GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1921, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

EXTENSION GF ROUMANIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Bucharest, March 7. lAoumania has decided to proclaim the union of the occupied Hungarian territory with Roumania. FRENCH WINE HARVEST. Paris, March 17. The "official estimates of the wine harvest foi J. 420 in France are 56,034,125 hectolitres and Algeria 7,041,220 hectolitres. —Aus -N.Z. Cable Assn. WAGES OF SEAMEN. London, March 17. The discussions of the Maritime Board on wage reductions have been adjourned a month to enable the parties to deliberate thereon. M. CAILLAVS NEW ROLE. Paris, March 17. University students at Grenoble made a demonstration against the visit of M. Caillaux for the purpose "of. lecturing under the auspices of the League of the Rights of Man. SURILUS OF CIGARS. ■ ? London, March 17 A, deputation representing retail tobaccbnists interviewed members of Parliament asking them to support the complete removal ‘of the 50 per cent. duty on Havana cigars. « They state that 40 mil Hon cigars are now in bond unsaleable. | NAURU PHOSPHATES. London, March 17., The Phosphate Commissioner and the Ministry of Agriculture have sold Britain’s share of the yearly output of phosphate from Nauru Island to the South Wales Basic Slag Company. A proportion is to be sold next season as basic phosphate at-under 3s per unit of phosphate of lime delivered to farmers’ stations.

ANGLO-FRENCH CONVENTION. London, March 1?. The Franco-British Convention dealing with the boundaries of Syria has been tabled. It provides tlfftt all disputes shall be referred to the Council of the League of Nations, whose decision shall Dje'final. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY. "Washington, March 17. President Harding lias taken up the position that the United States naval forces must refrain from participating in demonstrations that can be construed as influencing America’s foreign relation. The decision arises from the War Secretary’s refusal to permit uniformed men to parade in the Boston Irish demonstration.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EGYPTIAN CABINET. Cairo, March 16. Adley Yeghen Pasha’s new Cabinet, which includes several ex-Ministers, nas been received favorably in Native circles. Many people are parading the streets and shouting “Long live England.” This is in striking contrast with the recent adjurations, but the improvement is regarded as temporary.