GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ARBUCKLE CASE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 17, 12.5 a.m. New York, Oct. 16. According to a Chicago message friends of Miss Virginia Rappe declare she had a nine-year-old daughter living in Chicago. It is said that the father, whose identity was not ascertained, disappeared before the daughter’s birti.. CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE. Received Oct. 17, 12.5 a.m. Ottawa, Oct. 16. Sir Robert Borden (ex-Premier), lecturing at the University of Toronto, sharply criticised the Imperial Conference for reversing th? decision of the 1917 conference to hold a constitutional convention. He stated the need for amending the Imperial constitution is as urgent as over, and the Dominions could not conduct negotiations respecting foreign relations of their own informally. It is understood Sir ' Robert Borden will be appointed C’anadian delegate to the Armament Conference. AFFAIRS IN PERSIA. Received Oct. 17, 12.5 a.m. Delhi, Oct. 15. As a result of the recept intrigues the Persian Cabinet has been reconstructed. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PACIFIC NEWS AGENCY. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. Honolulu, Oct. 15. Mr. Williams, president of the Press Congress, appointed a committee to consider the creation of an agency to exchange accurate Pacific news. The committee is composed of representatives of newspapers of New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Canada, the United States, China and Japan. The chairman is Mr. Alexander Ford, of Honolulu. RUSSIANS ATTACK ROUMANIANS. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen. Oct. 14. According to Warsaw advices armed Russian bands crossed the Roumanian frontier and advanced to Akerman. Another band, with machine guns, crossed the Dnieper at Cholin. The Roumanians repulsed them after fierce fighting.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. Madrid, Oct. 14Following the capture of Zeluan a strong aerial squadron pursued the Moors, inflicting heavy losses. The bodies of four hundred. Spanish troops were found unburied in and around Zeluan.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHURCH AND STATE PROBLEMS. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 15. The Rev. Harrington Lees (vicar of Swansea), at the Church Congress, strongly appealed to the church to take a live interest in unemployment, education and other problems. Fie said the Prime Minister lectured them over their interference, but the Church could not afford to bp merely a referee in the game. SIR E. SPEYER’S NATURALISATION. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. London. Oct. 14. The committee of inquiry into Sir Edgar Speyer’s certificate of naturalisation opens in the Law Courts in camera next week. Sir Edgar Speyer offered to resign his honors in 1915, and then went to America, where he has since resided. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RECORD IN WIRELESS. Received Oct. 15, 5.5 p.m. Capetown. Oct. 14. A remarkable wireless achievement, believed to be a world’s record for a small ship’s set, is recorded by the steamer Baradine, which arrived this morning en route to Australia. Press messages from a high-power station at Bordeaux were received throughout the voyage, the last being received at 8-30 this morning. The vessel is fitted with the latest Marconi three electroate valve >f«eeiving