EARLIER CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13906, 6 November 1919, Page 1

EARLIER CABLES.

HOME AND~FOREIGN. "IJV FoECTIUO TKL,EGJ!AI'H —Corvr.ioHT.) Per I'kesb Association. MONEY BOOM IN ENGLAND. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assu.i LONDON. November 3. \ Manchester message reports a wave ot speculation in the Lancashire cotton industry. Syndicates are buying mills at high prices and floating companies' whose shares soon reached a premium. Six-figure fortunes have- been maue. while hundreds of people have reaped u-u thousand from" the boom. GRUESOM.E STORIES FROM PETROGRAD. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable -A.ssn.i Received November 5. at 7.45 p.m. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 3. " A horrible story of Petrograd states ihat Chinese mercenaries have begun selling at high prices the flesh of prisoners shot nightly in the Peter and Paul fortresses. STOCKHOLM. Nov. 3. U is reported that forty thousand people died of starvation in Petrograd last month. V EPIC OF'THE PRIZE COURT. (Times Service.) Received November G, .at 0.45 a.m. LONDON, November 3. It was related at the Prize Court that eight British officers, prisoners at Yozgad, Turkey, in 1918. escaped and reached the coast in an emac-iated condition, after untold privations and hair-breadth escapes, including encounters with brigands. They swam to the Turkish tug~Hcrtha lying in harbor, noiselcsslv raised the anchor and rowed off micler the nose of a sentry. They started the engine and made for Cyprus, using a compass and the sun to steer by. The Court congratulated the officers and decreed the prize theirs.

AMERICAN COAT/ STRIKE. (Alls, nnd N.Z. CiWa A«n.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Troops continue to ho poured into the mininc; districts, where work is ;it a standstill. ADMIRAL SIMS ON SINN FEIN. .(A us. and N.Z. CnW*» ■ Avm.Y WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.

Mr Daniels. Secretary to the Navy, has refused to discipline Admiral Sims for his articles in connection with Sinn Fein. He says Admiral Sims was accorded permission to write a book, and the Navy Department is not responsible for his statement. BRITISH AID TO RUSSIA.' (Aus. and N.Z. Cablo Assn.) LONDON, November 3. A White Panel- shows' that- the British navy and military expenditure in Russia since the armistice has been sevenlyeight million sterling, including store'-; and cash advances to the Baltic States. Denikin and Kolehnk. apart from the final contribution of fifteen million to Denikin. jf

BRITISH METAL TRADE PARALYSED. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.l Received November 5. at 0.0 p.m. LONDON-, November 3. A million people are now out of work in the iron foundry- engineering, and shipbuilding trades owing to the moulders' 'strike, apart from a considerably number who are working short time. MAKE WAR FORTUNES PAY. (Aus. and N.Z Cabi o Asmi.l LONDON. November -I. In the House of Commons. Mr Bonar Law declined to so frame the, reference of the War Fortunes Inquiry Committee that, it would permit an investigation of the question of a capital levy. SOUTH AMERICAN CONCESSION. (An<». and N.Z Cable As=n.l "WASHINGTON. November 4. Chile has ceded the territory of Arica to Bolivia, giving the latter country access to the Pacific Coast. The territory contains- large nitrate supplies. A further message states that the Bolivian legation discredits the report of the cession.

- f GERMAN TRADE WITH BRITAIN. (An°. 4iirl N.Z. Cnbl« Assn.) Received November 4, 9.40 p.m. LONDON, November 3. In the House of Commons, Sir Auckland Geddes stated that £796,000 worth of goods had been imported from Germany and Austria during October. The imports comprised cliieflv the cheaper class of goods. THE GOEBEN SURRENDERED. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received November o. 10.30 p.m. LONDON. November 3. 31 r Long announced in the House of Commons that Turkey had surrendered the Goeben. which had been partially repaired, and a British skeleton crew was aboard to prevent the scuttling of the vessel.

WHO INVENTED THE TANK? (A"f> and N.Z. Cable As«n.l Received November 5. 0.50 p.m, LONDON. November 3. The Tank Commission announced that the greatest credit is due to Do .Mole, the West Australian, whose suggestions would have been of ext-raordi-narv value, but were pigeon-holed in 1912. .as ibe War Office was not seeking such an invention. Therefore, the Commission could not make an award. Crown counsel admitted that De Mole's plans would have made a better tank than was eventually used. [Corporal Demolc. who was with the Australian ' Army, giving evidence be-*; fore the Commission of Inquiry, -regarding the invention of the tanks, said he realised the advantages of the chain-Vail svstem while engaged in heavv transport work in West Australia in 1911. When the 'War Office.returned the documents in 1912, stating that it was not further experimenting with tli a chain rail system. Ins friends urged him to submit the models to the Germans, but lie refused owing to the likelihood of their becoming enemies. He unsuccessfully submitted fresh plans to the War Office in 1915, and he thought his own invention better than the present tanks, in view of its ability to" go backwards, and its superior 'steering gear. The cost was £IOOO.I

W'.U.A.F. SCANDAL. (Aiif. apfl N 7i. CaWe As=nA LONDON, November 4. At the Pennant Inquiry, Lord Stanhope withdrew the chief accusation of immorality contained in his speech, and added that he would apologise to the House of Lords later. HUGE DIAMOND CORPORATION. (A. and N.Z. Cable >.Assn.) CAPETOWN, November 4. A combination of south-west diamond mines, under the auspices of the AngloAmerican Corporation, controlled by Pierpont Morfran, is confirmed. The Deutsche- Ivoloniale Gresellselmft J* re also provisionally in the pool. The new company, with 'million capital, will be registered in Capetown, under the title of the Consolidated Diamond , Mines of South-wost Africa. As a ! result, control is changed from Berlin to South-Africa.

SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS. (Aus and N.Z Cablf* Assn.) Ri ceived November -5. at 7.2-5 p.m. CAPETOWN. Nov. 3. The Minister of Industries at the opening of the National Conference of Bmplovcrs and Employees at Pretoria declared that, the country was getting ( further and further involved in "vicious circles," resulting in high prices and an increased cost of living. It was futile to attempt to stop this by fixing prices or wages. The real remedy was efficient production. The State could .not bo a passive onlooker in the squabbles of Capital and Labor. The reduction of working hours could not be allowed to travel beyond the point of profitable production. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. (United Service.) LONDON, November 4. The Daily Mail has opened a. fund to finaiico Barry's visit to Australia. BOLSHEVISM IN AMERICA. . (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Evidence given before the Senate Militarv Committee indicated that the Bolsheviks were spending large sums of money- in America on propaganda with the object of overthrowing the Government.. . PROTECT THE ARMENIANS. '(Aus. and N.Z. Cah'e Assn.l LONDON; November I. The Armenian Red Cross Fund has petitioned Mr Lloyd George urging that British troops in the Caucasus should not. be withdrawn until the Peace Conference lias guaranteed the i peace of the inhabitants, including three hundred thousand Armenian re- 1 fugees.

■BRITISH FARMERS' ENTERPRISE. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.^ LONDON, November 4. The British farmers are inaugrating an Imperial farmers' co-operation and have arranged for direct dealings in maize with Rhodesian. farmers. They propose also to co-operate with Australian and New Zealand farmers m the . matter of securing bags from Bombay and supplying them direct to farmers. -

AMERICAN ARMY METHODS. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. In the Senate, speaking on the measure recommending changes in the American 'court-martial. Senator Chamberlain . alleged that officers who dared to criticise their superiors in the American army usually lost promotion. Mr Baker warmly repudiated the charge, alleging that Mr Chamberlain was lying. Mr Chamberlain retorted that even the Judge Advocate-General lost his position owing to a disagreement with ilr Baker himseif.

FLYING TO AUSTRALIA (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assd ) Received Noeember 5, at 11.55 p.m. PARIS, November 4. A belated message announces the arrival of Poulet at Constantinople. LENGTH OF WORKING DAY. (Ails, and N.Z. Cnbl« Received Noeember 5. at 11.55 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.

The Canadian group objected to the eight-hour-day resolution at the International Conference on the ground thatit provided a forty-eight-hour week instead of a forty-four. .The Canadian group preferred the women's conference resolution making the eight-hour day basic, without overtime, providing there was a thirty-six-hour weekly rest.

INDIAN RULE. ( A. and X.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuters) Received November 5. at- 11.55 p.m. DELHI. November 3. The Viceroy in opening the conference of ruling princes and chiefs, announced that it was the Government's intention to create a permanent' chamber of princes to be a consulting, not an executive bodv. at which attendance and voting would be voluntary. The resolutions passed must inevitably exercise an influence in the relation of the Government with the durbars not participating in the deliberations of the. Chambers, which should, not discuss the internal affairs of any State or the actions of individual rulers. AUSTRALIAN NEWS, <Avi9. and N.Z. Cable Assii.l Received November 5. at 11.5 p.m. SYDNEY. November 5. Owing to the drought the price of milk has been raised twopence a gallon. A deputation of trades unions visited the Minister of Labor and protested against the Children's Maintenance Bill, alleging the possjbflitv of a. big . strike unless suitable amendments were made The Minister replied that Cabinet had decided to endeavor to pass the Bill and if the other chamber turned it. down the position must bo reconsidered. MELBOURNE, November 5. A Royal Commission enquiring into high prices recommends the control of prices- of wheat, flour and bread by a States-appointed tribunal and advocates formation of a co-operation pooi among wheat growers.