EARLIER CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14703, 2 June 1920, Page 3

EARLIER CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN. ELfcOTBIO TICI.EaB.APU CuPVHIGHT. . (Per Press Association.) FLIGHTS. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June i. at 5.5 p.m. LONDON, May 31. Captain Hinckler, the Australian was debarred from competing in the £lO,000 prize, in his Sopwith machine, on the ground that his scheme involved too many risks. He has been connected with the Avro works, Southampton for some time, and has never abandoned the intention to attempt the Australian flight. He has now started, as a sporting venture, hoping to be the nrst man to reach Australia in a singleseater aeroplane. The Baby ' Avro. which won the sealed handicap m the Aerial Derby, has a range of 200 miles and flies 70 to 80 miles an hour, and is using a. Green engine of 35 h.p. It is a most daring proposition to attempt to cross largo stretches of water in such a "buss," but Captain Hinckler is a bit of a sport, and believes he ean reach Australia eventually. He left Wadon aerodrome in excellent weather. Captain Hinckler has fitted extra petrol tanks to the baby VAvro, and hopes thus to obtain eight to ten hours continuous flight. He does not expect to get beyond Egypt at piesent owing to the prevalent unrest m Svria and Mesopotamia. Captain Hinckler hoped to reach Rome the first day, going via -Paris, Lyons and Genon. Jf he is unable to fly over Syria he will make a leisurely tour into Central Africa. Received June 1, 10-40 p.m . TOKIO. May 31. Flight-Lieutenant Masiero and Captain Ferrara, the Italian aviators, have completed the flight from Rome. Thej arrived in Tokio to-day. GERMAN EXCESSES. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 2, at 9.15 a.m. BERLIN, June 1. The election campaign is characterised by much rioting in various centres. Von Graefe, a well-known Conservative deputy, was brutally ill-treated at a meeting at Mecklenburg, where the tension was exceptionally great, several landowners' families have lied to Berlin. It. is reported that the Agricultural Laborites are plotting to .expel landowners and divide their estates. The Government has promulgated an edict forbidding private enlistment in the two new military corps, the penalty being five years' imprisonment. WOOL SALES. (Aus. arid N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 1, at 8.5 p.m. LONDON, May 31.. Following on the recent declines in prices at London, provincial and Antwerp wool sales, the trade generally expected that the London auction sales, opening to-day, would produce,, lower rates, but the extent of the decline (5 to 20 per cent, below last London sales closing rates) exceeded all anticipations. In all 11,620 bales werfe offered, of which 2707 were New Zealand, and the selection was fairly representative. There was a large attendance, but bidding was very slack. Yorkshiremen would not buy merinos, and, Continental buyers operated sparingly in them, at an all-round decline of fifteen to twenty per cent-. Fine crossbreds met 6low bidding, at ten to fifteen per cent, decline. Medium and lower grades found better support at about five per cent, decline. New Zealand wool from "Struan clip made 41d. ■ SHEFFIELD STRIKE. ' (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 1, at 9 p.m. • , * LONDON, June I.vThe engine-drivers' and firemen's union at Sheffield has struck against tlie -three-shift system. The fires.-, linye gone out, and 20,000 workers; are idle.