. Britain has notified her adherence to the latest Italian solution. ■ —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH STEAMER MINED. Copenhagen, Nov. 3. The British stekmer Volturnus, carrying food to the British Baltic fleet, struck a mine and sank. The crew were rescued. CHINESE FINANCES. Washington, Nov. 2. According to advices from flip East it is expected that Chinese officials including the North Chinn loaders will not favor an international financial consortium unless important changes are made in the terms under which China will be financed. BOMB-EXPLOSION IN TOKIO. Tokio, Nov. 2. A bomb exploded in front of the Foreign Office. There were no casualties. The dav was being celebrated in honor of the Emperor. • GERMAN SOCIALIST DYING. Copenhagen, Nov. 2. ITerr Hugo Hartsi. Hie German Independent Socialist leader, whose life was recently attempted, is in a critical condition, and his death is a question of hours. TRAIN SERVICE IN GERMANY. Berlin, Nov, 2. The passenger train service lias been suspended throuchout Germany for a fortnisht to facilitate goods traffic, especially coal and potatoes. JEWS IN PALESTINE. London, Nov. 2. Lord Rothschild, presiding at the English Zionist Federation's demonstration, read a letter from Lord Curzon stating ! .that the Government's policy of favoring the establishment of Jews in Palestine was unchanged.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.