GENERAL CABLES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 170572, 4 August 1921, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and jN.i’.i. Cable Association

The Berlin police raided a number ol' sporting ms ti muons and betting establishments alleged to be concerned hi serious tax Ira ads, amounting to many niilliou marks. The casino in the .i.irtz .MounUiiris lias been closed, and several prominent .Lie-rimers Jmve been arrested, accused of fraud. The 1 jritish-America Yachting Cup at Cowes, for six metre yachts, was won by Britain, with HO points, America, 15 points. Each country was represented by three boat 9. The “Daily Mail's" Madrid correspondent states that advices from Lisbon indicate that the military revolt is quelled. The Government are masters of the situation. There is a most stringent censorship on direct news. A Chicago jury acquitted 15 baseball players and the alleged “go-betweens" who were tried in connexion with “fixing" the 191 b world series of baseball competitions.

The Brussels Second Chamber adopted a Bill enabling women to be elected burgomasters, aldermen, and rate collectors. Married women must obtain their husbands’ permission before accepting posts. The Bill excludes women from the police service.

The United States Steel Corporation announces further reductions m steel prices, of from three to ten dollars per ton in order to meet competition of smaller independent companies. This constitutes the third reduction in a few months.

Influenza of a severe type nos broken out in Tonga. Fir© .broke out in the New York (stock Exchange, while the floor was crowded with traders, who cleared out till tho firemen subdued the flames Trading was suspended for an hour, the damage being slight. Poplar Borough Council is appealing against the attachment of writs in connexion with their refusal to levy rates.