GENERAL CABLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18257, 16 August 1921, Page 9

GENERAL CABLES.

LONDON, Aug. 14. The German ex.raider Moewe, which has been renamed the Greenbriar, collided with and sank the Formby lightship Planet. The crew were rescued. It is reported that the Greek Army commanders have placed orders for five thousand cavalry and live thousand heavy artillery horses in Ireland. CAPETOWN August 13. The Acting Premier, replying to a deputation from farmers at Pretoria, who predicted a black outlook for the grain industry, refused to entertain a proposal for a Moratorium or tile stoppage of gold export DELHI, August 13. The unrest among the Indian border tribes is subsiding. They are apparently tired of fighting, and are turning their attention to agriculture induced by the good rainfall. The Indian wheat crop is 14 per cent, below the 1918 season. ROME, August 13. The Kuster Bank at Turin has suspended payment. There is a deficit of five million lire. Probably sixty per cent of the liabilities will bo met. MELBOURNE, Aug. 15. Archibishop Mannix, in a speech, stated that his passport issued in England was marked: ‘ Does not entitle the bearer to land in Austra. lia. Sails at own risk.” He did sail, and did not regret it. The Federal Arbitration Court has exempted the Wallaro and Moonta Mining and Smelting Company, of South Australia, from the firemen’s and engine-drivers' award for six months, unless the price of coppejexceeds £77 per ton in the interim. Immediate resumption is expected as the result of the exemption.