GENERAL CABLES
(By Telegraph—Preiis Vssn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, June 6. The keeper of a menagerie purchased three lions at Rotterdam and was unable to get # them to Paris owing to the Belgian railway strike. He hired a Goliath aeroplane which brought the lioness and two cubs safely ■ to France. The animals were quite comfortable during the air journey. * GENEVA, June 6. The leaders of the Opium Commission adopted the American suggestion in favour of convening an international conference aiming at limiting the consumption of opium. BUENOS AYRES, June 6. The Bolivian Government has decreed a state of siege in some departments alleging that the mine workers are plotting a revolutionary strike. According to desI patches open rebellion allegedly began at one point but Government measures prevented its spread. CAIRO, June 6 Cabinet is considering a proposal by the Suez Canal Company to establish a new city ■on the eastern bank of the Canal. A company proposed to advance 10,000,000 francs without interest, refundable from the sale of lands.
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Southland Times, Issue 18962, 8 June 1923, Page 5
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