GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Capetown, June The reported arrest of five prominegN Nationalists on a charge of high treason it without foundation. No such arresta haw • been made.

CONSTITUTION FOR BURMA. London, June 13. The House of Commons adopted legb« lation providing for the grant of a coni’ stitution for Burma similar to that of tbl Indian provinces. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. Paris, June 13. The famous scientist, Dr. Roux, cou« tends that, contrary to the hitherto pre» vailing belief, foot-and-mOuth disease ii not contagious until four days after tifc ceration sets in. GERMAN LINER TO AUSTRALIA London, June 13. The first steamer of the German-At» tralian Line to Australia * since the wa| leaves Hamburg in a few 'days. RECORD GOLD SHIPMENT. New York, June 13. The largest single shipment of gold bullion ever received in the United States has arrived from Denmark. It consisted of 35 million dollars, and is believed to bo of Soviet origin. A WHITE AUSTRALIA. London, June 13. Sir James Allen, speaking at an immigration meeting, appealed for population for the Commonwealth. He said Austsa* lia’s problem greatly concerned New ZesH land, because unless the Commonwealffi was peopled with our own race Australia would possibly become a menace to New Zealand, and she wanted that menaca removed.