VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

'AUSTRALIAN.'

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MR STOREY’S HEALTH. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 8. Disconcerting private reports have been received regarding the health of the Premier, Mr Storey, now in England. It is stated he has been strongly urged by English doctors to abandon public life altogether, so as to obviate the necessity for mental strain. IMPE.R IA L CONFERENCE. MR HUGHES VIEWS. deceived This Day at 12.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, April 8. Mr Hughes in a speech said the Commonwealth Parliament at the Imperial Conference would not be committed to a penny of expenditure over the naval scheme, which would he brought before Parliament and rejected or accepted for Australia There was no alternative to participation in the scheme of Imperial naval defence in the interests of Australia It was important the Japanese treaty should be renewed in some modified form, acceptable to Efritain, America and Japan. There would he no discussion of constitutional j matters at the June Conference. Next year they would deal with that : of tile League of Nations. Tt was an j unwieldy, clumsy contrivance. There I was only one way to prevent war, and , that was for the world to turn its back j upon it. AVRO MACHINE CRASHES. j MELBOURNE, April 8. An Avro machine crashed at Point Cook flying school, a mechanic, Corporal Whicker, was killed and the mint CSapt. Frversmith, seriously injured.