GENERAL CABLES.
BERLIN RAILWAY STRIKE ■ By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Jan. 6, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Jan. 5. The railwaymen voted in favor of a strike. The Minister threatens all strikers with dismissal. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EARTHQUAKE IN ALBANIA. Received Jan. 6, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Jan. 5. El Bassan, in Albania, was practically destroyed by earthquake, and half the population is homeless. Fifteen bodies have been recovered, and some hundreds of people have been injured.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REVENUE IN MANDATED AREAS. Received Jan. 6, 5.5 p.m. ' London, Jan. 5. Viscount Grey, in“"Kis inaugural address to the Christian Students’ Congress, said it* should be made a condition that the revenue raised in the mandated areas should be spent for the benefit of the inhabitants. There should be no forced labor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNEMPLOYMENT IN STEEL INDUSTRY. Received Jan. 6, 7.45 p.m. London, Jan. 5. Unemployment is rapidly increasing in the steel industry, owing to goods being priced! at more than consumers can pay. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES TO CONFER. Received Jan. 6, 7.45 p.m. Paris, Jan. 5. Britain assents to a meeting of the council of the Allies on January 19. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SLUMP IN COAL TRADE. Received Jan. 6, 7/-» p.m. London, Jan. 5. There is a slump in the South Wales coal trade owing to a stoppage of French purchases. France, during the recent strike, purchased heavily in Aemrica, believing the strike would last at least three months.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DISGRUNTLED SHIP JOINERS. ' London, Jan. 5. The ship joiners at Hamburg refused to work on the Themistocles, but negotiations are proceeding, and it is hoped that work will commence to-day.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WOOD-WORKERS COMBINE. London. Jan. 5. The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinet-makers and Joiners of Britain has merged with the General Union of Operative Carpenters and Joiners, becoming the Amalgamated Society of Wood-workers, with a membership of 10,000 in America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.—Aus.* ‘ JLZ. Cable Assn*
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1921, Page 5
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