GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17730, 15 September 1919, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

: . Pr*a Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. ' LONDON, September 13. (Received Sept. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) Lord Lascelles has purchased Ohester■field House. —A. and N.Z. Cable. WASHINGTON, September 11. '• The State Department learns that British and American warships have arrived at Porto Cortes, Honduras, for . purposes of preserving order during the revolution in that State.—A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW YORK, September 12. ; Great interest is being evinced in political circles in well-defined reports that : Major-general Leonard Wood is preparing , to resign from the army to seek nomina- , tion as the candidate of the Republican ■ Party for the Presidency of the United , States.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SYDNEY, {September 13. Since the removal of the price-fixinn-regulations the highest prices recorded for 40 years have been obtained far wheaten and oaten chaff. The National Party, Conference passed a resolution urging the Government to take a referendum on prohibition, and affirming that tha party favours prohibi- , tion on a majority basis. September 14. (Received Sept. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) Ten thousand soldiers gave alt W. M. Hughes _ a stirring welcome 'at Sydney! The Prime Minister was "chaired," and escorted to the Town Hall. (Received Sept. 15, at 1 a.m.) The American Consul has received a communication from the Commander of the_ American Asiatic fleet expressing a desire . to visit Australia in the near future. MELBOURNE, September 14. (Received Sept. 14, at 5.5 p.m.) It is unofficially reported that negotiations have been reopened -to arrange for a visit of the American Asiatic fleet.