GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1922, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FAMILY IN AIR SMASH. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, October IX. Leeeco, a well-known aviator, promised his family a joy ride and took up his father, wife, two children and his mother-in-law. As they returned to the Le Bourget aerodrome the machine tilted and crashed into the aerodrome. The whole family was sent to hospital with fractured bones and limbs; none are dead. GREEK REFUGEES. London, October 11. The All-British Fund is sending a trainload of supplies to the Smyrna refugees, of whom there are now 520,-0-00 in Greece, 132,000 at Malta, 2700 in Crete, and 15,000 in Cyprus. BENGAL FLOODS. Delhi, October 11. The floods in Bengal are subsiding/ though still large areas are inundated. The estimated casualties are between 300 and 400. CHOLERA IN JAPAN. Tokio,, October 11. Cholera is spreading in Tokio and Yokohama. There have been 1217 cases in Tokio and 28 deaths. REPARATIONS COMMISSION. Paris, October 11. M. Barthou has unanimously ibeen elected president of the Reparations Commission in succession to M. Bubois. NEW GREEK PREMIER. Athens, October 11. M Zaimis has now intimated his readiness to accept the Premiership. MEMORIAL TO LORD BRYCE. New York, October 11. Mr. Elihu Root to-day presided at special memorial ceremonies at All Saints Trinity Church on the occasion of the unveiling of a bust of Lord Bryce, a British gift to the American people. KIAO-CHOW FOR CHINA. Peking, October 10. A message from Tsingtao states that Japan intends to restore the leasehold of Kiao-Chow to China in December, when the Japanese forces will withdraw from the district given to the Chinese authorities, RADIO AMALGAMATION. New York, October 10. The Radio Corporation of America has announced that arrangements have been completed for combining under one management American, British, German, French and Argentine radio plants, representing an investment of 170 million dollars. New Ybrk will be the centre. Negotiations are proceeding for the in. elusion of the stations at Yokohama and Sydney. HUGE GERMAN SEAPLANE. London, October 10. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Versailles Treaty, Germany is making important .progress in aeronautics. She is building the world’s largest seaplane with a span of 197 feet, capable of carrying .60 person,s with a maximum range of 100 miles. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. London, October 10. Mr. Leslie Urquhart, in a statement regarding the Soviet’s non-ratification of the agreement -with him, described it as a hitch and not a breakdown. The agreement had not been denied ratification on its merits as a business contract, but simply and solely because politics had been injected into the matter. Politics would be put into their proper place when the rulers of Russia realised how impossible they made it for foreign capital to re-enter Russia. It would appear that by withholding ratification the Russians thought they saw a chance of inducing Great Britain to recognise the Soviet’s claim for inclusion in the coming conference on the Straits. SHIPPING LIABILITIES. London, October 10. The International Maritime Committee, representing thirteen countries, passed a resolution urging Governments to accept in respect to their own vessels the same liabilities as ordinary shipowners had to bear. Mr. Justice Duke, the new president, supporting the demand, said safety in navigation was not encouraged when certain classes of ships were not amenable to the jurisdiction of ordinary courts. THE BESTOWAL OF HONORS. London, October 9. The Honors’ Commission has decided to sit privately and issue a daily press communique. WHERE IS ENVER PASHA? Delhi, October 10. There are all sorts of conflicting reports regarding the fate of Enver Pasha. Travellers from Badakshan tell circumstantial stories of the arrival in Khanaba of Enver’s personal effects, including the coat he was wearing when he met with his death. The coat was perforated by a bullet. On the other hand equally credible stories state that Enver has retreated with the remnants of his defeated forces into the wilds of | Ferghana. A third rumour has it that peace has been signed between the insurgents and the Bolsheviks and that Enver is once more an ally of Russia.