GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17943, 24 May 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. . LONDON, May 20. ■ (Received May 23, at 5.5 p.m.) Parliament has adjourned till June I.— A. and N.Z. Gable and Router. The Lord Mayor of Bristol presided over a function, at which the official representatives of the dominions attended, for the purpose of presenting a series of flags ill acknowledgment of kindnesses and hospitality extended to the sick and wounded in war time. The High Commissioner for Canada (Sir G. H. Perley) presented a Canadian flag, the New Zealand High Commissioner (Sir Thos. Mackenzie) presented tho New Zealand flag, Colonel Herbert (for the High Commissioner of the Union of South Africa) presented the South African flag, and Mr Robert Bush, on behalf of General Birdweod, presented the Australian Imperial Forces flag. Sir Thomas Mackenzie said that they were thanked for helping the Mother Country, but they remembered what the Mother Country had done for the dominions in the earlier days in expending blood and treasure. 'WASHINGTON, May 21. (Received May 23, at 5.5 p.m.) Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador, speakinc at the National Citizens' Educational Conference, said that the war had shown that the success of a nation depended on the nation's schools, but one country could not copy the forms of machinery for education from another. British education waa general rather than vocational.—A. and N.Z. Cable. PARIS, May 20. (Received May 23, at 5.5 p.m.) King Alexander of Greece has arrived". Newspapers publish the news which was hitherto secret that the King has been married to a daughter of Colonel Manos, who has long been attached to the Royal household. The engagement dated from the time before Alexander was Heir Apparent, and the marrbge took place after he became King, but the Queen shortly after left Greece for Paris, where she is now residing.—A. and N.Z. Cable. MADRID, May 21. (Received May 23, at 5.5 p.m.) Martial law has been proclaimed, following the pillaging of bakeries and goods stores by mobs.—A. and N.Z. Cable. BUENOS AIRES, May 21. It is understood that a clecree will be issued prohibiting the export of wheat from the Argentine until the high domestic prices for flour and bread decline.—A. and N.Z. Cable.