GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EMPIRE SETTLEMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received April 12, 8.10 p.m. London, April 11. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, said he proposed to take the second reading of the Empire Settlement Bill on the 26th. NEW TRANSPORT FEDERATION. Received April 12, 8.10 p.m. London, April 11. The Triple Alliance being dead, three railway unions have agreed to join the Transport Workers’ Federation, with a total membership of a million. BIG CONTRACT FOR RAILWAY ENGINES. : Received April 12. 8.10 p.m. London, April 11. Roumania has practically concluded contracts with Britain for five million sterling worth of locomotives. Glasgow has received the majority of the orders. THE “INCOMPARABLES.” Received April 12, 8.10 p.m. London, April 11. A memorial service is being held for the Twenty-ninth Division, known as “The Incomparables,” at Eltham, on Anzac Day. IMPERIAL AIRSHIPS SCHEME. Received April 12, 8.10 p.m. London, April 12. The Daily Telegraph states the Air Ministry has approved of the Imperial airships scheme, with modifications. The Admiralty is also favorable. RIGHTS OF INDIANS. Delhi, April 11. Mr. Sastri, one of the Indian delegates to the Washington Conference, will visit Australia shortly. He was prepared to sail, but, the Government wishing to confer with him before he left, his visit was postponed for a month. He states that his mission is to negotiate with the Government and people of the Commonwealth for the concession of full rights of citizenship to Indians who shall be allowed to settle there. Mr. Sastri will subsequently visit New Zealand. THE RAND REVOLT. Capetown, April 10. In the Assembly General Smuts announced that the judicial committee to inquire into the causes of the revolutionary movement on the Rand, the administration of martial law, the behaviour of the natives during the 1 troubles and whether assaults upon them were provoked, will consist of -Justices Sir Thomas Graham and Sir John Lange. A TURKISH ADVENTURER. Delhi, April 10, News from Central Asia states that Enver Pasha is on his way to Bokhara, fighting the Bolsheviks. A Jalabad newspaper. commenting on the situation, does not view the activities of the Turkish adventurer with much enthusiasm. Rumors of his arrival have been current in Afghanistan for some weeks, but previously it was thought that they were meant merely to hearten the frontier tribes, who were dismayed by the Afghan proclamation that they must not expect any sympathy in their activities against the British.