GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1920, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press A&sn—CopyrighJ The Prince spent Friday hurdling at the Moonee Valley course, subsequently paying impromptu visits to several military hospitals. The New South Wales Union is negotiating to bring a French football team to Australia in 1022. The conference between Canada and the West Indies resulted in an agreement for an extended steamship service, an enlargement of mutual trade preferences and improved cable facilK ties. The West Indies agreed to defray part of the loss on the steamships. The Labor Conference at Sydney decided that, in view of the monopoly in the production and distribution of woollen goods, the State be requested to establish woollen mills, or alternatively to empower municipalities to do so. It also instructed the Labor Party to repeal the soldiers' preference legislation, as the underlying principle was iniquitous and impracticable. During an attack on the police barracks at Carraghdrohid (County Clave) a constable dropped his rifle and played a violin with the idea of cheering his comrades. The attack failed, but the | barracks was partly destroyed by explosives and petrol. Cairo reports that a bomb was thrown at the Premier's motor car, injuring the chauffeur, two pedestrians, and a child. The assailant fled, firing shots at his pursuers until arrested. The Premier was not hurt. The Moscow Trade Union Congress decided to send a delegation to England to study the political situation. The iron trades employees at Sydney, by a four to one majority, decided in favor of no Saturday, work. A British tug which was towing a German steamer from Chris to Hamburg was mined at Tersehelling. , Sixteen were drowned out of twenty-two.

The Unionist Party, at its annual conference at Birmingham, passed a resolution declaring that Germany owes the British Empire ita share of the full cost of the war, and the conference cxpectß the Government to secure payment. Wustroff, consul at Tabriz, Is reported to hnv6 committed .suicide during a revolt, after turning machine-guns on the crowd. Ho was well-known in the Indian foreign political department. He was a German, whr got to Russia and distributed arms and money freely with the object of fomenting trouble on the frontiers.