GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1920, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph.—Press Asan.—Copyright, The Turkish peace delegation has left for Paris. ( The navigation companies of Holland are amalgamating with a capital of 200 million florins. Ferrain, who is competing in the Rome to Tokio flight, has reached Fuchou, covering 7800 miles. The Finnish Riksdag passed a Bill giving Home Rule to the Aaland Islands.

The annual report on Papua shows a decrease of £4738 in revenue, £43,352 in exports, and £27,GSI in imports. The decrease is due to the lack of shipping.

The Australian Olympic Council has selected Patterson as their tennis representative at the Olympic Games. The fund for expenses now amounts to £3855.

ViscoUWt Kaneko. a former Japanese representative in the United States, in a speech at Tokio, said peace in the Pacific rests upon the mutual respect shown by America and Japan.

Twelve persons were wounded in a clash .with the police and workers at Monte Video in May Day demonstrations, in which virtually all the workers participated.

The Sydney Public Service Board report shows that the amount involved in giving effort to the Boaixl of Trade's increased living wage ruling throughout the service totalled £585,000.

The Chinese Government will hold an international industrial exposition at JVkin in March, 11122, for which three million dollars have been appropriated.

The Chinese Government is planning to appoint a commission to consider the living conditions of the common people with a view of affecting an amelioration, thus forestalling Bolshevism.

A conference of South Wales railwaymen re-allirmed the dec/sion to institute a "work to rule" strike on May 3, until a £6 weekly minimum wage is granted.

M- Millerand announced in the French Senate that lie had accepted the German proposal for an exchange of views by French and German economists to consider a renewal of more active industrial and commercial relations. The Senate loudly applauded the announcement.

The Constantinople correspondent of the Evening News says that a heavy blow has been struck against Kemal Pasha owing to a mutiny of the Nationalist troops at Angora, who killed many officers and seized the headquarters. Kemal is retiring in the direction of Sivas- Meanwhile there are local revolts in Anatolio as the result of the extraordinary taxation to provide hlgn payment for Kernel's troops.

The British Transport Workers' Federation attended an abortive conference between workmen and employers to consider the bus-workers' demand for an increase of 10s weekly. The employers refuse to make an advance on the previous offer of 5s immediate rise with an extra shilling in June.

The Japanese Ambassador at Washington announced that Japan is signing an agreement with the Russian forces with the view of preventing collisions in Siberia. The delimitation of zones of operations has been fixed. Japan has no intention of recognising the Bolsheviks unless and until the Allies do.

It is announced in Melbourne that the income-tax commissioner is collecting the tax on sweepstake prizes won in 1910, and has been empowered to appoint employers as agents to collect the amount by deducting it from employees wages.

Speaking at the May Day demonstration at Brisbane, Mr. Fihelly forecasted legislation dealing with profiteering, and said the- Government would probably publish the name of every man in receipt of an income of more than £IOOO a year. Pit,' Steering was a difficult thing to deal with, and there was no need for these things to be kept secret.

In view of the continued German violations of established rules and assaults on the Polish population in the plebiscite area in the Kast of Prussia, the Poles have requested the occupation of the whole of the area by Allied troops and also the suppression of German Einv.ahrenwchr and Burgenwchr, and the Allied protection of Polish assemblies.

Colonel W. Janka. Chief of the Hungarian General Staff, has circularised Huiurarian secret societies, offering £IO,OOO for the capture of Belli Kun, dead or alive. Bela Kun is now interned in Vienna.

The Tokio correspondent of the London Daily Express says the Allied representatives at Vladivostok protested to their Governments against the provocative actions of the Japanese military party in Siberia, in" interfering with (he Allied Board's railway administration: also with obstructing the Czechs' evacuation.