GENERAL CABLES

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 88, 11 October 1920, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

(UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)

Richard Williams has resigned from the American Davis Cup team owing to pressure of business. Watson Wash burn, who milks tenth among American tennis players, will replace Williams. Tennis circles, a New York messages states, consider the loss of Williams a serious matter, since be is regarded as one of the greatest American doubles players, and twice h»W the American championship. He would have played with Tilden in the doubles.

The Merchants' Association of New York entertained the delegates of British Chambers of Commerce at luncheon. Sir Thomas Mackenzie (New Zealand) in the course of a speech, pointed out that Axistralasia- offers a remarkable field for investment and development. Congressman Litlefield, speaking on AngloAmerican relationships, pointed out that America should no more interfere in the Irish situation than the the British should interfere in the Philippines.

Fire destroyed Hoadley's chocolate factory in South ivleloburne, causing damage totalling £100,000.

The' Merchants' Association of Kingston, Jamaica, has passed a resolution favouring trade preference with Canada.

Arrangements for meeting the AngloFrench five hundred million, dollar loan on 15th October are virtually completed, says a New York report. Both England and France are ready to meet their shares.

A report from Helsingfors states that M. Tchitcherin (Commissioner in Russia for Foreign Affairs) has telegraphed to j\l. Jonescu (Rumanian Foreign Minister), urging peace negotiations between Russia and .Rumania..

A report from Washington, via New York states that the United States at the Internatioanl Communications Conference will seek an agreement among the nations to grant exclusive rights for the landing of cables on their shores.

The members of an Egyptian delegation, which is in. Paris on its way to England, states that Egypt will certainly accept the new Constitution, though the delegation would suggest alterations in certain details. "

The United States Government is distributing 460,000 dollars to 100.00 C woolgrowers for the 1918 clip. It was arranged through the Government when handling the clip that the dealers who bought the wool should be required to hand the excess profits to the growers.

A number of Irish Guards and several of the Coldfitroam Guards at Aldershot have been arrested for'parading in the streets howling and shouting wildly. A mob of their comrades attempted to batter in the doors of the barracks to secure their release, and disorder continued until a late hour.

Sir Alfred Sooth, chairman of the Cunard Line, has arrived in New York to supervise the construction of piers (to cost 30 million dollars) for his company. He stated that Britain desired to see the United States develop into an important position in international trade. Britain did not seek the commercial supremacy of the seas.

A Sydney message states that a. motor-car, with the driver and six passengers, Tan off a punt at Sackville. The passengers were extricated from the sinking- car, but the driver, William Strickland, of Drummond, was drowned. The car carried a- horse and its rider with it, but both swam ashore.

The Orvieto arrived at London from Sydney with 29 cases of jneaslcs on board. There were a few deaths among children on the voyage.

The Baltic Exchange, London, reports that a few sailing ships have been chartered for the carriage- of Australian wheat at 120s per ton.

A cable message from Vienna states that notwithstanding that a plebiscite is being taken to decide'whether Caiinthia shall remain Austrian or belong to Jugoslavia, JugoSlav troops are concentrating on; t-he frontier.