GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A GALLIPOLI MEMORIAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received March 17, 10.55 p.m. London, March 17. General Sir lan Hamilton presided at a meeting, representing the units which fought at Gallipoli, to consider a scheme for a memorial on the peninsula. General Huntei Weston proceeds thither shortly in connection with the selection of a site.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TAXES IN RUSSIA. Received March 17, 10.55 p.m. Moscow, March 16. The Communist Congress decided to substitute taxes in kind for the present taxes paid by the peasants. It is hoped this will revive agricultural production as it will allow peasants to dispose of their products freely. GERMANY’S SHIPPING. Received March 17, 10.55 p.m. Berlin, March 16. The Reichstag voted the subsidy to ship-owners.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN WOOL “POOL.” Received March 17, 8.50 p.m. New York, March 16. The Utah State farm bureau is submitting to wool-growers a plan providing for a wool “pool” capable of storing and marketing twenty-five million pounds of wool. GENERAL STRIKE IN DENMARK. Received March 17, 8.50 p.m. Copenhagen, March J 6. Owing to a wages dispute the woriyrg have proclaimed a general p W«ke throughout Denmark, exceP* water, gas, and electricity 86 1 |i.— * Cable Assn-