VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17329, 17 April 1920, Page 6

VARIOUS CABLES

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION. LONDON, April 15. Tho Bristol and Dominion Producers’ Association are issuing £60,000 of shares, making their total capital £IOO,OOO. THE METRIC SYSTEM. LONDON, April 15. Mr E. C. Barton, of Brisbane, and Mr Hunter, Agent-General, were the guests of the Decimal Association at dinner. Mr Barton, in a speech, said he regretted tho conservatism of England towards modern ideas, and suggested that Australia could embark on a metric rebellion. If Australia adopted decimal coinage and the metric measures it would have a powerful influence on Brtain. COLONIAL BUTTER. LONDON, April 15. Now that Mr C. A. M'Curdy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food) has been returned for Northampton, the question of the Government’s purchase of colonial butter will probably be settled Within 10 days. ESSENTIAL BUILDINGS FIRST. LONDON, April 15. In order to facilitate the building of dwellings the London County Council have prohibited the building of kinema theatres, clubs, and similar premises. ITALY HELPS AUSTRIA. ROME, April 15. Italy is advancing Austria 20,000 tons of wheat to be repaid after the arrival of American and Australian -wheat, as Austria is on the point of starvation. Italy is also helping Austria to secure 50,000 tons of coal per month. MINERS’ BALLOT. LONDON, April 15. The final figures of the miners’ ballot give a majority 0f'65,000 in' favor of the acceptance of the . Government’s offer. Lancashire and South Wales favored a strike. The miners, by a majority of 20.000, accepted the Government’s offer. Yorkshire is largely in favor of industrial peace. • NORTHAMPTON BY-ELECTION. LONDON, April 15. In tho Northampton by-election Mr G. A. M’Curdy was re-elected, ' polling 16,650 votes against Margaret Bonfield (Labor) 15.279. ITALY AND SERBIA. ROME, April 15. The * Messaggero ’ states that the Serbians have occupied Tarabosch, op-' posite Scutari, while at the same time they have protested to President Wilson against the Italian occupation of Scutari. ULTIMATUM TO RAILWAYMEN. NEW YORK, April 16. The railroad companies have issued an ultimatum to the workers to return to work by noon on Sunday. The men who return to work will be reinstated immediately. However, tho companies reserve tho right, to refuse to re-employ those guilty of violence or seditious utterances during the strike. AVIATION. V DELHI, April 15. Ferrani, the Italian airman who was detained at Rangoon owing to' the engines of his machine catching tire, left on the 14th inst. for Bangkok, en route for Tokio. LONDON. April 15. Lieutenants Parer and M'lntosh, cabling from Moulmein, state they are now out of hospital, and repairs to the machines are nearing completion, but they must await a new propeller. A complete new 7 undercarriage is being built at the site of tho crash. Their message states ; “ We had decided to land in the sea, when a rift in the clouds showed Moulmein close at hand. The exhaust manifold had burst, and our faces and clothes had been burned. Tho impact of a forced landing at a speed of 80 miles an hour knocked us unconscious. Had we not crashed wo would have killed many of the crowd.'* WELTVREDEN, April 16. ■ Captain Mathews will start on Saturday morning for Bali. He will go thence to Bima, which he -expects to leave for Timor on Monday morning. PRESS CONFERENCE. LONDON. April 15. The Australian Press Association understand that the Press Conference promises to transcend its predecessor in imnortance. mainly owing to the vital issues raised by war, notably in regard to betteV, cheaper, and quicker telegraphic communication. It is understood that the conference will emphasise the necessity lor the duplication of the Pacific cable as a matter of supremo urgency, also the need for a fuller exchange of news between the units of the Empire. It is hoped that the strongest delegation will assemble- The conference may also -consider tho possibility of obtaining paper supplies within the Empire, thus securing independence of foreign sources. REFUGEES ARRESTED. MOSCOW. April 15. A wireless message, states that 509 Russian refugees, who are suspected of Bolshevism, were arrested at Constantinople. The remainder are under close surveillance. STRIFE IN SIBERIA. LONDON, April 15. The Australian Press Association understand that an anti-Japanese feeling continues in Siberia, where Japan lias taken strong action to suppress disorders, including the occupation of several points on the Chinese Eastern Railway. They arrested several Russian workmen. The Russians, Chinese, and Czechs jointly protested. and the railwayman struck. " Subsequently there was street fighting between the Russo-Czechs and the Japanese, resulting in several casualties, including the Chinese who intervened to quell the disturbance. JAPAN’S ACTION. WASHINGTON, April 16. Official confirmation has reached the State Department from Harbin that Japanese troops have taken possession of several points along .the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria. Japan's reason for seizing the railroad is not- known here. The. assumption is that it was -for the purjiose of protecting the Japanese forces at Vladivostock and keeping the road open for the repatriation of the Czechs. APPEAL TO FRANCS, PARIS, April 15. Tire Russian Commcssary for Poreign Affairs ha,* sent a wireless message to M. Millerand, asking the Allies to intervene in the peace negotiations with Poland. DIVORCE LEGISLATION. LONDON, April 15. In the House of Commons, Mr A, Kendall moved, in favor of legislation embodying the majority report of the Divorce Commission recommending five new tor divorce—namely, desertion, persistent cruelty, drunkenness, incurable insanity, and life imprisonment. An amendment bv Mr R. M'Neill favoring sexual equality in divorce an-d. opposing any changes in the law which would have the effect of impairing the permanence of the marriage tie was car- j ried Iq* 134 votes 4» Si j

NEW YORK, April 15. Advices from Nogales, Arizona, state that General Flores fought Ms way across Oio border, taking San Bias, on the boundary, and is proceeding with a force of 2,500 men towards Culiacan. General Iturbs appears unable .to stem the tide of the rebel advance, and his troops are retreating in wild disorder. . A report from Aqua Preta states that troops of the new Republic of Sonora are invading Sinaloa State, which, adjoins Sonora to the southward, and are thatching upon Culiacan. , A later message from Aqua Preta reports that General Comez, former commander of the Federal troops in the district of San Luis, Potosi, with his entire army, has revolted against Carranza, and openly declared hirgself for the revolutionary leader Ohregon. WASHINGTON, April 15. Women pickets, bearing anti-English placards, paraded in front of the White House. The placards urged the President to compel England to pay her debts to America. The police did not interfere. NEW YORK, April 15. As a result of tne paper shortage several American magazines are issuing a combined July and August edition.

LONDON, April 14. Mr C. B. Stanton has given notice in the House of Commons of a question urging the increased payment’ to members.

Ihe latest news from Amerongen is that the ex-Kaiserin, who was recently reported to be seriously ill, is dying of‘heart trouble.