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GENERAL CABLE NEWS

(Per Press Association, Copyright.)

TON-DON, December 31. Barbed wire- entanglements have been erected round the 'Vice-regal Lodge at Dublin Castle. Phoenix Park is now closed at (5 o'clock in the evening. ' - The surrest of an Irishman in Liverpool, charged with being in possession, ot a revolver," led Jto the discovery of a quantity .of arms and ammunition and Sinn Fein literature, supposed to be conneded with, a scheme, io import arms into Jrehmd.

The Transporters' Union has accepted the employers' offer of :i Court inquiry for the investigation of the dockers' claim for a 16s per day minimum wage.' The Court consists of three enrpbycrs jitkl three employees, with an independent chairman. It is hoped' thus wj avert a strike of IoO^OOO dockers. Sir H. Home, Labour Minister, and also tho I'ailiaiiientarv' Committee and Trade Union ty'ougre^s Have intervened in tlio iron inoukleiN' sLr'ike in the hope of 'reaching a settlement.

The rescue of survivors from a wreck on tin- Goodwill Sands apparently solves a Christinas Night mj&iery. One survivor, an engineer, from the sieiwitT Great dive, states, that the ship stranclod on the f-updg in terrible weather. He entered a small boat •with the captain, but remembers little owing Lo Ins sufferings, and, does not know the fate of the captain and vhe remainder of the crew of 32:

The frequency of jewel robberies attended, by violence h scaring wealthy residents' in, the "West End, and s>ug ; ' gosling the necessity for carrying arms. Tho "Daily MaW reports that- an eminent nerve specialist, discussing the crimes, stares "that the war has created ninny, thousands of neurotics, -but a tar more dangeron*. t:pe is to be .seen in the nvn taintwl with' mania before war, who ne\ ertheless made excellent soldiers. ,-A third typo represents sufferers from emotional including men who fought, ' though riot believing that war 'was necessary. , The common theory regarding the influence of. shell shock on crime was-largely exaggerated.

BERLIN, December 30. The War Lords are receiving astonishing prices ior their war books.'Hindenburg i-old hi&, American rights for 4,000,000 mark,-. At .the.present rale of exchange - Ludeudorn' , obtained 2,-300,000 mark.-, for tho .English., colOj.mjl, and American rights^ and another 1.000,00,0 murks/for rights in Germany and other i European.countries. Adnurnl yon Tirpitz got 900,000 mark*, ,Dr. Bethman-Holhveg and yon Helffcrieh 250,000 marks each. ST. JOHNS Dec. 30.' Three men were 'rescued ' half dead, from tho iJutch-hUiirncr Anton Van .Drie], which ' was. '.VTcekedi olf Cape Race. They are the'only survivors out of ;i crev/ of 2Q. • DEI iHi;" , 31. British troops entered Kockai with- ] out opposition. Vn-Al Dm'is retiring into the interior., He is still, obdurate. '" " """ " "'", The- total British casualties during the whole operations wore .146. The Mahsud*. lost a. thousand in killedl and wounded. LONDON, X December 31. '• The by-election for '„tho/ Bromley seat, vacant through "Flight' Hon. H. W. Forster/f, elevation to /the Peerage, resulted in 1 Colonel C. James (Coalition Unionist) '-11,148, beating;P. Hodges (Labour) 10,077. s(llereived Jauuary 2, 10.50 a.m.) '' .PARIS. December 31. , The influenza has reappeared, and v numbei/of deaths are reported. (Received January 2. 3.30 p.m.) (Henter.) • ' „; LONDON, December 31. An ofiicial' report states ' that the Arabs, who seized Dcir el Zor, are now dispei'Mnp^ owing to want'of .food and organisation. Some tribes , show determined hostility to trie invaders. Albukemal was occupied on December 21. All is now quiet. The {British, personnel captured at Dcir ol Zor by the Arabs have boon released, and have rejoined the Bribi-sh iorccs.

When Constable Gilroy w.as praised, for his services by the magistrate at Raphoe Petty Sessions, District Inspector Moore, -in promising to ' have the compliment brought- before the proper authorities, said it was refreshing to hear any appreciation of a policeman in iheso clays.

A Cologne .telegram to the London papers of November "4 stated: Two hundred enraged orchestra performers invaded t.he editorial rooms of the "l'esto del , Carlino" as a protest agtrinst the, musical critic, Ganotto Bastianelli, who had severely criticised their..rendering of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Bastianelli was' eventually seized and beaten.

Fault was found 1 with the "School Journal by delegates to the Women Teachers' Association Conference, and >it was stated that the English in the journal was often "appalling," and that instead of interesting the children the lengthy articles sometimes merely bored them. Severa.l considered 1 that the journa was quite unsuitable as a. school reader, and it was to be hoped that a much needed improvement would be brought about. INFLUENZA BACILLI. The Influenza microbe (Pfeiffer\v Bacillus) takes two days to fully develop in the human system.. A dose of germ-destroying "Fluenzol" ■ every second day is therefore necessary to insure immunity . from the ' dread disease. A lH.6d' bottle of-Fluenzol contains 32 doses- Fivmly refuse substi tutCß.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 2 January 1920, Page 5

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GENERAL CABLE NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 2 January 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 2 January 1920, Page 5

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