GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 38, 13 February 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

03y Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) BRED IN THE BONE. LONDON, February 12. The impottation of Japanese shaving brushes is" prohibited under the Anthrax Prevention Act.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) NEW P. AND O. LINERS. LONDON, February 12. The P. and O. liners Naldera and Narkunda are nearing completion. The company hope to dispatch the Naldera to Australia on April 9.—(A. and N.Z.) THE 1914 STAR. LONDON, February 12. It has been decided that Earl Kitchener and Earl Roberts shall be posthumously awarded the 1914 Star.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) RE-ESTABLISHING INDUSTRY. PARIS, February 12. Marshal Foeh will accompany M. Millerand and French Ministers to London to attend the Allied conference on Thursday. It is expected that negotiations will be opened in London for longterm British credits to France, and also for the raising of a large international loan to which the Allies and neutrals will contribute for the purpose of reestablishing French industries. Germany will be compelled to repay the loan. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

NO TAXIS FOR A DAY. LONDON, February 12. As a protest against the increased price of tietrol without the right to increase fares, the proprietors of taxicabs have withdrawn their vehicles from the streets of London for 24 hours commencing at midnight. It is expected there will be very few abstentions. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

HELD BY VILLA'S BANDITS. WASHINGTON, February 12. The State Department has received an unconfirmed report that some of Villa's bandits are holding Joseph Askew, an American, to ransom for 20,000 dollars.—(A and N.Z. Cable.)

BELGIAN ORDERS FOR. ! - GERMANY. LONDON, February 12. j The "Daily TelegraphY Brussels cor- j respondent states that it is rumoured that the Government is ordering rolling I stock in Germany, owing to the rate of exchange causing England and America to ask extraordinary prices for trucks.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE SLESVTG PLEBISCITE. COPENHAGEN, February 12. Progress reports of the plebiscite in Slesvig show that 75 per cent favour Denmark, which ■ greatly exceeds Danish expectations.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) JELLICOE 'S MISSION. LONDON, February 12. Tlie King gave an audience to Admiral Lord Jellicoe to-day, and spent a considerable time walking in the gardens with him, Lord Jellicoe detailing the results of his Australian, New Zealand anil Canadian mission.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

THE END OF THE 'WAR. LONDON, February 12. A "Gazette" states that January 10, 1920, was the official date of the termination of the war with Germany and N.Z. Cable.)

COINAGE STANDARD. LONDON, February 12. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave notice of a bill to amend tho law regarding the standard of fineness of the silver coinage of Britain and the Dominions. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) GOVERNMENT CONTROL. LONDON, February 12. The national conference of manufacturers and producers, now sitting in London, urged that Government control be removed from all industries. It carried resolution? asking the Government to cease borrowing forthwith; urging the reduction of taxation, thus diminishing the tendency to invest | abroad: protesting against the levy on i capital: urging the Government to as--1 sisi ;»■ increasing th* export trade: nr. 1 ; suggesting immediate international 1 action to avert economic chaos throughout Europe.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)