BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

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constables murdered. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 27. Five men in a hotel bar in Belfast rushed upstairs at closing time and shot dead in bed, two constables and wouned a third seriously. Two barmen were arrested.

A military ALLIANCE. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) ► LONDON, January 27. Roumania and Poland have concluded a military alliance, should the Bolsheviks attack Bessarabia or Bukowina.

REDUCED COST. LONDON, January 27. Dr Addison in opening the first new house in Worthing housing scheme, said there had been substantial decline ' in building costs. In 'three months, ' tenders had declined £IOO sterling per house. He proposed to take steps which he hoped would accelerate the decline substantially.

FEDERAL FUND DEBT. (Received This Day at 1.5. p.m.) LONDON, Jan 27. The Treasury had practically agreed to fund the Commonwealth forty million indebtedness. The rate of interest alone is unsettled. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan 27. The conference on State aided emigration and Empire settlement is opening at the Colonial Office to-morrow, Lord Milner presiding. The whole of the Dominions and States are sending representatives. The deliberations are expected to last several days. The programme of subjects which Lord Milner is submitting includes firstly the considerations of the general question of Empire land settlement on a comprehensive scale; secondly, increased ocean and railway passengers rate ; thirdly increased cost of emigrants’ outfits; fourthly, principle of State aided emigration of children; fifthly, preference to British sellers over foreign emigrants to the dominions; sixthly, arrangement for receiving settlers from this country and reception and welfare on arrival in the Dominions; appointment of representatives of British Government in each Dominion to supervise the arrival of British emigrants. k SAMOAN MANDATE. Received this day at, 2.35 p.m • LONDON, Jan 27. In response to urgings from New Zealand, the Samoan mandate was hand ed over to Sir James Allen of New Zealand, who strongly urged that the con- j tinuated failure to issue the actual I document was producing unrest in Sarnia, where agitators were spreading the belief that the Dominion was finally not to he given control which eventually would be restored to Germany. The document does not differ in any essential details from the draft presented at Geneva. ,

Australia’s mandate has not yet reached Mr Millen. A peculiar position originated through the Commonwealth claiming the right to receive the document sdirectly, as a member of the League through the King without the intervention • of the British Government.