GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

HISTORIC FIELD TO BE SOLD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 10, 1.5 a.m. London, August 8. A general protest is being made against the proposed sale by auction of the historic field of Runnymede. The Vicar of Egham threatens to duck the auctioneer in the River Thames. THE KIDNAPPED PRIEST, Received August 8, 7.20 p.m. New York, August 8. Archbishop Hanna has offered £lOOO for the recovery of Father Heslin, the kidnapped priest. The police have offered a similar amount. AFFAIRS IN PERSIA. Received August 9, 7.20 p.m. Delhi, August 8. All the British officers employed in Northern Persia have been dismissed with a month’s pay and have left. Although now denouncing the Anglo-Persian agreement, Prince Ferouz violently attacked the Mejliss for the part it played in the formation of a successful effort to unseat him.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TREATY WITH THE AFGHANS. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. The Afghan Mission has reached London. The prospects of the completion of a treaty are brighter, consequent on the Greeks’ victories in Asia Minor. DIPLOMAT’S GAMBLING LOSS. Received August 10, 1.5 a.m. Paris, August 8. Mr. Wallace, recently American Ambassador, lost 600,000 francs at baccarat on the eve of sailing to America, to a French count well known in turf circles. THRIFT IN BRITAIN. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. The National Savings Committee reports that £45,000,000 worth of certificates were sold in 1920, compared with £79,000,000 in 1919. The total sales since the inauguration in 1916 amount to £341,000,000, and the total repayments to £61,000,000, including £31,000,000 in 1920. LUCK OF A COUNTESS. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. Paris, August 8. The Countess of Cathcart bad sensational luck at the Deauville casino. She commenced to play at 10 in the evening with 125 francs, and left the table at midnight with 17,000 francs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LABOR COMBINE PROPOSAL. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. The British Labor Party holds an international conference in London early in October, at which it proposes to prepare machinery for creating a world-wide labor international oil a broad enough basis to include the Moscow international and the brotherhoods affiliated to the American Federation of Labor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PRECIOUS STONES FROM RUSSIA. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. It is believed that since the operation of the Russian trade agreement £2,000,000 worth of Russian precious stones have been marketed in London. BEER FLOWS IN GERMANY. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. The Munich correspondent, of the Daily Express states that while Britain is still suffering from wartime liquor restrictions Munichers joyously celebrated the return of the beer-drinkers’ status quo. A gigantic statue of Gargbrinus, the beer god, was erected in the principal hall, and the cellars were connected with the mouth of the statue, from which poured a continuous stream of beer of pre-war strength, which was supplied free to hundreds of men, women and children, who brought tankards, pots and pans and drank to the beer god, and participated in dances. ARREST ON MURDER CHARGE. Received August 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August/8. The Morning Post’s Hamburg correspondent says ex-Captain Czernkak, an Hungarian aviator, has been arrested on a charge of murdering Count Tisza.