GENERAL NEWS.
The Japanese Embassy at Paris denies the rumors of the Mikado's health. The Moewe, the German raider, lias surrendered in the Firth of Forth. It is reported fifty were drowned in the wreck of the steamer Assiria. Eugene Debs has been formally nominated as the Socialist candidate for the United States Presidency, The Methodist Conference at Sydney passed a motion in favor of church union.
The Prince of Wales has accepted the honorary rank of captain in the Australian Xavv. The United States Senate unanimously resolved to ask President Wilson 'to send a warship to Batoum to protect American interests in Armenia. The London Daily Express air race to India has been postponed at the Government's request, owing to the unrest in Asia Minor and Syria. The funeral of the Crown Princess 'Margaret at Stockholm was carried out ill every detail according to her wishes. There were deeply pathetic scenes and national mounting, but a wealth of flowers and happy music, and an absence of all continental trappings, made ;he burial ceremony one of remarkable beauty.
Brigadier-General Teaile has been appointed Commissioner of Police for South Australia, in place of Mr. Edwards, Who litu retired.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1920, Page 5
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