EARLIER CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14008, 12 March 1920, Page 2

EARLIER CABLES.

BOMS AND FOREIGN. 1 a t»».»hh»»>b—CortaioaT.] 1 1 - EMPIRE hiATJafIJCS. |g -w am] N.Z. Cable Awn.) II Received jlarch t*>. at v t iM .. p m v ' * II LONDON. March is. |H The Statistical t«w«- I meads that an Imperial Council *houl:J I ■ b« incorporate under Roy at I harbor ■ with the "Prim*' Minister ot England I ■ eX-offictoPresHtertt. The I nited Mng- IB dam »hnuld nominate ten members, I ■ India - and the self-governing Domiu- ! ■ .. ions two each. and the colonies anu I ■ protectorates twu. . 11 " . The Council suggest* the treat ion or I ■ a permanent Advisory Committee. ■ '•*&& includes 12 member* of the Im- I ■ uirwl Mineral Rwwurces Bureau and | ■ th* Director of Statistics to be the ex- 1 ■ f yff t- StutUtn iaD Administrator. wtttt I ■ a salary equivalent to the permanent f ■ wcntarT a! the British State Depart- II men?: • W »taff should contain repre- 1 ■ sentatives trom the straff* ot overseas j ■ statistical department* for a determi- 1 ■ nate period. j I SOUTH AFRICAN* ELECTIONS. IB (Aas. and N.Z. Cable Asan.) II Received March 12. at 11 CAPETOWN. March 11. [■ ' th» general elections were held to- I ■ dav, and the state of the parties is as IB follows: — || Unionist* '£ I ■ Ministerialists' J 11 Labor *•.* || Nationalists f | ■ Independents » | ■ Labor gained Hi seats. IB .... General Smun elected tor rre- I ■ toria ftVst. 1 1 JAPAN FIGHTS UNIVERSAL II SUFFRAGE. ■ (An*, and N.Z. Cable Assn.) II Received March 11. at 9.30 p.m. |H LONDON. March 8. | ■ : A Tokio message, dated February -6. | ■ states that (taring the debate on the I ■ Universal Suffrage Bill the I rime I ■ Minister rwi<! an edict dissolving the I ■ Diet. _ 11 BEft IN D THE WIRE. 11 (Au*. and N.Z- Cable Assn.) II ■Received March 11. at 9.30 P- m - IB LONDON, March 9. {■ Tbd Ministrv of Health reports that !■ the percentage of venereat diseases I ■ among colonials was higher than wttu I ■ the British, trnons. The disease was I ■ mainly caught abroad. | ■ BIG JAPANESE STRIKE. II ( Aus. and N.Z. Cable _Assn.> II Received March 11, at 7.35 p.m. !■ TOKIO, March 0. || The strike of KUXJO ironworkers of !■ the Yowata province of Kynshu. which I ■ •Was settled ori February 11. broke out !■ again, on February accompanied by I ■ Violent rioting. LI " BOMBING CHEAP WARFARE. II fAus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) 11 Received March tl. at IMO P-™; || LONDON. March 10. I 'Colonel H. L. A. Amery. speaking in | the •House of Commons, said the bomb- I irig "and dispersing of th<* Mullah's I camp on February IS had cost S-iO.OOO. I probably the smallest- expenditure tori similar rtwilts in the army's historr. I The Mullah's fate was unknown. The | »U£"ce«iM enabled an annual saving of | between £20.000 nnd £30.1X10 in the I SiomallfAnd military establishment. I GERMANY'S AIR ACTIVITY. I fAiis. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) I LONDON. March ?. | Colonel Henly. an air expert, | turned to America, after a tour of v?er- I many, where he reports tfui.t there r.re I hnsre aircraft enterprises, obviotnly fi:r I mihtarv purposes*, including hydrogen j apparatnu. with a capacity of charging j twenty of the largest Zeppelins daiiv. • The Times.' in a leader, point- out I that this is in direct contravention of | Article 201 of the Treaty. | EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE. • and N.Z. Cable Assn.) | March 10. at 5.5 p.m. | LONDON, March S. Ther World Association of Adult Edn- I ration is appealing for £250.000 to en- | dow and convert the famous CrosSy I Hal!, Chelsea, into a Hall of Residence I t for students from the English-speaking | countries attending the London Ttit I Terfity and other approved 'en- I > tres of edilcafciou. . ' I " EMPIRE WIRELESS. || (Ans. and N.Z. f*»Me Vssr> t | v LONDON. March S. [ Received March U. at > .:i-> p.m. I The Marconi Company will construct I and operate the plant at its own cost, j and pr.y the various Governments a I quarter of the profits earned therein, I . with a purchase option at ;)(» years or I tonnei*. * . | The Company reserves the right »<t I ettension to foreign n>uritries» but in- I vaWaMy with preference for Imperial ! traffic. |.. HOLLAND ESCAPED. J' ■ (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn "» | March 11. at 9.:#) p.m. • ' LONDON. March 9. j I 'Advices from Brussels state that I i C'biVnt Hertling. son of the e-;-(>eriiian I Chancellor, has written a Uk 'chvmtih'g " his in the Im- l rerial Chaucetlorv. He describes tlu v j Chancellor's receipt of a from Ludendortf. on January I. 191 s . I mging the Government to authorise j hi.ni to att-ick Dutch Flanders. I PORTUGUESE STRIKE. I I Per Pres* AsMriati>in.) Xlert'ived March LI. at !>.:io £>. m LISBON. March S. According to th»' latest re[»>rts from Portugal, the Cabinet has resigned, owing to the opposition of the Chamber to the proposed of the ■-trikers. . The Democratic Leader. Maria btlra. thereupon forrrusl a Cabinet, which granted the dt'iiwtiuls. terminating the itirike.'' COTTON ENTERPRISE. * fAns ami N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 11. at p.m. . LONDON. March 10. Mr Lloyd George lias consented to receive a deputation of represent of cotton-growing throughout the Empire. . The deputation will plead t ir a larj/er subsidv than the tIO.tMIO.OnO annnaUy for five years, which the Government ottered. Received March It. at > -•!-> p.m. LONDON. March S. " Tlie Cotton Control Hoard is all.v.'at-. •ing its surplus funds of £_' IJIuO.OtI' j tor '.the .relief of war hardships aimmg o[« ratives, and to finance trade research work.. . IRISH OUTRAGES. (Ans. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. March 9. Mr Diamond, editor of the l.ondon Catholic Herald, was sentence*! at the ment for publishing ait article inciting people" to murder Lord French and others* r^pon^ibtt 1 ' for tnt' Oorornnipnt * of Ireland under the jof the argument that if nn nation is jgo3<l<Ki into kifltnjr. tt h ih> miirder. • Received March 11. at 9.30 p.m. LONDON. March S. . Four masked armed men held up the -manager of the I Bank at Athbay. on the road to.Clonallo. and took his motor car and £IOOO. LONDON. March 10. A large force of armed and masked men attacked and captured the police harracks at Hugginstown. after cutting, the eommnnications. Five jwlice occupied the barracks: al U| > t a constrht's wife and five small children. JCfei. attackers, beginning at 11.30 at .nighty maintained a rapid fire with Ntohm. and many- grenades, for fW minutes. Constable Ryan was wounded by a. ptwwai&r and diVd from loss of blood.' &no£her grenade wounded the woman ; ai«i threes children. - ... ■3s. IV ttiiutOflats escaped, niter seizing the- |wlice-weapon».