GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

EGYPTIAN SCHOOLS CLOSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Cairo, Feb. 8. The Government has closed the' secondary schools throughout the »oountry till a guarantee is given that they will not be used for political purpobes. This is the sequel to the action of an Egyptian headmaster expelling the ringleaders of the students at the Abbaaia School, Alexandria, who absented themselves without leave on the occasion of the Nationalist delegation’s return from Paris, whereupon a sympathetic strike broke out in the schools throughout the country. THE RAND STRIKE. Capetown, Feb. 9 The Johannesburg Chamber .of Mines has notified that employees not resuming work by Friday will be discharged forthwith. The Mine-workers’ Union urged the men to resume work, but the secretary of the central branch states that the union will not resume work until instructed by his executive.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ARAB INDEPENDENCE. London, Feb. 9. The Emir Feisul has protested to Britain against the Mesopotamian and Palestinian mandates on the ground that they conflict with pledges given. Hussem asks Britain to help the Arabs to form their own government under British advisers. THE CECIL’S POLITICS. London, Feb. 8. Lord Robert Cecil has accepted the chairmanship of the Parliament Commitof the People’s Economy League, thus definitely heading the Unionists’ who are revolting against the Coalition. BUILDERS AND EX-SERVICE MEN. London, Feb. 9. Commenting on the refusal of the unions of building operatives to agree to dilution to provide for the employment of ex-service men. Mr. MacNamera stated that the Government had already trained 36,000 men and 25,000 were now training, and about 16,000 were on the waiting list. He could not accept the buildifig operatives’ dictum against these men. FOOTBALL AND BUSINESS. London, Feb. 9. Scottish municipalities and heads of industrial concerns have protested to the football authorities against the disorganisation of business caused through mid-week cup ties, which 120,000 attended last week at Glasgow and Edin-burgh.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.