GENERAL GABLE NEWS
MINERS’ NATIONAL AGREEMENT. Press Association —By Xolegrftpb—Copyrisfit LONDON, December 16. The Miners’ Conference decided to take a ballot on the coalfields on the question of giving three months’ notice of the termination of the national agreement.— Reuter. ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON EVEREST. LONDON, December 16. The Times announces that a third attempt to reach Mount Everest will be made iu the spring. The expedition will be commanded by Brigadier-general Bruce, who led the 1922 attempt.—The Times. UNREST IN CHINA. PEKING, December 15. The northern forces have entered Chung-king, the defenders evacuating the city. There was no fighting and no looting, and the city is quiet.—Reuter. BIG BRISTOL DOCK SCHEME. LONDON, December 10. A dock scheme, to cost £1,000,000, has been approved by the Bristol City Council, involving the construction and equipment of the eastern arm of the Royal Edward Dock at Avonmouth. —A. and N.Z. Cable. DANISH ROYALTIES THREATENED. COPENHAGEN, December 16. The King has received a letter threatening to kill His Majesty, the Queen, and the Crown Prince, and to burn Fredcnsborg Castle, where the Royal Family are residing. The police are guarding the castle and searching for the writer. — Reuter. MEXICAN REBELS’ SUCCESS.. MEXICO Clix, December 17. (Received Dec. 1 1, at 10.20 p.m.) The rebels have captured Cautla, bl) miles from Mexico City, and also Puebla, which the Obregon forced evacuated, claiming that the movement was part of the military tactics by which General Obregon expects to overcome the revolution within a few days.—A. and N.Z. Cable. FASCIST ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS. ROME, December 17. (Received Dec 17, at 10.20 p.m.) The Fasrist reorganisation has been carried on a stage. The Cabinet has approved of a scheme to reform the provincial administration by means of decentralisation of the English self-government type combined with a close central Government supervision which is regarded as suitable to the Latin temperament.—A. and N.Z. Cable. POLISH CABINET RESIGNS. WARSAW, December 17. The Polish Cabinet has resigned owing to the financial situation. M. Thugut, a Radical, has been entrusted with the formation of a Government.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19047, 18 December 1923, Page 7
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