GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1922, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brussels, November 7. Britain has accepted an invitation to an economic conference for December 5. GERMAN AERIAL ACTIVITY. Copenhagen, November 6. A German firm is opening a branch business near Copenhagen in December, ft will build arge aeroplanes chiefly for export, thus evading the Versailles treaty. NATIONAL FINANCES. . Paris, November 7. The correspondent of the Echo de Paris in Brussels' states the financial conference will be held before January. M. Poincare hopes to attend. The principal subjects for discussion will be reparations and Allied debts. BAVARIAN UNREST. Berlin, November /7. It is believed that a Royalist eoj6p in Bavaria is imminent. It is equally certain that the National Socialist party will also attempt a coup. Doul6t exists as to which side the Bavarian army will take, except the Munich port/on. which is unreservedly Monarchist, /while the army in the provinces ia clai/med to be Socialist. It is asserted that, the Royalists, among whom are Lud&ndorff and Von Kasr (the ex-Premier have decided if it is successful in Bavaria to carry the coup well intj6 Germany. Their troops have been toJd to prepare for a march northward. ARMY BANK. FAILURE. London, t November 7. Hundreds of officers, /including generals. crowded the M'Grigor meeting and displayed threatening exasperation when medical reports were read stating that Sir James M’Grigor was suffering from a mervous breakdown and his partner, Mr. Biss, frtim arterial disease. Both were unable to- attend. A tragic sequel was the sudclen death of Mr. Biss shortlv after thej meeting. He was 65 years of age and recently married. His relatives state chat the failure of the company hast med his end. EXTREMISTS IN INDIA. Delhi, Nov. 6. The report of the committee appointed by the extremists on further t’on-co-operative activities shows that the attempt to persuade lawyers and students to boycott the courts and schools was a complete failure, also that the country war, not yet ready for mass civil disobedience. The report discloses that the committee is a divided bodv regarding future action. The Akali troubles continue, and altogether over 4000 arrests have been made. GREECE REEKING ALLIANCES. Belgrade, Novy 6. •M. Politia, Aho Greek Foreign Minister, has concluded . important conversations with M.M. Pashitoh and Nikivitch wifih the object of Greece entering the, Little Entente. Greece wishes to secure a commercial treaty between Greece and Jugo-Slavia, also to establish an entente in accordance with the new situation arising out of the Mudania agreement and the new Italian situation. I EMPIRE EXHIBITION FUND. London. Nov. 7. Sir Owen Philli.us. on behalf of the Royal Mail ’.nd -.Hie;] sliinninu lines, has rfpiit 1 .io Emnire Exhibition a . guarantee of C 19.000. The guarantee fund now exceeds £1,190.000.