CABLE NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18421, 29 May 1920, Page 7

CABLE NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. It is reported that Generai Herrera, slayer of ex-Preeident Carranza, has surrendered, and is returning to xMexico City. A Router’s message states that the railway strikers at Bombay rioted and damaged rails and signals, and Waylaid trains. The military dispersed the strikers, of whom 12,000 are out. According to a Reuter message the authorities at Madrid are considering tho socialism of bread, in consequence of the bakers’ strike Mr Milward, general manager of the Pacific Cable Company, announces that the board is considering the duplication of tho cable from Vancouver to Norfolk Island. The cost will be in the vicinity of £4,0011,000, but it is not possible to manufacture cable till late in 1921. President Vi Ison received Sir Auckland Geddes, who said it was the Unanimous wish and hope of Ihe British peoples, wherever they may be, that tho relation of friendship with tha peoples of the United States should be strengthened and developed. The dispatch of a British rifle team to Australia has been definitely decided upon. Shooting tests lasting three days have begun at Bisley.