GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BETRAYER OF NURSE By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brussels, July 13. The death sentence on Jeanne, the betrayer of Miss Cavell, has been commuted to penal servitude.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. x BRITISH PARLIAMENT/ London, July 13. It is expected Parliament will rise for the vacation on August 4. UNREST IN CHINA. Pekin, July 13. The Governor of Chekiang province dismissed Government telegraph and telephone operators and' ordered them to depart from the province, and he informed the Peking authorities that provincial officials would operate these utilities hereafter and use the funds for their own expenses. It is rumored also that the provinces of Fukiang and Kivangtung have been invited to join Chekiang in an autonomous government, headed by Sun Yat Sen. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. New York, July I'3. San Francisco reports that it is probable the Ventura will sail, the Government having offered to renew the mail contract for £20,000 for the j>ext six months. GENERAL ITEMS. Cairo, July 13. While Moslems were attending morning prayer in the famous 600-year-old Alleia Mosque, in the heart of the city, the roof fell. Fourteen were crushed to death and many injured. Vienna, July 13. . The Public Prosecutor’s appeal against Bevan’s acquittal on charges of falsifying his passport and assaulting the police may postpone his extradition until the autumn.