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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14009, 13 March 1920, Page 2

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HOME AND. FOREIGN. Uf ElifcCTttlC TELKGUAPE —CoprBIGHT.] ■ (Aus. and N:Z. Cable Assn.) SIBERIAN REVOLUTION. (Aus/and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March. 12, at 2.40 p.m. VLADIVOSTOK, March 10. Hip Chairman of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee has telegraphed, trorn Irkutsk that the Soviet Administration recognises the Vladivostok Administration, arid authorises it to t:et in the Russian capacity. JAPANESE RIOTS. (ReuterV Telegrams.) Received .March 12, at 2.40 p.m. TOKIO, March.7. The ironworks at Yawata were suspended indefinitely on 26th February owing to rioting. Troops have arrived. NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12, at 2.40 p.m. LONDON, March 11.

The Times, in a leader, supports, a letter of the' Rev. C. F. Askew, secretary of the fund, appealing to the British peoole to subscribe, tor the erection of a military memorial chapel, as an adjunct, to the Wellington Memo•ial Cathedral, as a tribute ot attectiou of the Mother Country to New Zealanders who came 13.000 miles to her help. : BANX PROFITS. (A.us. and N.Z.. Cable Assn.). Received March 12, at 9.35 r p.m. LONDON, March,-11. The Bank of Australasia, shows a profit of £587,822. . . ri \i is proposed to capitalise £1,000; COO of the reserve, bv allotting the proprietors two'new fully paid-up £4.0 shares for every five held on May 12. THE PRINCE'S TOUR, ' (Aus. and N.Z. Cable. Assn.) Received March 13, at 0 25 a.m. ■ ■ LONDON, March 11. The delay in the departure of tneRenown until Tuesday precludes all prospect, of overtaking the programme The Times says the Eaiom v:ll probably arrive in New Zealand on " P lt is officially announced that, the Renown sails on the 16fck. n The House of Commons voted £20,000 for the Prince of Wales' expenses during his mission to Australia.. BRITISH MEAT DEALS. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12, ai 9.5 p.m. Q LONDON, March 8. In the House of Commons Mr Bridgeman stated that the Inter-Departmental Committee on Meat Supplies reported against the suggestion that the domi r n?on meat companies should be subsidised. The. Government has given no. financial assistance to any Argentine j meat company, but since August 19la, the Board of" Trade has leased some works belonging to a British company in the Argentine, thereby reaping the profit, which would otherwise have gone into private hands. THE WORLD'S AFFAIRS. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March 12. at 7.30 p.m. ■ LONDON, March 11. The meeting of the Council of the Lcito-uo of Nations to be held in Paris on March 12 will appoint a. commission of enquiry, which, will proceed to Russia- early'in April. ~ ~ It is noteworthy" that twelve ot 1 lie thirteen nations that did not sign the Treaty of Versailles, but who were invited'to join the League of Nations, have definitely accepted. SYRIA A BED OF THORNS. • (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received March .12; at 7.30 p.m. •._■■_ LONDON, March. 11. A semi-official report announces that the political situation at Damascus is serious. ..■.".. . Emir Feisul has summoned a, feyrian Congress, which intends to declare complete independence for the country, and proclaim him King-. . The excitement is so great that Hmur Feisul will probably be compelled to viold to the chief demands. Tho situation in Cilicia. is becoming more serious, and ,a. state of war exists between the French and the Turkish nationalities in the province of Alexandretta, where the French garrison is small, and the, insurgents strong. But the French garrisons at Mersina awl Adana. are strong' enough to maintain

order. THE NAURU PURCHASE. Received March 12.' at 10 p.m. LONDON, March 11. When the Nauru agreement was completed in Paris is June/1919, it ■ was estimated that it would cost £3,1)00.000 to buy out the Pacific Phosnhates Com-, pany's interests. Negotiations- for the purchase are proceeding, and it is understood that a settlement is likely to he reached which will enable the agreement to. operate from Julv next. Tt is reported in the city that the purchase money is.likely to exceed the original estimate by nearly 20 per cent. NO SERIOFS EXCESSES IN HUNGARY. (A and N.Z. Cable -Assn.) Received March 12. at 10 p.m. Mr Irlovd George, in the Hou.se of Commons." stated that the Government .had received a report from the British Commissioner saying'that the reports of Hungarian military atrocities were much exaggerated and on the whole the Government was maintaining order well. FIGHTING IN RUSSIA. CAus. and N.Z. Cable Ass".) Received March 12, at 10 p.m. LONDON. "March 12. Admiral Denikin has driven back the Bolsheviks attempting to break his centre, hut has been compelled to withdraw his left wing eight miles south of Rostov, while on his right wins the rtrlsheviks have advanced to within 20 miles of the all-important Rostov-Cei-rov railway. NO DOUBLE TNCOME TAX. (Aw-, and N.'Z.'Cf>Wo>-Assn.) Received March 12. at 10 p.m. LONDON, March 12. The. Daily Express says that the Income Tax Commission's report favors the abolition of the double income tax and suggests one tax. namely -the higl* est where the profits are mai'ie. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (Aus. and N.Z. On Me-Assn.) Received March 12, at 11.6 p.m. SYDNEY, March 12. Mr Justice Ferguson granted Mr Holman's application to disclose the name of the writer of an alleged defamatory, article which appeared in the Murwillumbah Tweed Daily, published on Fen-, rua-ry 3, in connection with the evidence before the Wheat Commission regarding the Kensington pony racecourse lease. Mr .Holman claims £SOOO damages. • The Labor Council has convened a. Trades Union Congress for April 3. to decide the means to be taken of bringing about a shorter working week. The Council intends to advocate ji forty-four-hour week, those working on Saturdays to have time off during the week.