GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LII, Issue 5464, 27 April 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

250 BUND MEN MARCH TO LONDON. United Press Association —C oyr’glit--Australian aiid N.Z. Cable AssociationLONDON, April 25. Two hundred and fifty blind men. representing all parts of the United Kingdom, have arrived in. ondon, after a three weeks’ march from Manchester, to petition for State education. State workshops, and pensions. Several London trade unions escorted the marchers over the last stage., and cheering spectators lined the streets. PAYING FOR SCAR A FLOW COUP LONDON. April 24. Two modern German battleships, the Posen and the Oldenburg, have arrived afUthe Firth of Forth to replace the ships sunk at Sen pa Flow. BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERIES ON WESTERN FRONT. BRUSSELS, April 25. Sir Thomas Mackenzie has concluded' a tour of British military cemeteries in France and Belgium. He was struck with the care with which tlie graves arc being tended. Flowers are flanked on the graves, which kept in order by workmen under experienced gardeners. Hitherto eight hundred cemeteries have been transferred to the control of the Imperial Graves Commission. He is satisfied 1 that- the work of removing bodies from the battlefield is conducted most reverently.

PRESIDENT TO EIGHT EDITOR. MONTEVIDEO, April 25. Dr. Bruin, President of Uruguay, will fight a duel with Dr. Laretn, editor of Lapais, as the result of an article written by Lareta. criticising Brum’s speech. KING GIVES AUDIENCE TO BLIND “AUSSIE.” LONDON, April 25. The King at Windsor Castle gave an audience to Lieut. Frank Merriott, formerly of the Twelfth Battalion, First Division of the A.1.F.. wlm was wounded and blinded at Bapanme in February, 1917. The Duke of Connaught and Lord Stnmfordham conducted Lieut. Merriott to the King, who chatted with hint for twenty minutes, displaying the greatest interest in the Australian operations in France. Lieut. Merriott. in an interview, said l he was living at Windsor. Tho audience was probably tlie outcome of His Majesty’s desire to pay a tribute to the Australians on the eve of Anzac Day. HUGE COAL FIELD IN IRELAND. LONDON, April 25. Immense deposits of bituminous coal have been discovered near Lough Neagh. Experts declare that it will equal, probably surnass, the greatest deposits in England.