LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1588, 14 June 1920, Page 5

LATEST GENERAL CABLES.

PRINCE SAILS TO SYDNEY. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] MELBOURNE, Last Night. The Prince, escorted by eleven aeroplanes, departed this afternoon, after spending the afternoon at the races. There was a procession to Parliament House, the Prince then boarding- fine Renown, which sailed at daybreak. DROUGHT BREAKS. SYDNEY, Last Night. General rains have been experienced in the western part of the State, and there are indications of great rain-storms during the next few days. In Brisbane soaking rain has fallen in the western area; rivers are rising and floods are feared, and paddocks in many places are undowater. Holders of store cattle now decline to sell, holding) for fattening. ’lt is generally admitted that the drought has broken. WOOL PRICES DECLINE. LONDON, June 11. The wool sales closed flat. Of 92,000 bales catalogued, about 40,000 were withdrawn. Compared with May, best combing merinos had declined 20 per cent.; Continental sorts and scoureds 19 per cent; faulty carbonising, which had recovered slightly during the sales, 10 per cent; crosshreds improved gradually and closed at 10 per cent, down; medium.s per cent. Stipes and scoured were in fair demand, but largely were withdrawn at the Government reserves. Lambs declined five to 10 per cent. ITALIAN POLITICS. ROME, June 11. Giolitti’s organ. “Stampa,” reports that the new Cabinet intends confiscating colossal fortunes which had been accumulated during wartime, and an increase of taxation on property. The new foreign policy will cause great surprise. The newspaper “Popolo Romano” denies that Giolitti is endeavouring to detach Italy from the Allies. STRUCK A MINE. AMSTERDAM, June 11. A British, tug- which was towing a German steamer from Chris to Hamburg, was mined at Terschelling. Sixteen were drowned out of 22. Ts r O DISCOUNT. LONDON, June 11. The Unionist Party, at its annual conference at Birmingham, passed a resolution declaring that Germany owes the British Empire its share of the full cost of the wa-, and the Conference expects the Government to secure payment. TROUBLE KAISER’S EXIT. DELHI, June 11. Wustroff, Consul at Tabriz, is reported to have committed suicide during a revolt, after turning machine guns on the crowd. He was wellknown in Indian foreign and political departments. Lie was a German, not a Russian, and had distributed arms and money freely, with the object of fomenting trouble on the frontier. MELBA’S WIRELESS CONCERT. LONDON, June 12. Dame Melba is giving a wireless telephone concert on Tuesday from the Marconi station at Chelmsford. It is expected that her voice will reach Madrid, Rome, Stockholm and Warsaw. The songs will include the air from “Pa. Eohcme,” and “Home, Sweet Home.” GERMAN ARMY REDUCED. It is officially announced that the reduction of the army to 200,000 has now been accomplished. THE HEMP MARKET. The New Zealand hemp market is inactive. March to May shipments, £54. PEAKFUL EXPLOSION. VIENNA, June 12. An explosion at a dynamite depot of a mine belonging to the State railway, in old Lower Hungary, now Roumanian territory, caused fearful havoc. No fewer than 17 bodies have been recovered, and 2 0 are missing. NO SATURDAY WORK. SYDNEY, Last Night. The Iron Trades employees, by a four to one majority, have decided in favour of no Saturday work. ATTEMPT TO KILL EGYPTIAN PREMIER. CAIRO, June 12. A bomb was thrown at the Premier’s motor-car, injuring the chauffeur, two pedestrians and a child. The assailant fled, firing shots at hik pursuers until arrested. The Premier is unhurt.