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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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WANING GOLD MINES

CAPETOWN, March 22. Sir Lionel Phillips, speaking at the annual meeting of the Chamber of . Alines, Johannesburg, said the gold mining industry on the Rand had reached its zenith and was now languishing. Several mines were on the verge of closing down. Shareholders in low grade mines had little to hope cfor. He warned Labour to avoid frivolous strikes, which destroyed confidence and accentuated the difficulties.

CUT IN FREIGHTS

LONDON, Alarch 22.

Air Larkin, Manager of the Commonweath Steamship line, has introduced cut rates, equivalent to old, for frozen cargo. The charges will be beef l£d, lamb 2d, mutton ljd plus five per cent. Rabbits are reduced from £9 4s to £7 per ton measurement. Canned meats £6 to £5.

MR HUGHES OFF. LONDON, March 22. Air Hughes has definitely informed Cabinet that he is visiting London in June. ARREST CAUSES SENSATION. LONDON, March 22. A sensation was caused in Riviera by the arrest of Airs Gordon Lowes. The Lowes are popular figures - at Cannes and Nice. She dresses lavishly and entertains sumptuously. The “Alail” correspondent says the-arrest was the result of the police vigilance, as a great number of pocket-books have been disappearing. All's Lowes’ husband interviewed her at the police station, after which she was examined in the presence of her counsel. She was then admitted to bail of sixty thousand francs to appear at Court on the sth April. rhpurlioan view. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) , WASHINGTON, March 22. Republican Publicity Association, th-> olficial organ of the Republican Partv in the course of a statement says, to get back to normal conditions demands we should return to relations with Europe and the rest of thc world. We are doing that practically and the-e is no danger that Air Harding will be turned from that course by the cunning wiles of European diplomats. Tli controversy over German payments will be left solely so soon after deporting Alartens on the ground that his presence, was illegal, as the representative of an organisation planning the overthrow and destruction of the American Government .

THE GOLFER KIRKWOOD. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Alarch 23

The New York “Times” sporting editor states if reports from Chicago are true, there will be one golfer in the north and south open championships at Pineliuirst, North • Carolina, who while he may not capture the winter’s golfing plume, will at least affoid the gallery plenty of amusement. He is called the ambidexterous golfer .and hails from Australia. Kirkwood wlio stopped at Chicago, en route to Pinehurst, furnished an interesting session with the * so-called boomerang and other freak shots. eng LAND AND PERSI A. ' (Received this day at 8 a.m.! LONDON, March 22. % In -the Commons, replying to Mr Wedgewood Benn, Lord Hamisworth stated according to the latest news from Teheran, the new Persian Government did not intend to submit the Anglo-Persian agreement to the Persian Parliament, in which case the agreement would be held to lapse.

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) CAPETOWN, March 22 A strike of miners at Bulwayo since early in the month has been settled, th‘e unions recognising the right of the mangement to engage or dismiss whom they pleased.