GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1920, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Tokio, Oet. 28. The Minster of War states thnt there is no truth in the report thnt the new lortiiloatioHs at Boui"n Islands are (hie to any present necessity, but are merely t'-o carrying out of plans delayed through the laek of appropriations. 'He also denies the reports of lack of harmony between Chinese ami Japanese troops operating on (he Korean frontier. Berlin, October 2S. . The Chancellor, in I lie Reichstag drew attention to rite growth of French militarism, which, hj,. stated, with the sup--I'oi't of He If! in tii* and Holland, was striving for predominance on I lie Continent, and strongly condemned the teachings of Uussian tenon.-,;;, a:-!:' loud opposition from the ,'efr. lie warned (iermaiN professing faith in Moscow doctrines nor to exceed the limits of the law.

Nfiv York, Oct. 2fl. The Meamer llellbnckle has arrived ";om Sydney, bringing 4000 specimens ot Australian animals, binls and reptiles, consigned to the New York Zoological Park. The financial correspondent of the New W'l'k Herald learns that the National I'll.V Bank has completed !hc purchase of •'.000,00(1 dollars worth of o o [.l in Australia, part of which is already en route jo America. The remnimkv is coming in November and December. The correspondent adds that the venture is expected to be profitable anil open the path to subsequent acquisition of gold Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.