GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16614, 9 December 1919, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

CYCLING CONTEST. By Telegraph—Press Assn.-—Copyright. (Received Dec. 9, 9.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. o. Goultet and Madden won the sis days’ bicycle race. REPATRIATING GERMANS. (ReceivKl Dec. 9, 9.55 a.m.) TOKIO, Dec. 5. More than 6000 German prisoners-of war will shortly be repatriated. KOREAN PRINCE MISSING. (Received Dec. 9, 9.55 a.m.)

TOKIO, Doc. 8, Prince Yikong, the present bead of tho Korean dynasty, Is reported miss-ing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. THE LEAGUE OP NATIONS. BRUSSELS, Dec. 4. The conference of the League of Nations associations decided to draft a code of international law, eliminating the right to go to war.—Reuter Service. WARNING TO ROUMANIA. PARIS, Dec. 4. The Supreme Council has granted Roumania six days’ prolongation of the time for a reply to the Allied Note.—Reuter Service. ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS. Received Dec. 8, 9.50 a.m.) Rome, Dec. 4. The Pope has published an encyclical recommending the ordination of native clergy and the creation of native seminaries in the Roman Catholic mission centres, urging missionaries to abstain from racial and national struggles, and further recommending the study of colonial sciences and native languages, for which special professors will be appointed.—Reuter Service. A LARGE TRUST ALLEGED. (Received Dec. 8, 8.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The Federal Trade Commission has issued complaints charging tho Chicago packers with violations of tho Clayton Anti-Trust Act, through the alleged purchased control of 31 corporations handling food and other supplies. UNITED STATES’ BUDGET. (Received Dec. 8, 8.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. It’ is announced that the 1921 Budget amounts to 4863 million dollars. THE BULGARIAN ARMY. (Received Dec. 9, 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 4. The Bulgarian army has now been reduced to 3000 officers and 44,000 men. i