GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 186, 3 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright >,

The price of the "Sydney Horning '\ Herald" and of the- Sydney "Daily Tele- \ graph" is to bo increased, to. twopence \ from May 10. :; '■ - ' . -;

A Paris messago states that tho Hun-, .1 garian delegates will receive tho draft '■; of the Peace Treaty to-morrow for eigna- j turo next week.' -;

The New South Wales Government j has decided to raise a local loan of two ■millions sterling for the relief of farm- 'j ers affected by the'drought. .'-.';

It is reported from Washington lhat j a United Slates coast guard cutter has - j been dispatched to Alaska to take mea- i sures against the activities of alien i agitatori. • .' .?

A New York message states that Nightingale, of New Hampshire College, won and Montague, of Oxford,. second place in. the international three-mile race. . ■

A "Times" message from London, states that the Army Council'has refused, to permit. Bisley marksmen to use" the service rifle, with barrel packed with a view to checking vibration.

The British Cabinet has deputed Sir L. Worthington Evans to examine the mutton glut and decide upon the best course to follow.

A London message states that; the Fel- j ton. Bequest has purchased for'the Vic- j torian Art Gallery'J. A< Ingres's water- j colour , drawing "Star, of: this World" "■; for 110.guineas. .. -j

The revenue for the State of New ■• i South Wales during the past 10 months. j has increased by ,£4,298,000, as com- , j pared with the previous corresponding - j period. •!

A Sydney message reports that' weekend land sales. during recent months have shown, despite the almost prohibitive cost«of .building, that thereMs an increasingly strong demand for suburban land at high prices, which have apparently not reached the top.

English county cricket wag io com- , mence on May Day at the' Oval. A game j between Surrey and Northampton was to j 'be commenced. The Australian, Mr. Sam.., ,• 1 Woods,-secretary of the ' Somersetshire -'.j Club, is making great oft'orts to find new \ j talent, trying many youngsters. Mr. P. j F. Warner captains Middlesex, , .

A meeting at Sydney of New Zealand soldier-residents in New South Wales formed a New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association. Lieutenant T. r}. Roberts was elected president. It was decided that all future communications with tho Now Zealand authorities be mads through the association.

It is'semi-ofticially. announced, from \ Tokio that' Mr. De'buchi, Japanese charge ■. 1 d'affaires ijt Berlin, is ncgo£a,yng for .' tdie Shantung documents. It is expected : .; that in the event of China refusing to i conduct negotiations with Japan for the' - ; return of Shantung, Japan, will be pre- ■ pared t» maintain the status quo inde- .■■■ finitely. ■ '

The Australian Senate has carried the third reading of the Passports Bill, which provides that no person over 18 years of ago will be permitted to leave the Commonwealth without a, passport properly vised and endorsed, .under a penalty of £109 or six months' imprisonment. The system ■ does 'hot apply to the crews of overseas vessels,or persons visiting, settling, or .returning to New Zealand, provided that they possess a permit issued by the proper authorities and travel on vessels trading solely between Australia and Zealand. The Bill also exempts aboriginals and natives of Asia,. the East--Indies, and the- islands of the Indian'-and Pacifio Oceans.