GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telecraph.—Press Assn.—Copjnltbt.

Admiral Beatty will be the guest honor at a Westralian dinner e«rly {g June.

Colonel L- C. Amery (Umjer-Searrtpy . for the Colonies), is visiting Oan*dftS»d ' the West Indies. ■ '

A satisfactory experimental flight h|U I been made in Australia by an n "T9pIM[E | using alcohol fuel. . ™ f

In the Australian Senate Mr. announced that the Government Would consider whether to seek similar repreRcntation us Canada at Washington.

Hungary lias started eonc?ntratln|[ troops along the .lugo-Slav frontier, ani lias recalled all officers to the colofs.

A ballot among the iron trades unions in Sydney resulted in a majority fn favor of a 44-hour week.

The master builders in Sydnty htV« decided to appeal to the Government to uphold the law in connection with tbl strike against Saturday work. , ;The defeat of Signor Nitti (Premlw of Itaiy) was due to the Catholics tidng with the Socialists on a motion cji* demning the Government measures dealing with the industrial unrest.

The Sydney seamen are again threatening to strike, stating that the agreement made as the result of the 14*1 strike has not been adhered to by {he owners.

The Agents-General in London are |r« ranging to confer with Mr. W. A. Wfctfc (Australian Federal Treasurer) to tike steps to urge the restitution of tbe A,tra« tralian mail services. "

The Methodist general conference afl Sydney, in view of the increased cost of living, decided to increase supernuraer* ary ministers and ministers' widows' annuities twenty-five per cent., and' the furniture grant fifty per cent.

A representative meeting'at the Neif Zealand Office in London' difccQsseii plans foi assisting visitors to graves in Fntnee, llj was resolved to ask the New Zealand Red Cross to guarantee the neffeagary financial assistance.

A meeting of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution that, }n view of the wheat shortage, the export of wheat should- be stopped until the next crop is assured. The State Cabi-/ net has decided to guarantee grower* 6d per bushel for next wheat harvest. The Oxford Convocation passed unopposed the Statute providing for the admission ,of women to the university by matriculation. The Cambridge syndle* are divided whether to take similar action or to establish a separate univer*. eity. .

As the result of an operation for appendicitis, Miss Fanny Durack (of Vic toria) will not be available for tbe Olympic team. ( Mr. Lawson announced that the Ministry would grant £2QO towards the expense of the Victorian if* preventative. The fund now total* £4450.

Tho annual report of the AuatnliAn Chamber of Manufacturers states that an organised effort is being made by the Trades Hall Council to smash tha 4if> hour week, therefore the Chamber M* decided strenuously to oppose any change in the existing condition* M* specting the hours of work.

It is understood Britain and IVanoe' will agree to a slight postponement ot the Spa Conference to meet QernMy'* wishes. It is unlikely the Italian cris't will affect the Italian representation slf Spa, as it is expected Signor Nittt wUI resume the premiership.

Thames dockers refused to complete loading aeroplanes, guns, and ammunition on tho steamer Polly George when they learned they were destined for Poland for use against Russia. The owner* agreed to discharge the munitions andC accept only general. cargo, and the dockers then resumed.

The London Excelsior's representative, lias returned after an exhaustive tour of Russia. He declared that 300,000 people died in Petrograd from typhus last winter- Most of the public building* have been converted into hospital'. Seven hundred thousand are reduced to eating herbs and grass. The price of', food is beyond imagination.

The Germans will not withdraw from tho SjSpa Conference because of t%e alleged attacks on German girls by French black troops in tho Frankfurt district. The Press is furious, alleging that many gills who have vanished have been ravished in houses of prostitution, which are filled with under-aged girls maintained for the troops.

Tito first list of names of the individuals whom the Allies desire to tte brought to trial before the Imperial' Court at Leipzig was handed to the Government. It comprises 45 names, chiefly those of officers, especially of Übont. officers. The Crown Prince, Hindeiiburg and Ludendorff are not mentioned,

Dr. Hamilton Rice's party lias returned to New York from the exploration ot the Paragua River, a tributary of the Orinoco, and reports a battle with cannibals -who are ferocious savages almost white in color. Dr. Rice believes it is the lirst time these cannibal*) have met whites sine# 1703, when a Spanish exploring party met them.

The South African Assembly, by OB to 47 votes "ranted leave for the in'troduetion of a private Bill extending the franchise to women. General Smuts, while strongly in favor of the principle, said it was desirable that the matter should b» dealt with on non-party lines, therefor# the Government could not father the Bill. He urged the House to give the Bill a chance.

Giving evidence before a select committee of the Australian House of Represcntatives on sea carriage, the sec* rotary of the' Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association stated that the increased cost of coal and wages since the Commonwealth requisitioned interstate ships in 1918 amounted to a million annually.

In the Australian House of Represent tatives Sir Joseph Cook stated that the expenditure on repatriation this year would amount to £19,230,000, inereas- = ' ing next year to 21 million*, Fresh loan moneys amounting to SO millions would have to be raised. The out- ' * look was about aa serious aa it could „