CONDENSED CABLES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 13 August 1920, Page 5

CONDENSED CABLES

(% Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z Cable Association! In the House of Commons. Hr, Lloyd George moved a motion in favour of the erection at the House’s expense oi a, monument within the precincts ol Westminster Palace to the memory of .Joseph Chamberlain, with an inscription expressing the House ’s high sense ol his ouiinenl;. services to the country and Jhnprre. The Premier oaid n glowing tribute to Mr Chambeiiain’s groat services. The .resolution waw unanimously carried. The Loudon Evening News’ Paris correspondent says a great white patch, apparently ;1 snow plain. was seen near the Martian tropics, is exciting French astronomers. Some speculate on the old theory of Martian signals, others question the possibility of a snowfall during the Martian mid-summer. Camilo Flammarion suggests the existence of a lofty desert plateau similar to Tibet. He believes the Martians have long' abandoned the attempt to communicate with the earth owing to non-response. It is understood that the United States Navy Department has contracted for 00 per cent of the oil needed by the Pacific Hoot.

The Royal Capo Breton Yacht Sqiradron intends to challenge for the America Cup as soon as financial arrangements are completed. The leader of the Persian Democrats raided the German Consulate in Teheran, carried off a quantity of arms and arrested Consul Schultz. The Government ordered the Charge d’Affaires in Teheran to make a protest. As a consequence of the incident students in Berlin universities urge the withdrawal of Persian students. Charles Pongi, a millionaire Boston financial wizard, was arrested charged with using mails for the purposes of fraud. It is also alleged that he is unable to redeem notes, t The British miners’ delegates’ meeting at London decided to ballot on a strike for demands, with a strong recommendation in favour of a striae. Senator Jones addressed at Tacoma a meeting of shipping men who protested against the Jones Shipping Act. Ho said the law will not be modified in any. way unless its actual operation resulted in positive tangible injury to American trade.