GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ITALY’S BAN ON FOREIGN OFFICIAIB. Bj Telegraph.—PrM* Amn.—Cepyxl<bt. Received Nov. 29, 7.25 p.m. Rome, Nov. 28. Signor Mussolini has ordered all Italian' consuls and consular agents who are pot of Italian nationality to quit their post, in January. Italians, preferably ex-soldiers, will be appointed to the vacancise. COAL LOADING TIME-SAVER. Ixmdon, November 29. The Clyde Navigation Trust has tarried out successful exp'.‘rimenta with a new shoot apparatus, with which vessels will load coal in half the usual time, while 80 per cent, of the coal can be Stowed as fast aa it is delivered without the assistance of trimmers. It is believed the invention will revolutionise coal shipping. FRIGHTENING MOTHER-IN-LAW. Paris, November 27. Talking 'advantage of explosives in some French household coal, a Parisian named Thomas tried to frighten his mother-in-law out of his house by putting a bag of gunpowder on the kitchen range. The mother-in-law was so terrified that she ran for the police, at the sight of whom Thomas broke down and confessed the trick. He was arrested for being in unlawful possession of explosives. AUSTRIAN FINANCES. Vienna, November The Austrian Parliament accepted the. League of Nations’ scheme for the financial rehabilitation of Austria. NEW GERMAN AEROPLANE. London, November 28. , The Daily Mail says the latest triumph of German design is a complete all-metal aeroplane with a speed of I<X) miles an hour. The mlachine is capable of being packed in a quarter of an hour in five metal tubes. It is specially designed for use at sea, taking up small room on a steamer. STABILISING GERMAN FINANCE. Paris, November 28. The Berlin correspondent of the Petit Parisien says that Government circles have abandoned the idea of seeking an immediate foreign loan of twenty milliards of gold marks, and decided to seek a loan of half a milliard, together with three or four years moratorium in order to stabilise finance and enable a larger loan to be borrowed later. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. London. November 28. Three were killed and six injured in a colliery explosion at -Siddick, Cumberland. RUSSIAN RAILWAY IDLE. London, November 28. Advices from Reval state that, owing to the shortage of fuel and money, 20,000 miles of Russian railways are closing down, depriving 30 millions or the population of means of communication. BOLSHEVIKS IN THE EAST. Delhi, November 28. News from Bokhara indicates that the Bolsheviks have asserted their ascendancy and fighting has died but the insurgents in Fergana are still active and are reliving round Ibrahim Beg, former Governor of Shcrabad, who took refuge in Afghanistan at the outbreak of the Bokharan revolution. The reports are based on the assumption that Enver ie dead, since they had Ihrahim as his successor.