GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1922, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

EX-KHEDIVE REIMBURSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Geneva, Nov. 13. Ex-Khedive Abbas has (been notified by the Egyptian Government that the Government has awarded him £500,000 on account of personal property sequestered in 1914. CHINA MOVING WITH THE TIMES. Peking, Nov. 12. Sir Keith Smith will sail from Shanghai for Japan on the 14ith. He is of opinion that when China is better organised and the conditions stable there •will be great possibilities for commercial flying owing to the lack of rapid transportation. lIDIAN UNREST CONTINUES. Delhi, Nov. 19. The Akali troubles continue unabated, the leaders seizing all opportunities to stir up unrest. Altogether 5000 Akalis have been arrested. POPPY DAY THEFTS. London, Nov. 13. A Poppj r Day sensation is reported from Glasgow, where 16 girls and women have been arrested for tampering with collecting boxes used for Earl Haig’s fund. RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN CAUCASUS. London, November 12. The Times’ Riga correspondent reports great Russian military preparations in the Caucasus. The equipping and supplying of munitions for the forces on the Angora frontiers is proceeding steadily. BUNYAN'S TOMB RESTORED. London, November 11 In the presence of leading Nonconformist divines, the restored tomb of Bunyan was unveiled and re-dedicated at Bunhill Fields, London. The ceremoney w£Us preceded by service in Wesley’s chapel, nearby. FOREIGN VESSELS RELEASED. Washington, November 11. Secretary Mellon ordered the release of all foreign vessels seized outside the three-mile limit, where there was no evidence of communication with the shore by means* of the vessel’s own boats. This affects 30 vessels. FATAL RIVER-BOAT FIRE. Shanghai, November 9. It is reported that two hundred persons perished in the fire aboard the river-boat on the Yang-tse River, near Shanghai. THE GERMAN REPARATIONS. Berlin, November 10. Germany’s Note to the Reparation Commission says the Government accepts responsibility towards the guarantee committee. The Note promisee to take the necessary’ measures for financial control. It will be necessary for the international consortium of bankers to 00-operate with the Reichsbank in stabilising the mark. The success of the whole plan depends on the moratorium and on payments of reparation monies in kind during the period of stabilisation. Germany will continue the work in the devastated regions of France.

NEW GERMAN CABINET. Berlin, November 12. The Chancellor has announced his inI tention to reconstruct the Cabinet, and is negotiating for the inclusion of a reETMtatertivc of businets men.