GENERAL CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7567, 10 May 1919, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

LONDON, May S,

In the House of Commons, Sir TCrio Geddes stated that the Government had purchased the whole of the Australian .and Now Zealand exportable surplus of frozen meat. The quantityoorir New Zealand meat awaiting shipment on March 31 was 173,639 tons, and shipment was proceeding as fast as steamers became available. Beef and wether mutton generally would be reserved lor the Allied forces, and light mutton ami lamb for civilians in Britain. Small quantities of New Zealand meat have been exported to the west coast uf Canada and the United States.

LONDON, May 8. Thirty-three steamers are taking troops to Australia during the noxt lout; weeks. Most of the vessels are going in ballast, owing to the paucity of cargo offering. NEW YORK, May 8.

Three American seaplanes have started on a flight to Halifax in the first stage of an effort to cross the Allantic

FREMANTLE, May 9. The wharf trouble has been settled. The Nationalists voluntarily retired. PARIS, May 3. There is much unrest as the result of the May Day troubles. The Socialists have resigned^theiv positions in M. Clemenceau's Administration, and the Peace Conference, alleging that the Government has brutally forbidden the workers to give expression to their views

SYDNEY, May 9

Of eleven political economists examined by the Coal Commission, eight including three University professors, favoured nationalisation.