GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9290, 11 August 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

(Per Press Association - Copyright.) (Received August 11, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 10. The Italian Government invited Signor Ramaciottsi to address the principal. Italian Chambers of Commerce on Australian resources and industries. Signor Ram'aciotti also 'attends a meeting'of the Council of the British Chamber of Commerce of Italy 'at Leghorn. (Received 'August 11, 9 a.m.)

ROME, August 10. - The Chamber has ratified the Germa.n Treaty. VLADIVOSTOK, August 10. The Government has received advices to the effect that Japanese residents at Okhotsk, a marine Siberian town on the Sea of Okiiubxu, nave been massacred and the town burned. NEW YOHK, August 10. The Director of General French, Services in the United States has announced' that France will ship 500,000,000 dollars in gold shortly. France has already retired- 50,000,000 dollars' worth- of bonds, .and a similar amount will be purchased "between how •■ and the maturing dute, October 15. and ah attempt will be made to refund ,J20,000,000 dollars by the issue of a hew loan. ~ < "Great Britain has already purchased over 200,000,000, dollars' . worth of bonds, and arranged to cover the, remaining 50,000,000 dollars of her share of the Anglo-French loan by gold shipments. ■' TH-..S* '• LONDON, August 9... The Royal ■ College, of Surgeons" in Ireland,, after a careful 'inquiry into '• the -appeal 'of Dr. Edward Yeates, is of opinion that a prima facie case of grave injustice has been established. The college earnestly requests the New Zealand' Government to fully and impartially investigate the "circumstances. Copies of the finding were sent to the ■' High Commissioner and" to Lord Milner (Colonial Secretary). The latter replied ■ that he had no < power # to give* any direction, the -case being one" entirely, for .the Now Zealand Government.

(Received August 11, 12.55 p.m.) , PAffS, August 10. . • The Turkish Treaty has, been signed. [Dr. Yeates, who is a New Zealander, was sent to Samoa when the war broke out, and was given an officer's commission in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was retired, and a dispute arose between him and the New Zealand Government as to whether he continued to hold rank as a medical officer. / Claiming that he did, lie continued to wear the uniform. He went to-,,\Egypt, and at Cairo the dispute with the New Zea- .- land military authorities .was reviewed. '; It is understood that he was there' engaged in Red Cross work. He went to England, where he was charged in December, 1917, with ; wearing the , uniform of the Medical Corps without authority. He was fined 25 guineas. ' Lr July, IPIB, he'appealed. The appeal was dismissed, with t costs, but on ' ■ his.- undertaking' not to wear the uniform the penalty was reduced to ' Is. A fairly large accumulation of pay " as a medical officpr is involved in. tho , , dispute, and Dr. Yeates, evidently, ha? ' appealed to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to support him in his claim against th« /New Zealand Government.] (Received Aivmst'll, 2.5 p.m.) , PTCKING, .August 10. A mandate hap been issued appointing Chin Yun P^nrr ac-.tmg-iPromicr. MEXICO CITY, AugiiFflO. Vill:a, tuvrciun^ed by v a band of faithful follower., surrendered to thn Government. H^ said lie capitulate* because further fighting meant United" Statas' intervent;nn in Mexico. > .