GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

ROME TO TOKIO FLIGHTS. By Telegraph. —Press Assn. —'Jcpyrljlit. Deceived February 9, 5.5 p.m. Kome, Feb. 0. Five more aeroplanes have left for Tokio.—Aus.-N'.Z. Cable Assn. TRANSVAAL GOLD MINES. Johannesburg, Feb. 8. A ballot of all the traue unionists concerned in the raining industry resulted in a large majority in favor of a declaration of suspense of the strike in order to secure a consolidated increase of wages and a 41-hour week for surfacemen und 44 for underground workers. The resolution intimated that the men were prepared to negotiate with the Chamber of .Vlines, but the negotiations must be conducted within a week. —Aus.-iN.Z. Cable Assn. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Havana, Feb. C. A fire in premises of the American Agricultural Chemical Company at Regla caused ten million dollars' damage. ALLIES TO SUPPORT POLAND. Paris, Feb. 0.

The Allied Conference decided to do the utmost to support Poland if the Bolsheviks attacked it, and emphasises that the arrangement for the shipment of goods to the Russian co-operative societies would cease if it discovered they were employed in equipping Red armies The Conference vehemently denounced the criminal and loathesome class dictatorship of the Soviet, which openly defied its own proclaimed principles.

THE SUPPLY OF PAPER. Vancouver, Feb. 0. The Canadian Board of Commerce lia3 issued an order making it illegal for Price Bros, and Co. to sell paper at a price higher than SO dollars a ton in Canada. Under instructions from the Board the company must ship a •Mr load weekly to certain newspapers. The company is under obligation to ship 11.230 tons annually, but is at present shipping only 2500 tons.—AusXZ. Cable Assn.

REVOLUTION IN TRANS-CAUCASIA. Received Feb. 9, 10.45 p.m. Paris, Feb. 9. A Moscow wireless message states a revolution has broken out in TransCaucasia. TRAIN COLLISION IN FRANCEReceived Feb. 9, 10.45 p.m. Paris, Feb. 9. Eighteen persons were killed and six;ty injured in a collision at Dijou between a goods train and a passenger train. Received Feb. 9, 11.40 p.m. Paris. Feb. 9. The express train which collided with a stationary goods train near Dijon was travelling at fifty-three mile* an hour. The driver was arrested for passing the danger signals. He says the signal was clear.—Aus.-N.Z. "Cable Assn. INDUSTRY RETARDED IN DENMARK Received Feb. 9, 7.30 p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. C. Owing to the stoppage of eoal supplies from Britain industrial firms only possess six weeks' supplies. Drastie rationing of domestic fuel and lighting is proposed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN ALLIED CONFERENCE, Received Feb. 9, 7.30 pm. 'Paris, Feb. 6. A conference of the British, French, and Italian Premiers will be held in London oh the 12th inst.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Received Feb 9, 7.30 p.m. Paris, Feb. 0. The Berlin correspondent of the Petit Journal states there is a rumor that an attempt was made to assa*sinaie Herr Noske (the Minister for Defence).— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.