GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 9

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

CAPTURED FRENCH FLAGS. BURNT BY GERMAN STUDENTS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. . PAiuS, October 21. j Committee which proceeded to Berlin to secure the flags captured in 1870 learned that Berlin students made a bonfire of them in 1919 at the statue of Fredrick the Great.—A and N.Z. Cable. SHIPOWNERS' DILEMMA. LONDON, October 21. (Received Oct. 22, at 9 p.m.) The Australian Press Association learns that owing to the heavy cost of" building and running passenger steamers and the fact that fares seem to have reached the maximum obtainable though still unprofitable, shipowners generally are considering the question of building' smaller, slower, and less expensive steamers, giving more space to cargo, thus reducing the capital outlay and minimising the risks attendant <>n the variability of the demands for passenger accommodation.—A. and * N.Z Cable. A FLOATING HOTEL. LONDON, October 21. (Received-Oct. 22; at 9 p.m.) A proposal is "mooted in the United States to convert the ex-German liner Bismarck into a floating hotel which will be moored alongside Manhattan wharf. New York. It is suggested other great liners be similarly used in British ports —A. and N.Z. Cables

SOUTHLAND APPEAL CASE.'' LONDON, October 21. - (Received Oct. 22, at 9 p.m.) In the case Alexander Gerrard versus Martin Crowe, a- New Zealand appeal, judgment was reserved.—A. and N Z Cable. [The above case refers to a dispute between two Southland farmers ■ relating to* the construction of a flood protection bank constructed by Crowe alongside the Oreti River, in the Win ton district, Gerrard alleging that the embankment caused the flood waters to encroach on his land. The matter. has been before the courts for a lengthy; period, and the decision will have ' a bearing on flood protective works not only in Southland but throughout New Zealand.] VALUABLE BLOODSOCK BURNED. LONDON, October 21. (Received Oct. 22, at 9.30 p.m.)' A fire occurred on Saturday on the train conveying the Prince of Wales's bloodstock from Stirlingshire' to Cornwall destroying a bull, Collynie Master Lavender, which cost the Prince 3000 guineas, and a cow, Boquhan Violet, which cost 1500 guineas, was roasted to-death in the blazing horsebox. The keeper had the narrowest escape, crawling along the footboard and hanging on until the' train slowed down.—A. and N.Z. Gible. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. LONDON. October 22. (Received Oct. 22, at 11.20 p.m.) iTIio Yorkshire woollen manufacturers are seeking the co-operation of the French Woollen firms for the prevention of the future cancellation of contracts, owing to the wholesale cancellation of Japanese and American orders after the fall in wool prices by which large stocks made of dear raw material were left on /the hands- of Yorkshire and French manufacturers A and N.Z. Cable. PABLS, October 22. (Received Oct. 23, at 0.45 a.m.) Lecointo flew a kilometre at a speed of 196 miles an hour.—A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW YORK. October 21. {Received Oct. 23, at 0.45 a.m.) The War Department announces that,a free college education will be available to enlisted men in the autumn of next year. Thirty-nine institutions are willing to give free tuition, and some will also contribute towards the other expenses: 52 mil grant tuition at a reduced cost; and 79 artT willing to co-operate, But it is not stated in what way. Dr Welliiicrtem Koo. Chinese Minister to the United States, will leave on Saturdav to take up a post in London. In a mes*Mge to the American people he said that. China is suffering from propaganda of other Powers, and riot being proficient in these methods, finds it difficult to hold the world's faith in hoT, but he is confident in the last analysis the nations will align themselves according to their inherent character.—A. and N.Z. Cable