GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By TclestnDii-.Pt«B6 A-tsoolaUon-CoDytiiM

Ths New Zealand Rugby, football team failed from Sydney by tho Uliniaroa.

Tho censure debate in tho Now South Wales Parliament is proceeding.

Lieutenants Parer and M'lntosh havo arrived at Cloucimy, on their way to Melbourne, . .

Ou arrival from New Zealand, the Northumberland was quarantined at Melbourne, owing to eight persons suffering from influenza.

A Sydney message states tbat J. Gregory has announced that he will play in big matches against tho English cricketers.

It is expected that a federal Parliamentary party, comprising four Ministerialists, four Labour, and two country members, will leave Melbourne on August 28 on a visit to the Faciho islands.

Waller AVinans, while drivine; a trotter in a race at London, collapsed and called out asking tho bystanders to stop tho horse, but before it could be done he fell to the ground and was picked up dead.

A great gathering of Freemasons at the Sydney Town Hall, including New Zealand, British. American, and African delegates, celebrated the centenary of the cstablislMiiC'iit of the first Masonic Lodge in Australia.

A mail for the Prince of Wales expect, ed hv the Carkunda will be taken by aeroplane from Adelaido, to catch the 'Renown at Sydney on August 19. The Prince is now concluding his country holiday, and will return to Sydney today.

A message, from Stockholm to the London "Times" states that Captain Amundsen has telegraphed that he is short of provisions, and six of the crew have struck and disembarked. Only three seamen remain, and the abandonment of the expedition is anticipated in Stockholm.

Mr. Israel Cohen, representative of the Zionist Mission, which is raising funds for the settlement of Jews is Palestine, is touring' Australia, and will leave for New.Zealand on August 20. He hag already raised overiUO.OOO iu Australia.

The Government of New South Wales has: appointed a committee, including newspaper managers with practical knowledge, to test a bulk parcel of Australian limber?, and decide upon its suitability tor paper-making.

A message from Berlin states that the leader of ,tlie. Persian Democrats raided the German Consulate, and carried off a quantity of arms, and arrested the Consul. Hej'r Sclmetz. The Government has ordered the Charge .d'Affaires at Teheran to protest. Jn consequence of the incident, the students of the Borlin universities urge the withdrawal of Persian students from the universities.

The Government of the new Republic of Georgia lias invited Mr. Ramsay Macdbn'al'd to visit the country with Mr. Yandervelde. the Belgian Minister of Justice, to advise on administrative subjects, especially finance, education, and State property." Both will go to Georgiaat the end of August.' .

The South African Hovise of Assembly parsed, by 69 votes to 20, an item in the Supplementary- Estimates for a temporary increase" in members, and senators' Hiilaries from MOO to .£ISOO per annum. Several members objected on the ground that the vole was unconstitutional, and should be covered by a Bill.