LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1919, Page 4

LATE NEWS.

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ADVANCED UNIONISM. LONDON, Aug. 23

Lord Wrenbury, in a letter to the

“Times” closely examines the tendencies of advanced unionism. lie refers to its increasing power and repeated demands of political pressure. Ho suggests the immediate formation of a permanent national freedom force, non-political, drawn from all classes, prepared to maintain indispensable services when strikers representing perhaps one twentieth of the population, threaten a stoppage in order to impose economically ruinous terms.

The “Times” believes the people are getting very weary ol the interminable demands and threats, and are likely to heartily agree with Lord Wrenbury, but questions the opportuneness of immediate action which is liable to he construed to a challenge to unionism. Moderate TJnonists are now apparently reasserting themselves and should be given a chance of establishing tlio position.

CHESS CHAMPION. .LONDON, Aug. 21. C'npablanca won twenty-seven out. of thirty-five simultaneous games of chess at Hastings, drew seven and lost ono.

! TRADE POLICY. ' LONDON, Aug. 23. | In continuance of Lloyd George’s i statement, part one, on the subject of S trade policy, the Board of Trade announces legislation will be introduced in the autumn to protect goods manufactured in Britain and Ireland against ! dumping, by taking power to prevent : the sale in this country of similar goods beneath their price in the country of origin, and enable the Board of Trade to check any Hood of imports that might 4 arise from the collapse of exchange.

STERLING EXCHANGE LONDON, Aug.

American financers are arranging a conference with British, with a view to arresting the decline of the sovereign’s value. It is recognised that it seriously threatens the American export trade.

SCOTLAND AND HO.ME RULE, NEW YORK, Aug. 14.

The New York “Times” Washington correspondent states that George Bruce, the American representative of the Scottish National Committee has asked Senator Lodge that he be allowed to present Scotland’s case for self determination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.