LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1437, 10 December 1919, Page 5

LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

COTTON PROFIT. [By Electric Cable —<Of<pyHgh.ti] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON., December 4. Mr Coats states that- only £370,000 -icut of their £4,000,00*3 profitsi is due to goods sold in the United [ Kingdom. ; Nine-tenths of the profit is due to foreign trade. The profit on. a 400yard reel of cotton is below two-thirds cOLa, penny. ITALY IN THE THROES. ROME, December '4. •Italy’s gravest crisis* is ■ now; past. The strikers insist upon a continuance of idleness hero as a manifestation of condolence to the relatives of the dead. Elsewhere, with the . exception of Naples, the strikers haw.e returned to work. The extremists hoped that the soldiers would refuse to lire, and •that'the mob would thus get the upper , hand. The contrary happened, .and turbulent demonstratives .resulting ’in shootings occurred in every 1 industrial district, but Ihe extremists ; are few, and the country is inspected •, to settle down. A SUDDEN CALL. LONDON. Decemfitiftr 4. The War Office advises that FieldMarshal .Wilson, Chief of Staff, 'has .■departed for Paris in response to an urgent summons, to consult with 3lfirshal Poch in connection with the Peace Treaty. ON THE BOCKS. .SYDNEY, Last Night. A -.wireless 'message reports that the IRVombala is ashore on the Salamander tteef outside Townsville. The passergei's have been landed safely and steamers are standing (by. The BomIwjla was en route to Queensland with a full .cargo. MAVOIIAI DEAD MEAT. SYDNEY, Last Night. ; The Lord y lay oral election has re- . suited in a deadlock similar to that in 1915, when the Government appointed the Lord Mayor. Aldermen Richards and Lambert received 13 venes each. The Assembly has adjourned. It is that Mr Holman will appoint Alderman Richards. Prior to the ■election, the committee increased the Mayoral allowance to £0 500, ouvng to tic advance in prices.