GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MIDDLE EAST. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received Jan. 10, 5.5 p.m. Constantinople, Jan 9. A strong Greek force is reconnoitring in the Brusa region, without the orders of the Supreme Council, apparently with the object of proving that the advent of Constantine has not affected the dependability of Greek troops. Reports confirm tha>t Kemalites are preparing an early offensive, apparently against Smyrna. All men to the age of forty-six are being mobilised, and a big concentration of troops is reported in the interior of Asia Minor.—Router Service. GOVERNOR FIRED AT. Received Jan. 10, 5.5 p.m. Madrid, Jan. 9. The civil Governor of Valencia was returning from a theatre, when his carriage was fired on by a volley of thirty revolver shots. The carriage was riddled, but the Governor miraculously escaped. A policeman and a child were seriously injured. The perpetrators decamped. and no arrests have been made. Service. NEW FRENCH SENATORS. Received Jan. 10. 7.30 p.m. Paris. Jan. 10. The newly-elected French Senators include M. Deschanel, ex-President of France.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE TRAGEDY RECALLED. Received Jan. 10, 9.55 p.m. Tokio, Jan. 9. It is reported China and Japan have Mettled the Nikclaovsk incident, in which several hundred Japanese were killed. The Chinese Government and the officers of the warship which fired on the Japanese will apologise, and pay 30,000 yens compensation to the families of the Japanese killed.—Aus.-N.Z. 'Cable Assn. ANGLO-FRENCH WIRELESS SERVICE. London, Jan. 9 King George and M. Millerand exchanged Marconigrams on the occasion of the opening of the first public wireless services between Britain and France. TRADE UNION CLERKS. London, Jan. 9'. In connection with the trade union clerks, the Parliamentary Committee of the (Trade Union Congress has requested all the London branches to pay their staffs generously and so wipe out the present reproach. FRENCH FEELING AGAINST GERMANS. Paris, Jan. 9. French physicians refuse to attend an international congress on comparative pathology at Rome until the German professors disavow the manifesto of 1914 and Germany’s war crimes. BRITISH COAL CONTROL. Londoh, Jan. 9. Subject to inland needs being fully net, the Secretary of Mines has given attain district committees discretion in illowing the immediate removal of the loal export restrictions. D’ANNUNZIO’S FUTURE. Rome, Jan. 9. D’Annunzio has decided to stay in Fiume as a private citizen. He will probably be elected chief of the State. —Aui.-NX Cable Assn.