GENERAL CABLES.
WORLD WHEAT HARVEST, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rome, Feb. 10. The Agricultural Institute states that the 1920 wheat harvests amounted to 331,250,000 quarters, compared with the average for the previous five years of 333,750,000 quarters. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. Rome, Feb. 10. Arrangements have been completed for the exchange of Italian manufactured goods and Russian produce. The first shipments will be made in a few days. AUSTRIAN FINANCES. Vienna, Feb. 9. The Austrian Government has appointed an economy commission. One man in nine in Austria is a Government official and their salaries amount nominally to 584 million sterling. The State deficit for the year is 1,250 million sterling, though there are only 6£ million people in the country. WORLD OIL SUPPLIES. Washington, Feb. 9. Senator Phelan (California) announced in the Senate that action to gain information regarding the world oil situation and its bearing on American commercial and diplomatic relations with other nations will shortly be demanded. ANOTHER UNKNOWN SOLDIER. Brussels, Feb. 9. The Senate has decided that an unknown soldier shall be buried under the monument to be erected to the memory of all Belgian soldiers who fell in the war. ORDERS TO GERMANY. Amsterdam, Feb. 10. Foreign buyers are cancelling orders in Germany, fearing the Allies’ demands will ultimately be accepted and the export duty passed on to foreign buyers. THE AMERICAN NAVY. Washington, Feb. 10. The Senate naval report points out that the United States must maintain a navy at least equal to that of any other ower in order to defend the material possessions of her citizens and the principles upon which the nation is founded.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DISABLED SOLDIERS AT WORK. London, Feb. 10. Sir R Horne. Minister of Labor, opened the Efficiency Exhibition at Olympia, a feature of which is demonstrations by disabled men working at many trades and in research work. The Health Department, London, Sheffield and Newcastle Universities, and Dominion representatives were present, including the Agents - General. Sir James Allen w r as specially welcomed at a luncheon, at which Sir R. Horne pointed out that the demand for increased output and efficiency applied to employers equally with workers. He emphasised the importance of the alliance of scientific research and industry. Dr. MacNamara appealed to employers for the more rapid absorption of trained disabled men. SETTLEMENT OF EX-OFFICERS. London, Feb. 10. The scheme for the settlement of exservice men formulated by the ExOfficers’ Co-operative Resettlement Association includes the formation of small settlements in the Dominions, starting with Rhodesia, and later going on with Canada. South Africa and Australasia to which ex-service men of the officer type will be sent after previous training in Britain in framing, stockbreeding, and perhaps mineralogy.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1921, Page 7
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