EARLIER CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14007, 11 March 1920, Page 3

EARLIER CABLES.

tit rUK AND KOKKIUN. ! jIKiUftKIC TWJCGItJFB - CoP* lUGHT. ] (IVr Press Association.) IMMIGRANTS HELD UP. ' (ius. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Jfeeaived March U. at (*.i">o a.m. LONDON. March S. Trelv«. thousand person* emigrating b> Australia, and New Zealand are held up m Luidoro owing to -.hipping detaw. IRISH AFFAIItS. (Aim. ami N.Z. Cabfrr Asbii.) Iki'ived Maxch 11, at 0..V) a.m. LONDON. Marfh s. 'Elin Irish authorities have suminoned a iiiimhvr of banks, siiapvi-ted of having relations with the Sinn Fein., to attend; a private enquiry in Dublinfor tlld inspection „of accounts. sectirit.es MiC other documents. though the proceedings of the Ulster temoiiist Council are not divulged, it is inputted that Sir K. Carson advocated tile acceptance of the new Home Rule Bill. Another no.-ouut say* that his sft'fth. was merely a judicial surrey <;f lue vatioiis possible courses. He pointed out that the new Bill safeguards Ulster all,l also that the Horn*" 'We Bill now on the Statute Book "'ill operate soon unless repeated. The ©ranci! will reassemble on Wednesday afar local consultations. It is bewpd if the- main principles of the Bill Mb accepted it will be conditional on *e inclusion of Donegal. Cavan, and Kunaghan in the Northern Parlia munti.

10 FLY THE PACIFIC. (Aus. and N.Z. Cahle Assn.) switml March 11. at 0.50 a.m. . NEW YORK. .March It). It is understood that the Naw Department wilt begin the construction « a. hijjff triplane to attempt a flight "Ml San Francisco to Hong-kong, «"PPing at Honolulu. \Wafc e Island. Winm, - ami Manila. ft wilt !.»■ «|iupned with nin« Liberty motors wipnble of developing* 3oW) horse-power, to* 110 *V. t wmgspread. and a 67 feet "'"I. parrying a crew of sixteen tn*n. W total load will be thirtv tons, the 3j*«t S5 knots, and the cruising range ■MI) nautical miles. LABOR REPUBLIC FOR AUSTRALIA. (Ans. and N\Z~C-*M,> A«;s».) . LONDON March 8. tr«|- "£ nt,sr ' interviewed bv an Ans««"ian Pr?ss Association, ridicules Mr f, l ." ahan s .illegations regarding a Rembran plot i a Australia, iho T Sh a Q n « ,n sLind Minister dtir%*L ■ , nflole ~rar ari «l intimatefr "MciatPil with the Laborites. during ?*j; oi wription referendnm, he never , tF i e -""Ehtert hint of a sngces|n or thw alleged Rennbticait plans, ■w ftrst intimation had come a vear 2 r thr the London newspapem. ■»« on the authority of "Minahan " « whom he had never heard

WITH ItFSSIA. Hi*.;. i < ?r it, ; r ' H Telegrams.* ««WH,i March 10. 2.30 p.m. i, t „ , r LONDON. March 5. sfelV. - d . f"'«>W ha* «ra*'d the deSSv 5 ot ">«frp*ndent Prow reproof v„» T^ . the League tti&t * Commission of Innuirv pro- £?",?. «•>.Russia. It i» understood tfii* i* hernst arranged. OHSTROL OF THE SCHELDT. vj f /*"»- and N.Z. Cable Assn.) T*tt*d .March 10. at 5.5 p.m. .'.''i. ~ RRrSSELS, March 3. tftunea of Ministers, under the fcSl'V* Km « Albert, decided that Sgp l 'M refuse to sign a r 3n - SK£.* rth Holland, which admits ■ ; 22s£**. Pretensions to control the ■fiS* » the case of war. As lh« » rf 1539 has been .abrogated. .SgW»_f»naa that she regains absoT* u&wt ? ia regard to the river.

| GERMAN LOAN. (Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Recetv.-d March 10. at 2.:i(t p.m. ) I . PARIS. March 5. ! I.e Temps understands that the Su- ' ptenie Council is considering allthoris- ' mg Germany to contract a loan with I neutrals, m order to wl.tain food and I ran - materials. BRADFORD WOOL MARKETS. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March H>. at >..U) p.m. LONDON. March s. The Bradford wool sales show a hardening tendency, with a good demand for merinos and fine erossbreds. BOLSHEVIK PROGRESS. .Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March If), at 8.30 p.m. LONDON. March 5. It is denied that Genera! Holnian. head of tlie British Commission with Deiiikm. has heen taken prisoner. IRISH OUTRAGES. (Ans. anft N.Z. Cable Assn.) P.ecetved March It), at 8.30 p.m. LONDON!. March 5. A party of Sinn Fciners entered a grocer s shop in a village near Thurles. Ttppernry. and fired revolvers at two constables, v. ho were making purchases for the barracks. Constable Heme took cover and continued shooting from behind the counter until he was killed by a buliet. His companion, who was not injured, fired until the raiders decamped. V farmer named Martin Cullinane was killed by a revolver shot fired through a window while he was visiting . friends in the Atherry district. i Sir Edward Carson, speaking at Belfast, said that if the Sinn Fein terrors . were attempted in Ulster. the whole of society would be organised r<- fid j the dastardlycrimes. ! l United Service.) Received March 11. at 1.15 a.m. LONDON. March B._ A doc's bark warned the police in Dooit. County Limerick, that raiders ' were lodging gelignite to blow up the barracks. .V half-hour's rifle and bomb | iight followed in which the raiders were routed, leaving the police ungrounded. .' The barracks was pitted with bullets and sheii splinters. James Butcher, owner of Clifden Castle, Galway. has been found shot dead. Recently the resident Magist;ate and the local clergy induced Butcher to surrender his castle property to his tenants. Lately he recovered possession as the result of a costly lawsuit.

STATE WOOL DEAL. ( Aiis. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10. at 7.35 p.m. LONDON. March 5. Mr Goldfinch states that the imports of wool on Government account in 1919 totalled 2.600,000 bales, of which under OTO.OOO bales wore not sold at December 31. and points out that the Port of London authority undertook, in February. 1919. to supply storage spaco for 1,000,000 bales,»bnt the quantity stored did not exceed GOO.OOO. The stock at present was about 300,000. MINERS STILL UNSETTLED. tAus. and N.Z. Cable Assri.) Received March 10. at 7.35 p.m. LONDON. March 5. The Welsh Miners' Conference at Cardiff decided to demand an immediate increase" of 40s weekly, to meet the cost of living, also to support the proposal of the Central Trade Union, for a strike in favor of nationalisation. *- —^——_- THE EXTRADITION OF THE TIAISER. (Renter's Telegrams.) Received March 10. at 12.20 p.m. LONDON. March 5. Replying to the Allied Note of February 16 the Netherlands Government maintains its decision expressed in the Note of January 21 regarding the extradition of the Kaiser.

SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM. |

(Reuters Telegrams.) Received .March 10, at 12.20 p.m. BERLIN, March 5. Enver Bev, Djemal and Talaat are here. Enver came at Christmas and intends Hying to Russia to offer Ins services to the Bolsheviks to foment trouble in Afghanistan. BALKAN DISTURBER. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. ATHENS, March 5. The niihtarv advance ol Akif Pasha, head of the " new Albanian Government, has led the old Government to abandon Durazzo and remove to Vaiona. An Italian battleship has arrived at Durazzo. SWISS JOIN THE LEAGUE. (Reiner's Telegrams.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. BERNE, March 5. The Council of States voted by 30 to o' in favor of Switzerland's adherence to the League of Nations.

PORTUGUESE FERMENT. Telegrams.) Received .March 10,' at 12.20 p.m. MADRID, March 5. The newspapers declare that following the general strike on the Portuguese railways on February 29th the militarv occupied the railways. The Chamber at Lisbon voted confidence irL the Government for the settlement ot the dispute. BEDOUIN NUISANCE. rAus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10. at 10.25 p.m. JAFFA, March 8. The Bedouins sacked the Jewish agricultural tolonv at Mettulah on the Jordon. near Tiberius. The raiders killed six colonists and wounded ten, and then burned the village. SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. CAPETOWN, March 9 On the eve of the polls the excitement i-s intense. The South African Partv and the Unionists are quietly confident that they together will get a working majority, but the Nationalists declare that they will return the largest, »party in the House, while the Laborites expect a dozen gains:

| BIG SHIPPING PURCHASE. (Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. , • LONDON, March 5. The Union Cold Storage Company has decided to increase its capital by £2.800,000 to enable it to purchase the Blue Star line's fleet of fifteen refrigerated steamers for £4,342,780. . EXCHANGEjpiPS UP. 'A us. nnd N.Z. Cable Assn.) . Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. NEW. YORK, March 5. The sierlink exchange on London has jumped to 3G2, apparently due to reuorts that Britain is shortly sending 250 million dollars to help meet maturing Anglo-American" French, bonds. The improvement has caused gold in London to fall to 114s 6d. ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable, Assn.) Received March TO. at 12.20 p.m. NEW YORK, March 5. It is reliably learnt from Beirut that the Turks massacred 15,000 Armenians, recently in Cilicia. MELTING DOWN,THE COINAGE." I Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. LONDON. March 5. All tbes male defendants in the coin case have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment and the woman has been bound over.

DRUNKENNESS NO EXCUSE. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable A'ssn.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. LONDON, March 5. The House of Lords has restored the death sentence, holding that drunkenness is no excuse unless a man is so drunk that he is incapable of having criminal intent . GERMANY'S BLACK LIST. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. BERLIN, March 5. Germany's black list is completed and it is reported to contain more names that the-Allies' list. The majority are English and French officers, aiid "men charged with ill-treatment of prisoners at war camps. , AMERICA AND THE TREATY. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10, at 10.25 p.m. PARIS, March 8. President Wilson's Adriatic reply is conciliatory in tone. . The. replv maintains the. President s attitude respecting the Pact of London. ] and agrees to the solution arrived at by Italy and the Jugo-Slavs, if that is attainable, but insists that, this must not transgress the essential principles of the December agreement, which must stand in its entirety if such a solution is not. attained. BLOWING AMERICA UP. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.") Received March 10. at 8.30 p.m. BERNE, March 5. The American Consulate in Zurich, was wrecked by a bomb. There were no fatalities. The theory is that the outrage' was due to resentment at America's attitude towards the League cf Nations.

GERMAN INTRIGUE WITH RUSSIA

(Aus. and N.Z. Cable Asan.; Received March 10, at-8.50 p.m. LONDON, March 8. A Hclsingfors telegram from Kovno states that General Ludendorff, with a considerable staff, passed through there, on rout© to Russia. AMERICAN JEALOUSIES. rAus. and N.Z! Cable Assn.) Received March 10. at 7.35 p.m. VANCOUVER, March 8. Senator Gore introduced a new reservation designed to prevent Britain getting a monopoly of oil in Mesopotamia and Persia. TURKEY'S FATE. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10. at 7.35 p.m. PARIS, March 8.

Le Matin states that the troops now being sent to Constantinople from Asiatic" Turkev will, with the three French brigades, constitute the FrancoBritish army of 50,000. ■ LONDON, March 5. It is understood that under the naval clauses of the Turkish Treaty, Turkey will he allowed to possess no navy, except a few revenue cutters. The* financial clauses of the treaty are likely to follow on the lines of the Hungarian. Treaty. The Turkish population is likely to be reduced from 30,000,000 to 5,000,000, owing to the large restriction of territory of Turkey i» Europe, whose boundareis will be a little beyond Constantinople. This will necessitate the readjustment of "the Turkish debt and the ex-Turkish territories may be required to bear a portion of the burden. One of the first financial charges upon Turkey will be reparation for -Greek and other, sufferers dispossessed of valuable property.

BRITISH BEAUTIES. . . (United Service.') Received March 11, at 1.15 a.m. LONDON, March 8. The Daily Mail announces a beauty competition* among British born, ! the chief prize being £500;; The competition is in-the interest of the movie industry. ""

FLIGHTS. V (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. CAPETOWN, March 9. The Government has selected a bomb-dropping machine to complete the Cairo Might, and it is being put together and tested at Pretoria. ;-It will shortly' fly to Buluwayo for van Ryneveld's use. PAPAL DELEGATE TO FRANCE. .

<Reuter's- Telegrams.) Received -March 11, at 1.15 a.m. ROME, March; 8. It is reported that Monsignor.Ceretti has been appointed to represent the Vatican at i'aris. France sends Jules Cambon to Home. ROYAL DISTURBER OF GERMANY'S PEACE. (Aus.~ and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 10, at 5.5 p.m. BERLIN, March 8. Dr Noske, Minister of War, has ordered the arrest of Prince Joachim. Received March 10, at 11.30 p.m. BERLIN, (March 8. The ex-Kaiser's cousin. Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, was the leading figure in a scandalous.attack on a French officer, his ,wife and another civilian at the Hotel Adlon. A gang of idle, wealthy German aristocrats, under the influence of drink, demanded "Deutschland über Alles" from the orchestra, and they pelted the French visitors for "refusing to rise. All were injured before they were able to withdraw with the assistance of a. bodyguard of waiters. The French officer was a member of the Military jlission, staying at Adlon. The matter will be taken up diplomatically. The gang \has been obnoxiously visiting restaurants demanding patriotic music. The visit to Adlon was a deliberate provocation. as~7it is the principal resort of' foreigners .

GERMAN MINISTER IMPEACHED

Received March' UD, at 12.20 p.m. - « BERLIN, March 5. \Helfleric:h has been fined tWteet.hundred marks»ior insult. ;The lightness of the sentence is due to the' Court holding that He proved a number of his allegations against 'Erzberg'er, including those -of untruthfulness and furthering his own interests by political means. EMPIRE WIRELESS SCHEME. (Times' Service.) Received March 10, at 12.20 p.m. LON.DON, March 9. Marconi's Empire scheme of wireless network proposes trunk and branch routes covering the whole Empire. The proposals' include Australian routes via Singapore and Vancouver with two main-trunk sections each, and Australian connection with New Zealand by a main-feeder station. It also contemplates feeder stations at each important city in the Commonwealth. .All the employees' except menials will be British born. SHIPPING FREIGHTS. (United Service.) Received March 11, at 1.15 a.m. LONDON, March 8. ...The Times says the shipping companies are combining to increase the outward freights at least 50 per cent. Some owners assert that thev are considering the laying up of ships owing "to the fabulous cost of bunker coai, t which is quoted 'at 155s in London ''compared with 15s to 18s before the war. WOMEN FOR JURIES. (United Service.) -Received March 11. at 1.15 a.m. LONDON, March 8. The Daily Mail states that >the authorities have decided 'to empanel enfranchised women' to serve on juries in the High Courts, .mostly in divorce "cases. . ■ -

s ROWING. The first round of the Senior P&ir pa r race was rowed yesterday evening,"the conditions being fairly good. First Heat: Eoss v. Steward.'—Ross drew ahead from an even start and maintained hisVlead to win by two lengths. Time, 2min 26sec. Second Heat: Ronaldson v. Crisp.— The crews got away together, and neither gained an advantage until after the return journey was commenced. Half-way home Ronaldson gradually established a. lead, winning by a length. Time, 2min 28sec. The draw for to-night's race, which will start at 6 sharp, is as follows: Mackie v. Robert Winsley. Roy Winsley v. Hinkley. ■Ronaldson v. Smith. Ross v. ißranth^aite. For Xasal Catarrh there's nothing so effective as "NaZOL"-—that sterling Mi.-rifii- k-Jik-Ii is praißod Uv thousands;