GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1922, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

PLOT RUMOR DENIED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Berlin, August I. It is officially denied that any evidence is possessed by the Government of a .Monarchist anti-Poincare plot, or that any German official warned France that such a plot existed. VESSELS IN COLLISION. New York, August 1. The excursion steamer Grand Republic, with 1261 passengers on board, collided with the ferry boat Chautauqua on the Hudson River in a fog. Fifty were injured in the panic. Both vessels made the shore. RECONSTITUTED AIR SERVICE. London, July 31. The Air Council has been reconstituted as follows to meet the new requirements: President, the Hon. F. E. Guest; vice-president, Lord Gorrell; senior member, Air Chief Marshal Sir H. M. Trenchard; member for personnel, ViceMarshal Swann; member for supply and research, Vice-Marshal Salmond. FLYING ROUND THE WORLD. t London, August 1. llajor Blake arrived at Ambala. (Punjab) at 7 o’clock last night. AGREEMENT ON WOOL SCHEDULE. Washington, July 31. The wool battle ended when the last wool rates recommended by the Senate Finance Committee were passed. The rates include: Woollen blankets from 20 to 40 cents per lb. or 25 to 35 per cent, ad valorem; certain materials containing wool, such as laces, belts, etc.. 49 cents pel’ lb. or 50 per cent ad valorem; knitted woollen goods, 39 to 49 cents per lb or 35 to 50 per cent ad valorem. JAPANESE STEEL WORKS. Tokio. August 1. A proposal has been made to the Government for the merger of private and Government-owned steel concerns. BIG FIRE IN HONGKONG. Hongkong, August I. A fire has broken out in the business section and is burning fiercely. Serious damage is feared. REFORM OF HOUSE OF LORDS. London, August I. The House of Lords passed the reform resolution without division. THE HERRIN MASSACRE. New York, August 1. Chicago renorts that the checked figures of the Herrin casualties show that 64 non-union men were killed or wounded and eight strikers killed or wounded.