GENERAL CABLES

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 22, 26 July 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

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It is reported from London that the Earl of Clancarty has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for obtaining credit without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt.

A message sent from Halifax to Seattle, and thence to New York, says that two submarines constructed in Halifax for Chile amd sold to Canada. 1 during the war will be auctioned - shortly to the highest bidder. • Because they were not invited to the International Seamen's Conference at Genoa, the officers and engineers of the Japanese mercantile fleet have informed the Japanese Government that they will not abide by the conference decisions.

A message from Tokio states that the Minister t of Finance, Baron Takahashi, announced that a loan of a hundred million yen for a South Manchurian railroad would be floated in the United States in the near future. Baron Taka. hashi, in answer to questions concerning the Jones shipping law, said that it would, doubtless affect Japanese interests, but Japan was preparing to . take the wisest steps to meet the situation.

A message from Berlin states that 110 naval officers tried on.a charge of participating in the Kapp revolt have been cashiered or reduced. One hundred and twenty were found not guilty.

Plans are afoot in the United States to establish a, rationing system for the control of oil consumption. Some system is urgently needed, because the existing supply does not meet the demands. It is. impossible to augment the output, and curtailment of consumption is imperative, otherwise disaster will be ahead.

The King inspected and welcomed a large number of oversea boy scouts at Buckingham Palace.

The Australian Federal price-fixing scheme ends on 31st July. The Government claims that since the commencement in 1916 the scheme has resulted in the saving of £4,771,000.

A _ conference of the Australian State Ministers of Agriculture has formulated tentative proposals for the continuance of the wheat pool. The proposals will be submitted to the respective Cabinets during the week. .

Brady, Cochran's ' representative, announced in New York that he was authorised to offer Dempsey £50,000 to meet Carpentier in London.

Experts of the Marconi Wireless Company at St. John's, Newfoundland, have announced that they heard wireless telephonic messages from Chelmsford station (in Essex), and said that they recognised the voice of Captain Round, the expert in charge, and identified several words, but failed to pick.up any connected sentences.

The Argentine Parliament has approved an appropriation of five million pesos to send food to Vienna.

The Australian Natives' Association Conference passed a resolution affirming the desirableness of. establishing an Australian Order of Merit.

Bolshvik agitator* are spreading throughout Mexico, "Draft dodgers" from the United States are the principal agents. The authorities seeni to be puzzled how to combat the trouble.

The executives of the American railroad brotherhoods (unions) have completed an order for a referendum throughout the country on the Federal Labour Board's new wage award. They strongly advise against a strike, and intimate that 84 per cent, of the employees had agreed through their representatives to accept the offer.

Mr. W. M. Hughes, speaking at Bendigo on Saturday, fiercely denounced the recent utterances of' Archbishop Mannix in America. Incidentally he mentioned that the Government was appointing a High Commissioner in- America to reflect Australian sentiment.

■Three partners in a Bradford manufacturing firm have been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, as well as to pay fines, for defrauding the Treasury of £18,360 on income tax and. excess, profits tax.

The King, at Buckingham Palace, received the Bishops who are attending the Lambeth Conference.

A report from. Rome states that four thousand Albanians, who attempted to drive out the Italians from Valona, were completely repulsed after eight hours of fighting. Hundreds were killed by artillery fire and bombs, and later seventy were killed with bayonets' in a counter attack.

The Berliner Tageblatt says that, owing to the high prices of food and clothing, a mob in Trevos pillaged the shops and warehouses. The police overpowered them, and appealed to \ the French troops to assist in restoring order. Arrangements are in progress to reduce the prices.

A message font St. John's, Newfoundland, states that the Signal Hill Marconi station has sent wireless telephone conversations to the journalists aboard the Victorian, one hundred miles out. The Premier of Newfoundland '(Mr. R. Squires) will use the service to hia welcome. \ •