CABLE BREVITIES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXXI, Issue LXXXI, 15 May 1920, Page 9

CABLE BREVITIES

Eugene Debs has been formally nominated as the Socialist candidate for the United States Presidency. The Methodist Conference at Sydaiey passed a motion, in favor of church ■union.

The Prince of Wales has accepted the honorary rank of captain*in the Australian Navy. N The London Daily Express air race to India has been; postponed at the Government's request^ owing to the "unrest in Asia Minor and Syria. . The funeral of the Crown Princess Stockholm was carried out in every "•-i1 iseordiaig to her wishes. There deeply - pathetic scenes and

. ' Hal mourning, but a wealth of flowers and happy music, and an absence of all. continental trappings, made the burial ceremony one of remarkable beauty. Brigadier-General Teane has been appointed Commissioner of Police for South ATustralia, in place of Mr Edwards, who has retired.

The United States last year furbished 80 per cent of the Allied credits to Central Europe. America assumes 70 per cent of the credit provisions for the industrial upkeep of Europe in 1920. " F

The London City Corporation passed, resolutions oondemDftng the vpropos&l to demolish city churches. The Zionist Organisation is despatching 'Israel* Cohe.n to Australia;, N«w Zealand JX lndia, and the Far East to explain to, • Jewish communities the significance of the Peace Conference decision concerning Palestine, and to raise fund§ for the furtherance of the Zionists' projects in Palestine. The committee on national expenditure estimates that the price of sugar "must be raised from 6d to Is 3d if the Government is to avoid a subsidy of twenty millions.