GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1924, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

REDUCING DUTY ON FLOUR. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Capetown, Sept. 23. In view of the abnormal conditions the Government is reducing the dumping dutj r on flour to Is. FRENCH AIRMEN TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. London, Sept. 23. It is understood that the aviator D’Oisy is preparing for a flight to Australia. D'Oisy, who is a keen Rugijyite, desires to study Australian form in view of the French team’s impending visit. STUDENTS' CONGRESS ENDED. Warsaw, Sept. 23. The International Students’ Congress has concluded. It was resolved, inter alia, to hold students* Olympic games periodically, the first to be held at Rome in 1926. JAPANESE MIGRATION. Tokio, Sept. 22. A party of officials are going to South America on September 30 for the inspection of economic connections and the exploitation of the possibilities for Japanese migration thither. JAPAN-SOVIET AGREEMENT. Peking, Sept. 22 It is learned authoritatively that while the Russo-Japanese agreement in principle on many points was reached, including Saghalien, a few subjects still present difficult and knotty problems. It is expected that w’ithin a fortnight it will be seen whether a final agreement can be reached. If so Japan will recognise the Soviet. MINERS AND THE DAWES’ PLAN. London, Sept. 23. Mr. ‘Ramsay MacDonald, replying to a letter from the executive of the Miners’ Federation asking for an early interview to discuss the effects of the Dawes plan on the mining industry, regrets that physical difficulties may prevent an interview in the near future.