VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17647, 28 April 1921, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. AN M.P.’S DISAPPEARANCE. LONDON, April 26. Captain IT. Newton Knights, M.P. for Camberwell North, mysteriously disappeared some days ago. "He was last seen at Hythc in an unkempt condition, and his friends are of the opinion that he has lost his memory through overwork;, but tho posting of trinkets with a, message to his wife stating “I am crossing to-night. Good-bye, "’ is regarded as significant.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

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LONDON. April 26. The Paris editor of the ‘ Chicago Tribune ’ states that the. ex-Kaiser has applied for permission to live, in Matte Grosso, a small decayed town in Southwestern Brazil.—A. and N.Z. Cable. AMERICA’S FINANCIAL SYSTEM. WASHINGTON. April 26. Tho Senate has passed a Bill providing for a Budget system of financial administration. Ex-President Wilson vetoed it, hut President Harding favors tho system. -—A."and N.Z. Cable. WAR PRECAUTIONS REPEAL ACT. 'LONDON. April 27. Protests are increasing by British merchants against the inquisitorial nature yil tho regulations under the Australian War Precautions Repeal Act. —A. and N.Z. Cable. WAGE REDUCTIONS AT BELFAST. LONDON, April 27. (Received April 28, at 9.40 a.ra.) The shipbuilding employees at Belfast agreed to accept wage reductions iip two instalments of 3s weekly each, or T per eiont. for pieceworkers. This is in addition to tho expected reductions, in the national bonus.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE JAPANESE TREATY. LONDON, April 27. (Received April 28, at 12.35 p.m.) Sir Newton Moore, M.P., speaking at the annual meeting of tho Colonial Institute, said, in reference to the Imperial Conference, that the most important question was tho Japanese Treaty. The Dominion Parliaments had decided the question, and intended to demand freedom similar to that of tho House of Commons.—A. and N.Z. Cable.