GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1921, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

MANNIX MISREPORTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. London, April 19. Archbishop Mannix, referring to tne Paris interview, denies that he said that the Pope described the British policy in Ireland as “shocking.”—Aus.N.Z.‘Cable Assn. RELIEF FOR AUSTRIA. New York, April 19. An American representative will probably take part in the Porta Rosa conference to consider measures for Austrian relief. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. London, April 19. Lloyd’s shipbuilding figures show a continuance of the slump. The tonnage launched during the. last quarter declined by 140,000 compared with the previous quarter, and the tonnage begun is 118,000 less. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. IMPORTS OF STEEL BARS. London, April 19. Mr. Lewis Jones, secretary of the South Wales Steel Association, states that on the first three months of this year 27.000 tons of steel bars were imported into Britain. Labor accounted for 95 per cent, of the cost of finished steel and 90 per cent, in the case of spelter. Tin platers’ wages in South Wales have been reduced 40 per cent, under a sliding scale based on prices.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FAMOUS FRENCH JOURNALIST. Paris, April 18. Obituary: M. Joseph Reinaeh, the journalist, famous for his attacks oh General Boulanger, and as the promoter of the revision of the Ireyfus case. —Reuter Service.