GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16762, 11 June 1920, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Juno 11, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, June,9. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said that Britain would not take a mandate over Armenia. Mr. Long announced in the House of Commons that the Thetis, Intrepid, Iphigenia and Vindictive, the biocks'mps which were sunk at Ostend and Zeebrugge during the war have been presented to Belgium as a free gift. The Australian Federal SolicitorGeneral has opened an official inquiry into the cases of Father Jerger and Dr. Hirschfeld. Topliss, who was shot in the Cumberland highlands, has been definitely identified. It is suggested that he, is also the perpetrator of three recent untracod crimes—the murder of Nurse Shore in a Hastings train in January; the murder of Hoarse and his housekeeper, near Truro; and the murder of Constable Kelly at Acton. Vienna reports that a demonstration, at Grata against the high prices of food resulted in rioting, during which the police fired on the crowd, killing six. The New South Wales Labour Conference recommended that sufficient Labour men and women should'be appointed to the Legislative Council to give the Government a,majority in the Chamber. General rain has again fallen oyer the eastern half of New South Wales, and the wheat area has benefited. The aviators Matthews and Kay, who abandoned their flight from London to Australia after crashing at Bali, have arrived at Sydney by steamer. The Queensland Government has decided to guarantee farmers 8s a bushel for the wheat crop during the coming season. Unions appearing before the Basic Wage Commission in Sydney are claiming an annual basic wage of £625 for a man, his wife and three children under fourteen years of age.