GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 256, 23 July 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

(By Tclciraßli-Preßß Assooiation-Oopyrlekt

A London message states that J. Ueresford won tho Wingfield Sculls by five i lengths, with Gollan second. The Governor-General of Australia has : granted Sir. Henry Lnwson, the poet, , : a pension of i's2 a year. The Prince of Wales has decided to ; oiake a five days' journey on horseback ' through the'' Western Division of New I South Wales. j Owing to the Emir Feisul's unsatisfac- ''> tcry reply, the French operation against I the Arabs in Syria has probably already begun, states a message from Paris. j A conference of local authorities in Brisbane passed a resolution "viewing i with intense relief" tho appointment of I ■ an Imperial Governor for Queensland. Mr. Dooley, Chief Secretary of New ! So.uth Wales, i 6 suggesting the taxation ! of salaries of over .£3OOO for the endow- '! ment of children. He expressed dis- I approval of the proposed lottery for re- i venue purposes. Advices from Sofia received in Paris ! state that there have been many demon- . j ■strations throughout Bulgaria against the Greeks, mid the Bulgarian Govern- , i ment bas called up tho 1921 class of re- I cruits. , The Department of Commerce at Wash- ; ington has published a report received from the United States Consul in Sydney, suggesting tho advisability of divert. ! ing oil-burning ships from the Austral- i ian trade owing to the acute fuel short- ; ago in Australia, which is a matter of «ravo concern to the Australian Navy. ; Tho Federated Seamen's Union threat- ! ens to boycott Canadian Government ( steamers visiting Australia, in consequence of Australian seamen being refused permission to land at Vancouver. j It is understood that the unions in all ' the States and in New Zealand have I ,been notified. Mr. W. M. Hughes, replying to questions regarding tho scarcity of newsprint paper, said the Commonwealth Ministry had already arranged with the Canadian mills for tho supply of paper required by the provincial Press, and tho Ministry was prepared to sympathetic- ■ ally consider any suggestion to relievo '. the situation in Australia. ' The British Cotton-Growing Associa- '■ tion has invited Mr. Theodore, Premier of Queensland, to visit Manchester, in i furtherance of the negotiations for es- ' lablishing cotton-growing in Queensland. Mr. Theodore is unable to go, as he is 1 proceeding to the Continent on his way j home. Mr. J. M. Hunter. Agent-Gen- .1 oral for Queensland will visit Manohes- I ter on July 29. Replying to questions in the Federal ! House of Representatives regarding the ' renewal of the British mail contracts, " tho Australian Postmaster-General said ho did not consider it necessary as . suggested, to make a special contract ' ■with the Oceanic Company, as the ban ! Francisco route was already being utilised under non-contiact conditions when any advantage vus likely to 1» gained ill regard to tho arrival of mails in ; England. j

A message from Rome states that though the railway and tramway strikes hnvo terminated, tew fines are working. Owing to the intense public indignation, almost everj- striko leader has hoen assaulted by angry Romans,- and - the strakers fear to appear in the streets and are seeking the prtoection of the police, whom they have been insulting for weeks. The Socialist Deputies are nlanned.

A Washington message states that thirty million United States citv residents are menaced by infected drinking water, because the authorities are nimble to obtain alum and chloride for purification owing to the railway congestion. Medical officers are alarmed at the prospects of a gigantic epidemic of tvphoid fever and are making frantic appeals to Washington for supplies of chemicals.

The Mayncoth College Alumni Union entertained Dr. Mannix and De Valera at dinner. Dr. Mannix said: "1 was told I would not be allowed to land in tho United States, but the hierarchy of tho Church and the people of America have made my sojourn here a veritable march of triumph. I made enemies in Australia because I never forgot I was an Irishman. I found systematic British propaganda in Australia against Ireland."