GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AMERICA AND LITHUANIA. By .Te’egroph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Received May 31, 10.30 p.m. Washington, May 31. A petition bearing a million signatures of Lithuanians in the United States will be presented to President Harding to-day urging the formal recognition of Lithuania by the United i States.—-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CONTROL OF BRITISH RAILWAYS. Received May 31, 8.10 p.m. London, May 31. The House of Commons read the Railway Bill a second time by 259 to 65.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Suez canal profits. Received June 1, 1.20 a.m. Paris, May 31. Record profits of the Suez Canal Company last year totalling 267 million ■francs arc disclosed in the new report, which foreshadows an early reduction of 25 centimes a ton in shipping charges.—Reuter Service. •

FOREST FIRES IN INDIA. Received June 1, 1,20 a.m. Delhi, May 31. Unprecedented forest fires are raging in the Kumaou and Ganwahl hills, in United Provinces, causing serious damage. Incendiarism is suspected, and one arrest has been made. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Received June 1, 1.20 a.m. Geneva, May 31. A commission formed to inquire into the organisation of the secretariat of the League of Nation’s labor office, in consequence of complaints that it was over-staffed and over-paid, has drawn up a report justifying the soundness and businesslike methods of the organisation. The commission suggests that all meetings in connection with the League’s activities be held in Geneva.—• Reulfir Service

CLINCHES CYCLE TYRES, made in Britain, giv\*. greater value for the money, more'comfort in riding, greater freedom from punctures, better and Jogger swvicej AUoxcl® dealers. 128.