VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17543, 24 December 1920, Page 6

VARIOUS CABLES

Press' Association—By Telegraph—Copyright., BRITISH. SHIPBUILDING TABDS .; NOT EQUAL TO LONDON, December 22, The Aberdeen Sne slates that the sole; reason for sending the Theraistocfes toHamburc is to get the ship fitted as ex~. peditiously as possible, in order to- relieve the hardship entailed on 1.000 emigrants ■who are seriously affected by the vessel's belated departure.—A. and N.Z.. Cable. JAPAN'S POPULATION. SYDNET, December - 23. Tlie Japanese Consnl-Gencral has been advised that the census taken in October last showed the Japanese -population-to- be over 77,000,000.—A. and N.Z. Cabk. SCOTTISH LIQUOR POLL, LONDON, December- 25. , The completion of the Local Option.' polling in Scotland, which began in November, shows that a vote was taken in 573 areas ont of 1,214, into which the country is divided. Of 1,153,978 votes registered. 60 per cent.- voted for no change, 33 per cent, ifor No-Hcenso, and 2 per cent, for the reduction of licenses. The net result is that 447 licenses, of which 99 are. in Glasjjo-w, "willlje-cancelled out of 9.571 in a whole.county;—A. and! NJZL Cable.

BRITISH FINANCE.

LONDON, December 122.

In the House of Commons Mr Kii McLean condemned the passing of esti-. mates ahonnting to £559,000,090 in tmo night. He asked for the appointment of an. Estimates Committee, and stated that at' least 40 days should be allocated to finance- also that next session should-no devoted almost entirely to questions ot finance and economy. , Mr Bonar jb■a sympathetic reply, agreed that the general control of finance W33 unsatisfactory, and he thought that Mr M3Lean!!s suggestion might beV adopted—»<A.. and N.Z. Cable. AN ALI*-NIGHT. HTTTDTG. JC.ONUOS, (Received" December 24, Kat-9.2s.''&ark} Commons Shad sitting discussing the Boose of Xmrds' amendments- to tie Agricnltnral 8i8,. : which, consisted *of seventeen,pages. Whett; the Honsa ioso only the sixth page ■ hao?':beenE leached. About twm&y positionistsvand twenty MHasteriaßsfawrore present.—A. ..and JLZ. Cable. ' , THE COKE JSKEE3SSTLOHL CONDON, Pecomljert23; (EeceiveduPecember 24, at 9.35-<un,i-DrCopo cabled that-he expects, to-ieavo Fort Stanley (FaUdand* Islands} on December 20 -with a, fnH equipment dad, dogs. Htb 'targes ia-isncLonnSrahsm lead on Christmas^Day.—-A.-and-.jtJ.Zv. Ctthla.