GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 272, 11 August 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

(By Telograpli-Prcss Association-Copyright A Brisbane message states that Lieutenants Parer and M'lntoshi bavo passed ' Powell Creek and are flying 6trongly. ! Five captured German warships hnvn J arrived at New York. They will bo exhibited for twelve months and then sunk. They comprise a Dreadnought, a cruiser, and three destroyers. It is reported by a Sydney message ' th.it tho Australian Mutual Provident , Society is investing .CI,000,0(10 in the new j peace loan, making the society's total in the various loans J:9,G80,000. Owing to inability to float a loan in ; London, the Queensland Government is unable to proceed with its 6clicmo for settling several thousand soldiers on the i; land, and also the establishment of Stat* iron and steel works. . i A messago from Sydney states that" cattle supplies at tho Homebush markets wero very light, and record prices resulted ; one bullock brought Jk7o; threo averaged <£'G6; and six cows averaged .£33, one fetching £$l. Tho heaviest bullock ; was estimated to weigh 1800 pounds. ' Tha Australian Red Cross has forward-. j ed £70,000 worth of clothing and other • goods to tho Distressed Poland Fund, and has accordingly gained represent a-' tion at tho International Red Cross, i League in London. Lady Helen MunroFerguson is being appointed the Austral- ! ian roresentative. A London message says it has been denied to abolish the two woll-known statutes of George 111 (in Pall Mall) ajid William IV. Tho authorities propose to orect new statues of Edward VII in Tra-" falgac Square; of Earl Kitchener and ! Earl Roberts at tho War Office; and of Lord Fisher at tho Admiralty. , The fifteenth meeting of tho Australasian Association for the Advancement of ■ Science will open at Hobart on January_ ' 5. With tho exception of a co-operative' meeting held withi tho British Association in 1914, this will be the first held since 1913. It is expected that delegates will bo present from all part 6 of Aus- ; tralasia. <

Liquor smuggling into the United States from Canada has reached 6iiclv proportions that it lias developed into a largo illegal traffic in other commodities (states a New Tori; message). The Customs service is-wholly inadequate to meet tho situation. A small army is essential to patrol isolated coastal spots, whence there is smuggling from incoming ships, and the frontier regions.

Sir George Fuller, Leader of the Nationalist Party of New South Wales, stated that Mr. Beeby's acceptance of a' Judgeship with the parties practically even amounted to desertion of the rauks of those who are fighting extremism, and carried its own condemnation. The Progressive Party, of which Mr. Bceby is deputy-leader, passed a resolution expressing regret for his loss, but-congratu-lating him on his appointment.