GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1921, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

GERMAN WAR CRIMES. By Telegraph,—Press Assn— Copyright Berlin, July 16. Bolt and Dittman, German submarine officers who were involved in the linking of a British hospital ship, were sentenced to four years’ imprisonment without hard labor. EX-KAISER’S RATES. Amsterdam, July 15. The Kaiser paid his rates to the municipality of Doorne under protest. KIND’S YACHT WINS RACE. London, July 17. The King’s Yacht Britannia, with the King on board, won the big class handicap at the Southland regatta, over a 37 miles course. V.C. AS CO-RESPONDENT. London, July 17. Captain Storkey, an Australian, holder of the Victoria Cross, was co-respon-dent in a case in which a divorce wasgranted to Francis Gordon, a dentist. PRINTING TRADE WAGES. London, July 17. The printing trade employers propose to reduce wages weekly, spread over the next three months. The Typographical Society declined to agree to a similar reduction and the question was remitted to a joint council meeting at the end of the month. U.S. NAVAL BILL. Washington, July 12 (delayed). At Kobe, troops were called out when the striking dockyard employers charged the police. A number were wounded and the ring-leaders were arrested. BALTIC STATES’ ALLIANCE. Copenhagen, July 16. The Foreign Ministers of Lativia, Lithuania and Esthonia have arranged an agreement for an economic and defensive alliance. SALE OF SHIPS DENIED. London, July 15. Referring to Melbourne reports stating that negotiations are proceeding in England for the sale of the whole of the Commonwealth steamers, Mr. Hughes states emphatically that there is do truth in the statement. BRITISH INDUSTRIES RECOVERING. London, July 16. A total of 2,120,201 were registered at the Unemployment Bureau last week, a reduction of 50,000 on the previous week, showing that industry is recovering from the effects of the coal strike. PREMIERS VISIT AERODROME. London, July 17. A party of overseas Ministers, including Mr. Sastri, inspected the. Ctoyden Aerodrome, and witnessed the departure of aeroplanes for Paris and Brussels. Mr. Sastri, Sir George Smartt, and Mr. Mentz, with Sir Ross Smith, embarked in the airship R 33 and journeyed to Fulham.

WILD SPECULATION IN GERMANY. Berlin, July 16. There is a remarkable boom on the German Stock Exchanges. There is abundance of money, and rumors that companies are making vast profits arc causing reckless speculation. Brokers and bankers are overwhelmed with orders to buy stocks. MIDDLE EAST TROUBLES. London, July 16. It is understotxl that the Kemaiist troubles and the Bolshevik activities in the Middle East are detrimentally affecting the In<so-Afghan negotiations, which hitherto were progressing favorably, and have now reached something like a deadlock. EMPIRE AIR SERVICE COST. London, July 17. The Conference appointed a committee to investigate the cost of operating an airship service with the existing British airships between England, India, Africa, Australia, and New Maland, including the erection of mastsy providing bases for fuel supplies, also the cost of an a’eroplane service to Paris. NEW GERMAN - AMERICAN CABLE. Berlin, July 17. The Lokal Anzioger states that the German postal authorities are negotiating with McKay and Company with regard to laying a direct cable between Germany and the United States. The Western Union and Commercial Cable Companies are requesting similar concessions. ' Negotiations are also proceeding with two American companies with the view of establishing an American wireless station in Germany. UNION OFFICIALS FINED. Capetown, July 17. A committee appointed at Johannesburg by the South African Mineworkers’ Union reports that the strike at the Consolidated Langlaate Mine was to the wilful distortion of the General’ Council’s instructions to suit the ends of the delegate’s committee. A number of prominent union officials have been fined £l5 to £l6, others have been suspended for periods ranging from one to five years. CHANGES IN PRAYER BOOK. London, July 17. The Church authorities have ordered that no 'further copies of the prayerbook shall be printed until the Prince of Wales marries. It is estimated that when he marries it will cost between £<o,ooo and £15,000 to insert the name of the Princess in four places in the prayers for the Royal family. The Bishop of Ripon, in announcing the decision at the Church National Assembly, mentioned that it had been made because it was quite conceivable that the Prince of Wales would marry before long. FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DIFFICULTIES. London, illy 16. Mr. W. Pember Reeves, speaking at meeting of the National Bank of New

Zealand, said he dpubted whether the long history of commercial fluctuations had shown anything more rapid than the sudden onslaught of financial and industrial difficulties now embarrassing the Dominion’s trade after a quarter of a century of unbroken prosperity.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE CHIVALRY. London, July 16. General Sir lan Hamilton, speaking in Manchester, said the old code of chivalry still worked under the surface tof Japanese twentieth century manners, >nd the Japanese would sooner die than play fast and loose with a military treaty, but such a consideration might not apply to other ,form ; s of agreement. Therefore it would be best for America, and the world for Britain to stick to her military agreement, with as many safeguards as they liked against being drawn into a conflict with any English-speaking people.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. #