GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CLERKS FORM UNION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Jan. 5, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 4. Owing to their being scandalously under-paid, clerks attached to the London headquarters of various trade unions have themselves formed a trade union, and attached themselves to the National Union of Clerks. A number of trade unions ighored a recent resolution that Trade Union Congress clerks should be properly paid. The clerks are asking for a minimum of five guineas weekly.—Aus and N.Z. Cable Assn. BANQUET TO THE POOR. Received Jan. 5, 7.30 p.m. London, Jan. 4. Queensland’s twenty-eighth banquet at the Guildhall to 1200 London children was a pronounced success* The Lord Mayor presided, and paid a tribute to Queensland’s consideration for poor children. The Hon. J. M. Hunter (Agent- . General for Queensland), replying, referred to Queensland’s need of British emigrants.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. Vienna, Jan. 4. Eleven suicides occurred in Budapest on New Year’s Eve. All are assigned to despair.—Reuter. London, Jan. 4. Speaking at Leicester, Mrs. Snowden, .reviewing her tour through Central Europe and Russia, warned Labor against extreme action. She declared that she would not be surprised if things ended with a King on every European throne, because some Socialists had not enough common-sense to realise that they were going too fast. She. said she had not met a single peasant in Russia who genuinely supported the Bolsheviks. London, Jan 4. In view of the grave depression in the shipping trade, Scandinavian owners are

reported to have decided to lay up indefinitely 400,000 tons now lying idle at Tyneside. Contracts for new ships also have been cancelled at heavy sacrifices.—Reuter. The London Chamber of Commerce considers the question of cargo pilfering-very serious, and intends to force consideration before Parliament. It is stated that Lloyd’s passed claims for £500,000 for losses last year.