BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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M.AHOMMEDAN BRITISH - PEER

LONDON, Feb. 12,

Lord Headley lias married Mrs Barbara Baynton, an Australian, at the Marlebone Registry Office. Lord Headley lias been converted to Mahommedanism recently. RECOMMENDATION DEFEATED. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 12. The recommendation favouring a separate University at Cambridge for women was defeated. CABINET CHANGES. ißeceived This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 12. The King lias accepted the resignations of Lord Milner, and Hon. Long on the grounds of ill-health and approved of the appointments of Hon. W. Churchill to the colonies; 'Worthington Evans to the War Office; Lee to Admiralty; Griffiths Boscawen to Agriculture. LABOR CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 12. Following conferences between Cabinet and the master builders, it is understood the dilution of labor will be referred to a Reconstruction Committee representing jtlie 'employers and operatives to which employers are submitting an alternative scheme, providing for graduation of labourers to skilled workers. Operatives fear the new sliding scale of reductions, and employers anticipate a slump owing to labour shortage.

COST OF REPARATIONS. ■ Received this day at 8* a.m.) BERLIN, February; 12. Professor Schueking, writing in the “Tagehlatt” estimates the reparations will cost every- worker six thousand marks annually, from his average earnings of fifteen thousand. GERMAN-AMERICAN CABLE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 12. The American Government will denancl a definite settlement of the question of the disposition of former Gernan cables at the Communications Conference meeting on loth. February. United Stotes will also insist that Yap diould be open to all nations as a cable base on terns of equality. It is understood Britain is willing that the former Herman-United States Atlantic- r-’

now touching British soil, should re•ert to the- original position. France ms a heady ..raised obstacles against the -estoration of the German cable which he had diverted to Brest.

ANTI-JAPANESE MOTION. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, February 12, The Lower House sitting at Columbia South Carolina) passed a resolution demoralising Congress to uphold the Western States in thei(- purpose •to maintain a white civilisation endorsing lie Calfornian anti-Japanese laws, and 'emending Congress should cancel the e-called ‘'gentleman’s” agreement with japan and rigorously exclude Japanese