BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. RIOTING IN INDIA. DELHI, April 24. .Religious rioting at Alantholi in Madras presidency is reported between Catholics and Protestants. In recent years, it is stated, al number of Catholics turned Protestant, causing an annual scourco of strife during the Catholic Epiphany procession. An armed crowd of 500 interfered with the procession and rioting followed. Some Catholic houses were burned. One Catholic was clubbed to death. His assailant was sentenced to death at Tinaervally.

A SHIP LAUNCHED. LONDON, April 23. Mrs Storey launched the Moreton Bay at A'ickers's yard at Barrow, in beautiful weather. The vessel took the water without a hitch. BOLSHEVIKS ASSIST KEMALISTS. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24 Besides clandestinely supplying the Kcmalists. with arms, the Bolsheviks have sent thirty thousand gold roubles to the Angora Government. A letter to Kemal Pasha, accompanying the gift, expresses delight that the Turks have defeated the Western Imperialists. y A LUELESS CHEQUES. PARIS, April - George Gatineau, Clemenceau’s grandson has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and fined 50,000 francs for issuing worthless cheques. TRADE OF RUSSIA. MOSCOW, April 24. President Lenin, addressing the branch secretaries and leaders of the Communist Paty, admitted that a return to free trade meant a re-intro-duction of capitalism in Russia. Ho said that free trade signified the growt’ of capitalism, and whoever tried to explain it away by one trick or other was comforting himself with empty works. Capitalism was -unavoidable and Russia would become a capntalistic State. President Lenin added that he die! not fear capitalism while the State possessed factories, transport, and a majority of Russian foreign trade. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, April 25. Dalgety and Company have declared an interim dividend of five shillings, (ax free. GERMAN TRADE WITH AMERICA. (Received this day at 8 a rn.t WASHINGTON, April 24. Imports into United States from Germany in 1020, totalled eightv-eight million dollars, nearly nine times as much as in 1919. DISTRESS IN MINING AREAS. '•THE TIMES” SERVICE. , .'Received this fiav at 8 a.m ' LONDON, April 25. Heart rending stories of distress in the mining areas are reaching London. Business is entirely at a standstill in South Wales. Soup kit h? is and charity doles are unable to cope with the growing want and hunger. The miners remain uncompromising. The general feeling is summed up in the statement "So long as the kiddies get food we can buckle our belts.” GREEK DECISION. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ATHENS, April 23. The Grand Commission on the revision of the Greek constitution adopted by a Large majority, the principle of the enfranchisement of women. DIRECT ACTION DANGER. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. April 25. The seriousness of the •'trike situation is intensified by invitations to the miners leaders to address Sunday mass meetings of railwaymen and transporters. The ‘‘Sunday Times” says there is a growing apprehension that subterranean movements are afoot to rehabilitate the Triple Alliance strike by direct action from the workers. ALLIANCE RANK AND FILE. LONDON, April 24. There is now a growing movement among the rank and file of the railwaymen and the transporters to scrap the present Executive control and to move in favour of joint action for a strike with the miners. IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, April 26 Many people visited the cemetery and placed wreaths on the graves ol Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died here, in memory of Aiysae Day.

OF GREAT VALUE. (Received This Day at 5.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, April 2G Lord Haig, when dedicating a memorial at Port Elizabeth to South African artillery corps, said he regarded the Conference of ex-servicemen recently held in Capetown as an event of the very first importance to our own race. The British Empire was the real League of Nations, and by coming 1 more closelv together they could hope to prevent wars. N.S.W. FINANCE. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m ) SYDNEY, April 26. Resides a loan for 6* millions that Mr Storey arranged in London, he is also arranging for the conversion of othei State loans falling due in the next two years. LOYAL PROTESTS. SYDNEY, April 26 The morning papers publish a number of strong protests against the nonflying of the Union Jack on the Town Hall on Anzac Day.