GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Washington Treaty Ratification. The Tokyo correspondent of the Philadelphia "Ledger" is informed that Japan's ratification of the Washington treaties cannot he expected before July. The Privy Council Committee is now considering the Shantung agreement, which will be disposed of first.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) A Report and a Denial. In tin' House of Representatives, Mr. A. -I. Sahalli [Illinois) introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of State to inquire imiitedinU-Iy of the French (•ovrrnnu'iit regarding a report that the I French Military Court at Damascus ! sentenced Mr. Charles Crane, former J 1 nited States 'Minister to China, to 20 I years' imprisonment. I Tin , Slate Department has issued n I denial of the report. - i United Service.) i 25,000,000 Surplus Women. The fierlin correspondent of the j "Daily Express" states that 2.i.000,000 . women in Kurrmp arp doonyd to perI pet mil spinsterhood. The male populaI tion of Europe is 22n.000,0<H). and the female population 2.i0,000,00f1.—(A. and I N.Z. (able.) McDonald's Hurricane Hitting. ; Mac Donald, the ex-Australian, playling at Nelson, made C>°- out of 00. scoring 50 in l."> minutes, hitting twenty in ; one over. A collection for his benefit resulted in CM being contributed.—-(A. and N.Z. Cable.)