MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12780, 25 October 1919, Page 10

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

In the House of Representatives, Vic- .• thrift,,M.r Cook stated that besides the' arrangements on land for assistance to competitors in the England to; Australia flight the' Navy will patrol between Kupang and Port Darwin; v A- Melbourne message states that the Valmarie, which ran ashore on the Ninety Milo Beach on September 30has been successfully refloated. , The Tasmanian Budget shows a deficit of £131,742, which it is estimated will be increased to £142,000 at the end of the current year. ■c House of Commons Mr W. C Bridgman (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade) stated in regard to the investigations into the operation of trusts that inquiries were being made, into the cost and profit in all stages of handling and distributing fish. Sub-committees were investigating the position as regards cotton, tobacco and soap. ’ A 1 London message states»th at in accepting tiie freedom of the city of 'Bristol Earl Beatty said • that insurance against disaster in the past had been effected by a fabulous expenditure bn armaments, but now that the . peaceloving nations , had crushed the - agreesors we might hope that the pbwerand influence of the League of Nations would provide in a large measure, the insurance; necessary to enable us to limit naval armaments. Britain' must still, however, make greater provision for naval security than the oilier naturns in view of her vital dependence on the safety of the-‘main sea- communications linking up the Empire; Merchant shipping remained the chief source of our prosperity. ■ , , A .Washington message states that the miners rejected the- compromise proposals made by Mr ■ William B. Wilson (Secretary for Labour) for . a tottlel ment on the coal strike. At'the request of iPrcsident Wilson' the delegates representing the public will remain at the Industrial Conference to seek a sblutiou of the industrial problem’. THb employers’ delegates have been excused irom further'attendance. '