GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

RUSSIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT. By Telegraph.—Assn—Copyright. London, July 29. A Moscow message states that the train disaster is supposed to be due to an antiCommunist plot. Many of the injured were sent to the hospital in Kursk. It is assumed in London that Frimack, the Aus--1 tralian, is identical with Paul Freeman. (Freeman was forbidden to land in Australia, and travelled between America and Australia, unable to land.) DEPRIVED OF INHERITANCE. London, July 28. Mr. Justice Laurence ruled that Houston Chamberlain (notorious through his antiBritish propaganda’in Germany during the war) had forfeited his rights under his uncle’s will. The Judge declared that if Chamberlain came within British jurisdic- ! tion he would be liable to be tried for treason. Chamberlain became a naturalised German in 1916. GERMAN MINE-SWEEPERS FIRED ON. Christiania, July 28. German mine-sweepers in the White Sea were compelled to return to Vardoe, owing to Bolshevik hostility. The Russian batteries on the Munnan coast opened fire for an hour, forcing the Germans to withdraw. INTERESTING DISCOVERIES. London, July 27.

.Valuable results have been obtained by the antiquities branch of the Ordnance Department in Palestine, which has excavated the great cloisters with which Herod adorned his birthplace at Ascalon. A. hexagonal court, with mosaic pavement, has been uncovered at Capernaum. Steps are being taken to preserve the Crusaders’ Tower at Ramleh, near Joppa, and other monuments. So far the department has catalogued 6000 objects for the museum. END OF THE WAR DATE. London, July 28. _ Mr. Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons the date of the term-n--ation of the war, excepting with Turkey, had been fixed as September 1. DEATHS IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT. London, July 28. A train conveying delegates to the Third Internationale from Moscow to Riga was ! wrecked and six delegates, including FriaJ mack (Australia) and Hewlett (Britain) I were killed. Tom Mann missed the train. FOREIGN CABLE CONCESSION. ■ m Berlin, July 28. I The Moscow Government has given a ■ large Scandinavian company a concession 'co exploit cable communication between j Denmark, Russia, China and Japan* It is I understood this means that the Great Northern Cable Company will resume work in Russia. IRONSAND SMELTING IN JAPAN. Tokio, July 26. A process for smelting magnetic sand iwhereby Japan will be rendered indepeud- | ent of outside source of iron supply has I been thoroughly tested and proved satisI factory. The cost of production is 25 yen | (nominally 50s) per ton. Extensive fields •of workable sand exist. The discovery is regarded as of the greatest importance economically and politically.