GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1919, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

RADICALS DEPORTED FROM U.S. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 14, 6.5 p.m. New York, Dec. 13. It is announced that a Government transport will shortly sail carrying several hundred Radicals, who will be deported to Russia.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

HUNGARY AND PEACE. Received Dec. 14, 11.5 p.m. . Paris, Dec. 12. The Hungarian delegates are journeying to Paris to sign the Treaty .—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. KIDNAPPED BY MEXICANS. Received Doc. 14, 11.5 p.m. Washington, Dec. 13. It is reported that two Americans and an Englishman are held at ransom by Mexicans.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUGAR FOR UNITED STATES. Received Dec. 14, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Dec. 13. The Senate passed a Bill continuing Government control of sugar to Jfli) and providing for the purchase of Cuba' ; | 1920 crop.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY. Received Dec. 14, 11.5 p.m. Washington, Dec. 13. Mr Hiram Johnson, of California, is announccii as a Presidential candidate. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CROPS IN UNITED STATES. Received Dec. 14, 5.3 p.m. New York. Dec. 13. It is announced that l?io United States' farm crop for 191*J is valued at more than fourteen billion dollars.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EQUALISING EXCHANGE RATES. Received Dec. 14, 5.5 p.m. New York, Dec. 13. The Ottawa correspondent of the Times reports that the Canadian Government has shipped to the United States twenty million dollars in gold in order to equalise the exchange rates between Canada and the United States. Canadian importers are being urged to reduce purchases in the United States, and owing to the unfavorable exchange Post Office money orders to the United States have been stopped.—Aus and N.Z. .Cable Asss.