GENERAL CABLES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 1 June 1923, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT The Prince of Wales, replying to an address of welcome at Bradford, said to one like himself, who had spent much time in the Dominions there was special interest in his first visit to Bradford which was the general clearing house for the stable productions of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It had been his privilege to see some raw material on the other side of the world, and to-day he hoped to see how the technical skill for which Bradford was celebrated, transformed this into the finished article. At the opening tea sale the quality was generally hardly as good as last year. The demand was good except for the poorer liquoring qualities. For the commonest sorts there was little demand, and prices generally wein satisfactory. Commonest leaf, 13 annas to 13 annas 6 pice; ordinary _ common Pekoe Souchong 13 annas 6 pice to 14 annas; even-leaf Pekoo 15 annas to 15 annas 6 pice. The war preparations of the Soviet supremo military command are being pursued at high pressure according to reports from Moscow. There are continued conferences between the chief commanding officers, and leave lias been stopped. Victualling orders have been issued. Special measures are being taken to protect the Black Sea and Baltic littorals. A new Military Mission is going to Angora on Juno 1. The “Daily Mail’s” Strassburg correspondent says that as a result of the economic conditions in South Germany thousands are migrating to North and South America. Whole villages are emigrating, and have found settlements in Argentine and elsewhere. Angora reports indicate RussoTurkish differences. It is stated that the Turks decided to exclude Soviet vessels from Turkish ports as a reprisal for the Soviet’s attitude towards Turkish ships. A sensation lias been caused by the suicide of Mr Jesso W. Smith, a prominent Republican, and a close friend of President Harding, in an apartment of Mr Daugherty, Attorney-General. Mr Smith, who it is believed was worried over business troubles, shot himself after leaving a will disposing of his property. Do TTllin, one of the French aviator “Aces,” who destroyed 21 German planes during the war, crashed at Villacouplay when testing a new plane. He was killed instantaneously. The British reply to the Soviet Note has been handed to M. Krassin. It is understood that it expresses satisfaction at the conciliatory attitude of the Soviet, but states that no soluion has been given to the question of propaganda, particularly in Afghanistan and Persia. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, whether he was prepared to endorse the statement, by the late Premier, that no recognition would be accorded to the Soviet until lull compensation had been paid to our nationals, and every just claim had been honourably met. Mr Baldwin said he fully endorsed, on behalf of the Government, the statement made by tho late Premier on November 29. The Financial Committee of tlvc Senate discussed a' proposal to . cut down the estimates ouo milliard eighty million francs in order to balance the 1923 Budget. M. Poincare stated tluit it was impossible to reduce the expenditure more than four hundred million without seriously hampering tiie public services. Bibbv, the London shipowner, left an estate valued at £1,229,000. 'J he death duty is £350,000. Basing his remarks on the. present British anti Russian Notes, Air Lloyd George in his 19th article states Russia’s case. The audacity of Barcelona gunmen has no limit. While a football match was in progress a motor car drove up to the edge of the playing ground, ejo-Jit men, armed with revolvers, descended, approached, .and coolly executed two voluntary policemen who had been selected as victims by the assassins’ organisation, h ive others n, the crowd were wounded, after which the murderers entered the car and drove oil.