SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13908, 8 November 1919, Page 2

SYDNEY SUN CABLES.

PAPERS AND STRIKE. LONDON, October ,16. , Sir William Robertson Nicoll, editor: of the British Weekly, states that the Government's plans in the event of a general strike included a newspape-i, of winch 5,000,000 copies would be. printed and circulated by "150 aeroplanes, in the event of the publication of newspapers ceasing. AUSTRIA'S CAPITAL LEVY. LONDON. October 24. A Vienna message states that the chaotic state of Austrian finance is proved by the fact that, there is a deficit of £160,000,000. The Government announces heavy;taxation, including a. levy on capital which is estimated-to vield £'400,000,000. Herr Reisch states that he is determined that. Austria will npt declare herself bankrupt while he remains Minister of Finance. SILK SOCKS, BUT NO SHOES. Hunting for a pair of good readymade'shoes in the Berlin shops .ts; still a tiresome and generally a fruitless business. Not a single pair is displayed in the windows, which are still filled with' ''ersatz." leather and canvas, and wooden sandals. ■, Silk socks are shown in abundance, and the w r ell-known Salamander boot stores, displays two windows full of socks. Such shoes as can be found inside the shops cost. £l2 10s to £ls per pair. The scarcity of leather is bound to keep the! prices up for some time, as all the leather "which is in thehands of the Government is distributed for the manufacture of cheap shoes lor the poorer classes to l such factories as are willing to accept-' the Government's regulations. > EXPANDING THE LANGUAGE. . . ,- w October.2s. Cassell's'7 new; dictionary contains many, wqrds '• which, it is stated in the introduction, are • likely to make good, their claim to Be 'included in the. language: Examples are "cushy," "conchy," "dud-evewa,=h" (meaning humbug), "fed. up." "funkhole" (meaning Government' job), "liotstuff" (meaning unscrupulous or formidable), "cut-no-ice"^(meaning to fall flat), "movies." "the push." "the strafe," "tophole," "umpteen." "the wind up." "old bearf," • "bus" - (meaning aeroplane), "Ibrass lia.t" (meaning staff officer).

FRENCH LOTTERY LOAN. ; LONDON, October 24. - Investors of all classes are eager to subscribe to- the projected French lottery :loan of £2,000.000.000, and are flooding the London banks with inquiries.""•■ The "Daily "Mail urges the Government, to forestall the threatened exportation "of capital, which is sorely needed, and not to hestitate to take advantage of the spirit of speculation whicli is rampant all over tile country. It quotes as -an example the recent gambling on the. Stock Exchange, and the Turf Company flotation. The people have been crying for three years for the issue of m'ize bonds, and the Government failed reasonably to establish objections to such a course, apparently' yielding to the vague fears of the faddists. A Prompt, issue would relieve the financial situation and displace the pernicious gambling schemes.