GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

WAGES REDUCED. By Tel n graph.—Press Asin.—Copyright. Brussels, March 22. The metal masters notify their intention of reducing wages by 20 per cent., with a minimum of L l /, francs an hour from April 15. SEMENOFF IN AMERICA. New York, March 22. Under an American permit of temporary admission into the Unitef States, Semenoff resumes his journey on Thursday, if not delayed by the laTwsuit begun by Richard and Company, of New York, to recover furs valued at £30,000, confiscated by Semenoff in Siberia. BARQUE IN TROUBLE. « London, March 22. The barque Garthpool, from New South Wales, arrived at Deal after an eventful passage. The skipper had a seizure in the charthouse on November 30, and died on December 4. A channel gale tore the sails and bulwarks away. In response to distress signals she was towed to Weymouth, and later to Deal. ■'AMERICAN NAVY. Washington, March 23. It is learned that the Naval Department has threatened to reduce the na . y to twelve battleships, six less than the United States allotment under the Washington agreement in case Congress passes the Bill reducing the navy personnel to 65.000 men. UNITED STATES FINANCE. Washington, March 23. It is announced that the Treasury faces a shortage of 200 million dollars, because the income-tax payments are below the estimates. CHITA GOVERNMENT CHARGES. , Tokio, March 21. Japan will not take formal cognisance of the charges of the representatives of the Chita Government that Marshal Joffre negotiated a Franco-Japanese agreement regarding Siberia. A high fflh-:ai declared that the Gove. ...ient feels that the charges are too ridiculous to be dignified with a denial. RHINE OCCUPATION. Washington. March 22. Identical Notes have been forwarded to the Allies, outlining the United States’ claim for costs of the Rhine occupation. JAPANESE ARMY. Tokio, 23. The leaders have announced that the fight for a heavy reduction in the Japanese Army has been abandoned in the Diet until the summer session. Meantime small reductions in the army will be made in accordance with the War Department’s promises. MINERS’ STRIKE THREATENED. New York, March 21. A telegram from Indianopolis states that 95 per cent, of the union coal miners throughout the country voted in favor of a strike on April 1 to force ' the owners into gathering a wage scale ! conference. NEW LONDON RAILWAY STATION. London, March, 23. As the King was suffering from a cold the Queen opened the reconstructed and enlarged Waterloo railway station, now the largest in London. There are 21 platforms. GANDHI IN NEW PRISON. Delhi, March 22. Gandhi has been removed by special train from Ahmedabad to Yaravada gaol, near Poona. BIRTH CONTROL Tokio, March 21. Mrs. Sanger's stay in Tokio has been uneventful. She is obeying strictly all the police regulations. She is now resting at Nikko and intends to visit Osaka and Kyoto where she will address meetings of doctors on birth control. The Press continued to 5 deride the Government’s attitude. PERSIAN FINANCE Delhi, Marek 22. After drawing all the recent American advance for oil royalties the Persian Government is endeavoring not to disburse, having discovered that the loan is mixed up. with a concession to the Standard Oil Company in the northern oil fields, and the conflicting interests of Standard Oil and the AngloPersian Companies. The Government labored under the ifnpression that it was an unconditional separate loan and now is unwilling to accept the advance, which it is trying to repay, but with little hope of' success. In consequence a Cabinet crisis is apparently imminent.