GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1922, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

PIRATES SENTENCED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, July 23. Four of the pirates who captured the French ship Souirah in the Black Sea have been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The others were acquitted. ORDER RESTORED IN PERSIA. Delhi, July 22. Through the energetic measures of the War Ministry the Persian Government has succeeded in restoring order on the chief roadways. Brigands and looting tribes have been severely punished. THE PRINTERS’ STRIKE. London, July 22. Printers in several provincial towns are on strike, following the award of the Industrial Court reducing wages 12s Gd weekly. BOLSHEVIK DESIGNS. Tokio, July .22. Advices from Khabarovsk indicate that the Reds are making preparations for an attack on Nikolaievek the minute the Japanese evacuate the town. The Mayor has applied to the Japanese to leave a protecting force. Chinese papers in Harbin report that the Reds are gathering for an attack on that city. The Chinese garrison is being strengthened. THE EGYPTIAN OUTRAGES. Cairo. July 23. Lord Allenby has written to Sarwar Pasha stating that the British Government views with apprehension the recent series of outrages on British officers and soldiers, which is aggravated by the failure of the Egyptian Government to arrest any criminals. If the outrages continue the British Government will be compelled to consider their attitude towards the whole question involved. A COMMUNIST UNIVERSITY. Berlin, July 22. A new Communist University has been opened in Moscow, called the University of the West. It is conducted on the same lines as the University of the East, where GOO Asiatics are being educated in the spirit of Communism. The course lasts nine months. Students receive education, board and lodgings free. Soviet agitators have arrived in Berlin to conduct a campaign designed to overthrow the existing order. After the Russian failure at The Hague, the introduction of Sovietism into Germany has become a life and death question in Moscow. PRINCESS MARY'S CAR COLLIDES. London, July 22. Princess Mary was considerably shaken when her motor-car collided with the car of Lord Aberdeen in the'West End. Prompt action by the chauffeurs prevented a head-on collision, though tne impact was severe. UNION OF CHURCHES. London, July 4 22. The Wesleyan Methodist Conference, at Sheffield, approved the reply to the Lambeth appeal for the union of churches, expressing the desire to cooperate with the bishops as far as possible in recognising the value of the episcopate, but its adoption as the sole and indispensable means of providing a ministry universally acceptable was a question needing careful and prolonged investigation. The difficulties raised in connection with the Church and State formed an important consideration.

A SURGICAL TRIUMPH. Berlin, July 22. The remarkable patching up of a shattered body occurred at Breslau. A youth fell from the top of a house, fractured his' skull and smashed practically all his ribs. He was sent to the hospital, where he was treated for four years. Finally the surgeons inserted a metal plate in his skull and replaced his broken bones with gold and platinum riba. The youth two years later quitted the hospital and is now working in a factory. AIR SERVICES FOR INDIA. Delhi, July 22. Official support is assured to a scheme for establishing India’s first postal and passenger air service between Karachi, Rajkot and Bombay. THE REMUERA’S MAIL London. July 22. The Remuera. which collided with the Marengo during a fog in the English channel, carried a parcel mail, the condition of which is unknown. The ship carried no letter mails. POLITICAL PLAY BANNED. London. July 22. Theatrical circles are interested in the decision of the censor to ban the play called “The Queen’s Minister,” dealing mainly with episodes in the life of Lord Melbourne. The characters include Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. The ban was imposed on the principle of not causing any possible offence or pain to living people.