GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18047, 22 September 1920, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

ADDITIONS TO P. AND 0. FLEET

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON-,' September 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ballarat, the first of five new refrigerated branch liners, has been launched at Grcenock. Her speed will be 13i knots. The vessel has cabin accommodation for 490 passengers, all one class, with provision for additional berths on the main deck in outward voyages. She will probably sail in January, 1921.—A. and N.Z. Cable. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. OTTAWA, September 20. It is not definitely known whether the Imperial Conference will be held next year. The Prime Minister (Mr Meighen) has made no statement on the matter. It is pointed out that Sir Robert Borden, before he resigned, indicated in a public address that lie thought the time inopportune to hold a conference, because there were numerous other matters of dominion interest demanding attention, [t is generally known that Sir R. Borden s Cabinet concurred in this attitude. A majority of the present Cabinet were members of the Borden Ministry, therefore it is considered that Mr Meighen and his Ministers do not favour holding a conference till 1922.—A. and N.Z. Cable. UNITED STATES AND HAYTI. •WASHINGTON, September 20. The Stato Department has announced that the United States has informed the Government of Hayti that the salaries of tho President and other officials have been withhold because Hayti is unable to carry out the terms of her treaties -with the United States under which the United States took over control of Hayti's finances and police, undertaking in return to develop the resources of the country and guaranteeing its territorial independence.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

(Received Sept. 22, at 0.35 a.m.) Mr Colby (Secretary of State) has issued an explanatory statement regarding the action of the United States in stopping the Haytian President's pay. .. He pointed out that the United States bad been administering Hayti, due to the Republic's inability to carry on its own affairs, and to maintain its financial responsibility, Hayti, under the United States administration, had been thriving, but due to the President's and other officials' policy, which was contrary to the United States' effort to rehabilitate financially the Republic, it was thought expedient not to disburse their salaries.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

REBELLION IN MOROCCO. TANGIERS, September 19. Twenty-three thousand French troops are advancing towards the mountains simultaneously with a Spanish force, only 20 miles separating them. Heavy fighting is probable against the local tribes.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

WASHINGTON, September 20. ' The International Council of Women, now holding a conference at Christiania, Norway, has cabled to. President Wilson endorsing the principles of the League of Nations. Twenty-two countries are represented at the conference.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. PAULS, September 21. (Received Sept. 21, at 7.45 p.m.) M. Millerand has agreed to stand for the Presidency.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

OTTAWA, September 20. (Received Sept. 22, at 0.10 a\m.) The King has sent a cable message to the Congress of Chambers of Commerce at Toronto emphasising the importance of the gathering, being not only conducive to commercial interests hut to the very unity of the Empire. The congress decided to-day to create a permanent bureau with standardised information on all colonial methods of valuing imports and exports.

Disapproval was expressed at the exclusion of the dominions from membership on the Imperial Shipping Committee. The congress passed a resolution asking the British Government to afford the dominions an opportunity to nominate their representatives of the' shipping and trading interests to serve on the Imperial Committee.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

NEW YORK, September 20. (Received Sept. 22, at 0.10 a.m.) The Shipping Board announces that it sold seven Government-owned vessels for 7,041,730 dollars last week. The vessels comprised four steel cargo vessels of 37.598 tons, and three tugs.—A. and N Z Cable.