BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS,

BY TELEGRAPH—TRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. OVERSUBSCRIBED. * (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan 24. Mr J. P. Morgan announces that the Belgian loan is over-subscribed. THE WORLD’S STRIKES. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, Jan 25. Statistics compiled by the “Manchester Guardian” reveal that during six months last year nearly 115 million days were lost through strikes in the principal countries of the world, and nine million persons were affected. The industries chiefly concerned were mining, iron, metal, shipping and agriculture, anil countries affected were Germany France Italy and Britain. - MORE INDIAN RIOTS. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) DELHI, Jan 25.

Agrarian riots continue. A, mob at 1 Kai Bareli attacked an armed police 1 force. One policeman was beaten to death. The police fired on the rioters and several ringleaders were arrested. Crops and houses in the vicinity were burned. LOAN REFUSED. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 25. It js reported that the Conference decided against a loan to Austria and referred Austrian finance'to the Allied Trade Ministers. THE POPE’S APPEAL. (Received This Day at 8.48 a.m.) ROME, January 25. The “Osservator Romano” says the Pope has made a special appeal on •behalf of Austria which he compares to a head severed from a body struggling with the horrors of poverty and despair. Its commerce and industries are stricky on. The Pope does not apportion the alamo, but deplores the world’s inability to afford relief, and adds that a practical solution must be political. It is the duty, firstly of the signatories to the Versailles Treaty. LIVE STOCK COMMISSION. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 24. s The Senate passed a hill creating a. Live Stock Commission to regulate the meat packing industry. The makes it unlawful for any defrauding practice, such as apportioning the supply of live stock among packers unreasonably affecting prices or creating a monopoly? Packers cannot, within two years, have any interest in stockyards. Packers and stockyards must he registered. Three commissioners will enforce the law, violations of which will ho subject to a fine of a thousand to ten thousand dollars or imprisonment from one to five years. O’CALLAGHAN’S JOURNEY. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 24 A message from Norfolk, Virginia, states O‘Callaghan was granted a seaman’s certificate and is now at liberty to ship aboard any foreign bound vessel. POSSIBLE WOOL CORNER. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 24. Yorkshire newspapers strongly criticise the Government’s pin-chase of South African wool. The “Observer” savs4 provided the wool textile industry and British public accept this latest proposal, it would pla’ce in the hands of a syndicate no inconsiderable proportion of the existing wool supplies. It would not he surprising to learn at an early date of an arrangement on similar lines regarding New Zealand’s old clip. In such circumstances the foundations of a complete wool corner capable of realizing Mr Hughes’ dream of dictating wool values to the world, would he come visible.