GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

TO PREVENT WAR. By Telegraph.—l’reqs Assn.—Copyright. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. Paris, August 18. A meeting of trade unionists engaged in making munitions, clothing and military equipment decided to refuse to give any assistance which would enable the Government of any country to make wjar in the future. A resolution in favor of a general strike in munitton factories unless the demands of the trade unions are agreed to was carried unanimously.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. 4 NEW KING OF THE SERES. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. Belgrade, August 18. Prince Alexander has been proclaimed King. He was unable to attend his father’s funeral, os he was undergoing an operation for appendicitis.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RIOTING IN SHEFFIELD. Received August 19, 10.5 p.m. London, August 18. Renewed rioting by the Communists jn .Sheffield lasted for several hours. Mounted and foot police repeatedly charged'' the large crowds marching to the Police Court, where eleven of their comrades were before a magistrate in connection with -the previous outbreak. Seven ’fresh arrests were made.—Reuter Service.

TAXES EXCEED PROFITS. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. London, August IS. Bass’ brewery paid taxation amounting to £7,500,000 in 19£0, which is fit-, teen times the year’s profits and twenty times as much as the dividends paid. SAFETY AEROPLANE WANTED. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. London, August 18. The Air Ministry is offering three prizes, totalling £2OOO, for a design for a safety aeroplane with a fuel tank capable of. withstanding crashes. LESS UNEMPLOYED AT HOME. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. London, August 18. The weekly returns of persons wholly unemployed show’ a reduction of 35,000 NEW’ P. AND O. LINER. Received August 19, 9.5 p.m. London, August 19. The Baradine, the P. and 0. Company’s new 13,300-ton liner for the Australian service, after successful trials, has left Belfast for the Thames. PROTECTING INDUSTRIES. Received August 19, 7.45 p.m. London, August 18. The House of Commons disagreed with the House o-f Lord’s amendment to the Safeguarding Industries Bill. The House of Lords did not insist upon the amendment and the Bill was 'finally passed. OVERSEAS TRADE. London, August 18. The committee appointed to investigate the methods of the Department of Overseas Trade reports that the operations should be conducted on a self-supporting basis. Fees should be charged traders for services rendered. The reports of overseas commissioners should be published at a price to V cover the cost of production and not issued as official publications at a price which hardly pays for the paper used. The committee strongly advocates the closest co-operation with trading associations like the Federation of British Industries. Such co-operation should include, the mutual exchange of information, thereby avoiding the duplication of work.

POLL TAX IN AFRICA. Capetown, August 18 The Native colored population of Johannesburg is strongly protesting against the new poll-tax passed by the Provincial Council. A meeting resolved not to pay the poll-tax until the legality of taxation without representation had been tested. It was decided to ask the Government to prosecute one of their number as a test case.