GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LOSS OF JEWELLERY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 28, 11.5 p.m. London, May 27. Mrs. Covers, of Sydney, while purchasing a tube ticket at the Gloucester Road station forgot her handbag containing jewellery valued at £l5OO, which she placed on a ledge, and the bag disappeared. LOWER WAGES AGREEMENT. Received May 28, 5.5 p.m. London, May 26. The wool textile industry wages settlement for twelve months involves a reduction of two shillings to three shillings weekly in the pay of two hundred thousand operatives. The scale will be 75 per cent, above pre-war for some workers and 65 per cent, for piece workers.

RARE PICTURES SOLD. Received May 28, 5.5 p.m. London. May 20. Four of Lady Lucas’ Van Dycks, auctioned at Christie’s, brought 20,060 guineas. FIGHTING IN CHINA. Received May 28, 5.5 p.m. New York, May 26. The Chicago Tribune’s Tientsin correspondent states Wu Pei Fu has definitely broken with President Hsu Shicliang, and the former is preparing to ■attack Chang Tso Lin, wh. >s entrusted trenched near Shanhailwah. A REPORT DENIED. Received May 28, 5.5 p.m. Washington, May 26. Representative Sabath introduced a resolution directing Mr. C. E. Hughes (Secretary for State) to immediately inquire -from the French Government regarding a report that a French military court in Damascus sentenced Charles Crane, a former American Minister to China, to twenty years’ imprisonment. Later the State Department denied the report.