GENERAL CABLES

Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14030, 5 April 1919, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

THE RHINE COMMAND. GENERAL MANGIN’S RETURN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received April 4, 8 p.m. PARTS, April 3. General Mangin lias returned from the Rhine command. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. PURELY A DOMESTIC MATTER. Received March 4, 5 p.m. WASHINGTON, April 3. Replying to Baron Makino in an interview, Mr Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said that Japanese international matters were accorded equality in treatment; it was only in domestic matters that any discrimination of a racial character occurs. The United States must adhere to these discriminations in order to preserve race purity, and Japan was fully empowered to do Hie same. CABLES OR WIRELESS? INCREASED FACILITIES WANTED. (United Press Association.) Received April 4, 5 p.m. SYDNEY, April 4. At the annual meeting of the Australian section of the Empire Press Union the report referred to the difficulties of cable communication and the increasingly urgent need for the duplication of the Pacific cable between Vancouver and Fanning Island. The chairman, referring lo the likelihood of direct wireless communication between Australia and Europe in Hie near future, said whether it would be practicable for press purposes remained to be seen, but at least it would do much to relieve the pressure on the cable lines. TRADE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND SYDNEY. (United Press Association.) Received April 4, 9.45 p.m. SYDNEY, April 4. The Universal Shipping and Trading Company proposes to inaugurate a line of ten freight steamers to run between Seattle and Sydney, via Honolulu, immediately peace is declared. COAL CONFERENCE. (United Press Association.) Received April 5, 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 5. A conference between the coalminers and owners arrived at an understanding on the matter of the settlement of disputes. Details have not been disclosed. RECORD HIGH JUMP. (United Press Association.) Received April 5. 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, April 5. Mr H. Judd’s Sundown established a world’s record at Quirindi show, clearing a high jump of 7ft Sin.