GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1921, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. By Telegraph-—Press Assn —Copyright. Received August. 24, 9.5 p.m. Madrid, August 23. Advices from Melilla state that General Berengeur considers the men and material at his disposal sufficient to start a new offensive against the tribesmen before the rainy season. Meantime, the Moors are resuming the offensive, persistently attacking Spanish food convoys. IMPERIAL BUREAU OF MYCOLOGY. Received August 24, 9.5 p.m. London, August 23. Negotiations for the establishment of an Imperial bureau of mycology, financially supported by all parts of the Empire, have been successfully concluded. Dr. Butler, a former Imperial mycologist, and agricultural adviser to the Government of India, has been appointed the first director. Mill girl as magistrate. Received August 24, 9.15 p.m. London, August 24. A mill girl at Dewsbury has been appointed a magistrate. Her employers agreed to facilitate her attendance at the Police Court.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WOMEN’S SWIMMING TEST. Received August 24, 11.20 p.m. London. August 24. Mrs. H. Willing, who claims she swam thirty miles in her attempt to cross the Channel last. September, has challenged Mrs. Arthur Hamilton to a race or an endurance tost for the woman's championship title. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER STRIKE THREAT. Pieceived August 24, 9.15 p.m. London, August 24. The conference of employers and workmen in the chemical trade has been broken off and strike notices affecting 30,000 employees expire on Saturday. The employers proposed a reduction of twopence hourly, and refused the men’s offer to accept 3Ad to operate without change til] June. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.