GENERAL CARLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CARLES.

GERMAN GENERAL EXPELLED. B” Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 3, 5.5 p.m. London, August 2. The Times’ Brussels correspondent reports that the- Rhineland High Commission has expelled from the occupied area a German general named von Tessmar on tho ground that his presence was a danger to the occupying troops, as his name figures on the Belgian list of war criminals.—Times Service. REDUCING RISKS IN MINES. Received August 3, 8.15 p.m. London, August 3. A new invention called the methanometer. capable of automatically recording a fractional percentage of fire-damp in mines, has passed the final Home Office tests. Its use is expected to reduce the risk of mine explosions to a minimum.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SEVERE INFLUENZA IN TONGA. Received August 3, 8.15 p.m. Suva, August 3. Influenza of a severe type has broken out in Tonga. REVOLT IN PORTUGAL QUELLED. Received August 3, 5.5 p.m. London. August 3. The Daily Mail’s Madrid correspondent states that advices from Lisbon indicate that the military res’olt has been quelled and the Government masters the situation. There is no direct news, as the most 'stringent censorship is in force.—Times Service. BASEBALL CHARGES FAIL. Received August 3, 8.50 p.m. New York, August 3. A Chicago jury acquitted fifteen baseball players and alleged “go-betweens” tried in connection with “fixing” the 1919 world series of baseball competitions.