GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16610, 6 December 1919, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Deo. 5, 1.30 p.m.) MADRID, Dec. 21 The Cabinet has resigned after discussing the military situation. BRITISH BEET GROWING. (Received Dec. 5, 1.60 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 1. The Government has invested a quarter of a million sterling in a private beet sugar growing company established at Kelham. It also guarantees investor’s 3 per cent upon the capital invested. THE CONTROL OF MEAT. (Received Doc. 5, 1.55 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. In the House of Commons, replying to Sir Newton More, Mr. G. H. Roberts said that he was discussing with the presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Trade whether meat should not be released from control. —Reuter. GREAT GALE IN EUROPE. (Received Doc. 5, 1.55 p.m.) LONDON, Deo. 2. A terrific 'gale in Britain and the north of 'France wrecked telephones and telegraphs. MONGOLIA SURRENDERS INDEPENDENCE. (Received Deo. 6, 1.60 p.m.) PEKING, Doc. 2. China has accepted the surrender of Mongolia’s autonomy and promised the fullest protection to Mongols. It is explained that they feared an imminent Bolshevist invasion. FRENCH DIVORCE OASES. PARIS, Dec. 3. A hundred and twenty-three thousand divorce suits are listed in the Paris courts. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN DYE TRUST. BERLIN, Dec. 2. The German dye trust, consisting of tho seven principal dye-making firms, has decided to double its capital, which is now 1,002,000,000 marks, with a view to penetrating tho markets of the world on an unprecedented scale.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FILM PICTURE OP BULLET. PARIS, Deo. 3. The French scientists, M.M. Block and Abrahams are using an electric apparatus emitting electric sparks at the rate of 500 exposures a second. They successfully took a film picture of the course of a revolver bullet.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asgn.