GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1920, Page 9

GENERAL NEWS.

NIOTISH RMLWAYMEN'S WAGES.

By Telfsrapk—Press Aaaa.—CoDyrlcht. London, March 17. Owing to the rise in the cost of living above the pre-war level to 130 per cent., 300,000 railwaymen will receive an automatic increase in wages.

IT ATT AN AIRMAN CAPTURED-BY ARABS.

Delhi, March 19. It is rumored that one of the Italian 'aeroplanes on the Tokio flight had a forced landing near Den Ez Dor, in the Syrian desert, and that the aviators liai'e been taken prisoner by the Arabs and the machine dismantled.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. bank kobber sentenced. London, March 17. Albert Edward Redfern, formerly an army officer, was sentenced to death for the murder of a Leeds bank manager, witli a recommendation to mercy.

THE FREE CHURCH AND MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

London- March IS. For years Mr. IJoyd George had been elected on the executive committee of the National Free Church Council. This year he did not receive a single vote. LONDON FOOD MARKETS. London, March 18.

The report of Mr. M'Curdy's departmental committee advises that the wholesale food markets of London shall be under a single public authority, not private owners. It suggests that power be given to close tlie existing markets and establish others suitable. SOUTH AFRICAN DISPUTES. Washington, March IS. The United States has sent two Notes to Bolivia asking it to cease disturbing the peace of South America as the result of tho recent anti-Peruvian manifestations at La Paz. These manifestations arise out of the Taena-Arica dispute.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SALE OF COVENT GARDEN ESTATE. London, March 19. Mr. Edgar Fairweather, a well-known landowner, has purchased the Covent Garden estate from the Beecham trust for considerably over £2,500,000, compared with £2,000,000 that Mr. Joseph Beecham paid the Duke of Bedford in 1914.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn.