GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph.—Press Aaan.—Copyright. The Prince of Wales' Shorthorn bull Diamond Butterfly was sold for export at the Royal Agricultural Show, Darling-, ton, for four thousand guineas. The German dirigible balloon L7l, which wasjbuilt to bomb New York; has arrived in England. High prices -were paid at the Newmarket yearling sales. A Sunstftr — She colt brought 7000 guineas, a Pommern—Preferment colt 3100 guineas, and a Tetrarch—Pamfieta filly 5100 guineas. Referring to the achievements of the Sydney- Repatriation Department, Mr. Millen said that of 194,000 soldiers who s»ught assistance at the conclusion of the war, 178,000 were accommodated, and only 3 per cent ivero awaiting employment. The Commonwealth Solicitor-General, who recently inquired into the question of deporting Jerger and Hurschfield, reported that Premier Hughes saw no reason why the decision should be altered. The gas strikers at Melbourne considered the Premier's proposals and adjourned until Monday for the purpose of determining several points not specified. Gold totalling 6,500,000 dollars has arrived at San Francisco from Hong Kong for the account of the British Government bringing the total to date to 78,000.000 dollars. It is believed that the gold will be used in paying off the AngloFrench loan.

The annual expenditure on Commonwealth war pensions , now totals £0,171,000. Paris reports that a large army supply depot and aviation park has been destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to £10,000,000. Despite the increased cost of labor and materials there has been a building revival during the past year, when 7813 buildings were completed in the Sydney Metropolitan area at a cost of £8,560,000, the largest number since 1915. The Australian section of the British Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to approach the French authorities urging them to make'representations to the Commonwealth Government regarding the method of assessment of foreign exchange in connection with customs duties.—ltaly has already made representations. Following fierce propaganda, a most influential deputation, representing British trades, to the Chancellor of the Ex 1 choouer, failed to alter the Government's Budget increasing the 40 per cent, excess profits duty to 60 per cent. A commission of the Seamen's conference at Genoa s decided to submit to the forthcoming conference a proposal that "the working hours of seamen should not exceed forty-four weekly in port. Beyond this limit work should be compensated. Fire destroyed the Continental Bag Company's large premises at Alexandria, Sydney, with heavy stock of paper and new machinery. The damage is estimated at manv thousands. The Tate William Oswald Gilchrist's estate is valued at £490,430. He left legacies of £IOOO to Richard Chase (manager of the Lanillo estate, New South Wales) and Gustav Ecbhardt (accountant with Gilchrist & Watt), £730 each to Hugh Hopkins and Alfred Simpson, and '£soo to George Hewison. The (Seamen's Conference at Genoa approved, by 57 to 8, a report proposing an international code for seamen, dealing with articles of agreement, accommodation, settlement of disputes, and discipline. Tv?o hundred varying types of aeroplanes and twenty-six balloons participated in an air pageant at Hendon on behalf of a Royal Air Force memorial, and gave remarkable exhibitions of aerial sham fights. The King and Queen and Princess Mary received' an ovation on arrival at Edinburgh on a fortnight's tour of. Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Wales,