GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1921, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

RAND MINES WAGES. By Telegraph.— Press Assn—Copyright. Capetown, May 28. An important conference between the Chamber of Alines and the South African Industrial Federation is 'being held at Johannesburg on the question of the reduction of wages owing to the decrease in the price o-f gold. The chamber suggested a cut of 3s per shift, amounting to 18s weekly from July 1. The'men are considering the matter. JAPANESE PRINCE’S MESSAGE. London, Alay 30. The Japanese Crown Prince’s farewell message states: “I will not fail to tell x the people of Japan that the message of goodwill 1 brought to our ally the British Nation has been accepted and warmly reciprocated. That is how I interpret the spontaneous kindness received everywhere.”

STRIKE IN NORWAY. Christiania, Alay 28. The police charged strikers who tried to tear down barbed wire fences erected to- protect volunteer dockers. Some provincial unions refused to strike. The bourgeois newspapers are not appearing. SPECIAL CALL TO PRAYER. London, Alay 28. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, after consulting the authorities of other churches, recommend a special call to prayer on June 26. with particular reference to industrial and international conditions and Ireland.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MR. W. M. HUGHES. London, Alay 28. Air. W. M. Hughes (Premier of Australia) did not leave the Orvieto at Toulon, but continues the voyage to London. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LESS WAGES OPPOSED. London, Alay 28. A ballot of operative spinners shows that per cent, were against accepting the employers’ proposed reduction of thirty per cent, in wages. Mills employing half a million workers will close down on June 4 unless an agreement is reached in the meantime. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DEATHS IN AEROPLANE CRASH. Paris, Alay 27. A military aeroplane crashed near Nancy, four being killed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH M.P. RESIGNSLondon, Alay 27. Mr. Pemberton Billing has resigned Ijia in the House of Commons.