GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1922, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

A SCULLER’S BANKRUPTCY. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—-Copyright, London, Jan. 17. Ernest Barry examined in bankruptcy said that his liabilities amounted to £1730 and his assets to £2B. He attributed his failure to loss in a public house and betting transactions. He lost £6OO when Felton defeated him and won £lOOO when he beat Felton in Australia. On returning to England to his hotel he found a brewery bill amounting to £l2OO. He could not understand how that happened.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN EX-MINISTER’S SUICIDE. Rome, Jan. 17. Fedocescio, a former Russian Minister to the Netherlands, who fled hither after the revolution, committed suicide in poverty. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FINANCE OF EUROPE’S STATES. Washington, Jan. 16. The Senate adopted Senator M'Cormick’s resolution asking the State Department to furnish the Senate with information regarding the expenditures, revenues and deficits of European States; also data regarding the cost of land armaments in comparison with the dfiecits and the sums owed to the United States. WORK FOR “BLACK AND TANS.” • London, Jan. 17. It is understood the British Government is considering the practicability of meploying seven hundred officers and men of the “Black and Tans” (the auxiliary military forces employed in Ireland) in police duties in Palestine. The idea is attributed to Mr. Winston Churchill. BRITAIN’S WINE CONSUMPTION. London, Jan. 17. The consumption of wines in the United Kingdom during 1921 amounted to 11,242,000 gallons, compared with 15,155,000 in 1920 and 111,426,000 in 1913. The consumption of Australian wine in 1921 was 653,000 gallons, compared with 594,000 in 1920 and 750,000 in 1913—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BERNARD SHAW AND POLITICS.

London, Jan. 15. The West Edinburgh Laborites have invited Mr. Bernard Shaw to contest the seat at the next election.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MYSTERY OF CROWN JEWELS. London, Jan. 15. The Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent throws light on the Russian revolution mysteries, stating on good authority that the Russian Crown jewels, including a famous 193 carat Orloff diamond, which is worth £250,000, have been pawned with Stinnes for sixty per cent, of their estimated value. ECHO OF GERMAN CONSPIRACY. Berlin, Jan. 15. Herr Radbruch, Minister for Justice, refused a demand by Socialist members of the Reichstag for the prosecution of von Ludendorff on the grounds of complicity in the Kapp insurrection. Herr Radbruch declares that though the von Jagow trial showed Ludendorff’s direct connection with the conspirators the correspondence revealed he was deliberately kept in the background in case the Government struck at the conspiracy before it ripened.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RAILWAY STRIKE POSTPONED. London, Jan. 14. The threatened railway strike in Ireland, as a protest against the proposed revision of wages and flours, has been postponed for a month. The provisional Government in the meantime will investigate the dispute.—Reuter. ALTERING SAMOAN TIME.London, Jan. 16. The question of Samoan time is exercising the Colonial Office and Greenwich authorities. New Zealand proposes to alter the international day line to bring Samoa behind the line. The Admiralty approves, but the alteration would make a day’s difference between New Zealand and American time at Samoa, causing obvious complications in the islands. Therefore decision has been postponed.—United Service. GERMAN EXPORT INCREASE. Berlin, Jan. 16. German exports to Russia are rapidly increasing. Of goods unloaded at Petrograd in 1921 a third came from Ger-many.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIRE AT BORDEAUX. Paris, Jna. 16. The Compagnie Trans-Atlantique stores at Bordeaux, containing large quantities of rubber and sulphur, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 3,000,000 francs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PLAGUE LN JAVA. Brisbane, Jan. 17. The official figures presented by the Health Board show that 110 deaths occurred from plague in Java in September and 1371 in October. It is believed that plague was introduced in Queensland from Java.. IMPERIAL AIR SERVICE. London, Jan. 16. The Tasmanian Agent-General, in a letter to the Times, suggests that while Lord Northcliffe is in India he should discuss with Lord Reading the question of the establishment of an Imperial air service.— Times Service.