BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. i ASIATIC IMMIGRATION. | I I CANADIAN DEBATE. OTTAWA, April 26. The Oriental problem caused an in- ; spired debate in the House of Com- > mons to-nigliir-when Mr H; H. Stevens , 0 f Vancouve' urged the Government i to put in force the Exclusion- Order l against Chinese, excepting business i men, and to inform the Chinese Gov--1 I trnment that this Order was made ne- - ecssar.v by the evasion of the Canadia.il immigration laws regarding Japanp ese immigration. The agreement heel tween two countries had been pretty o well observed, but bad been strained )- sufficiently to justify Canada in wanin' in<r Japan that unless the Agreement was closely adhered to, an Exclusions o Order would be issued. 2- Mr Stevens advocated a law to pre- > vell t Orientals from owning or leasing id i an d in Canada. The problem in Bore tish Columbia during the last five years 70 had developed along the same lines as in California.

CHESS championshit. HAVANA, April 26. Jose Capablanca has won the world’s chess championship. He defeated Lasker in five games and drew with him in ten. Lasker resigned file championship in the fifteenth game. ENGLISH M.P. DISAPPEARS. ■LONDON, April 26. | A member of the House of Commons, Mr Newton-Knight, mysteriously disappeared some days ago. He was last seen at Hythc in an unkempt condition. Friends are of the opinion that lie lost his memory througu over-work, but the posting of trinkets to his wile and a message: “Am crossing to-night is regarded as significant. WAli REGULATION RULE. ■"LONDON, April 27. Protests are increasing from British merchants against the inquisitorial nature of the regulations under the Australian War Precautions Repeal Act. BRITISH CENSUS. LONDON, April 27. The census is now fixed to be taken on June 19.

GOVERNMENT OFFER. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. \t the conference between miners and owners Sir R. Horne, on bohull ol tlm Government .offered a contribution ol half a million monthly during the transition period, so that the reduction in wages should not exceed 3/4. ( P A IT, WAYM EX ’ S DECISION. 1 (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) j LONDON, April 27. Mr Cramp announced after the railwaymen’s executive meeting that no embargo would be placed on goal for hospitals, public utilities or for household use, but no coal would be handled for commercial purposes. A SHOCKING DISCLOSURE. KEUTKIt’S TELEGRAMS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. A terrible disclosure at the hearing of evidence of British war prisoners, was the statement that a man was eaten to death bv lice at Flave de Martel camp. There was no t.ace of skin on his chest, where was a Huge mass of crawling vermin causing the German guards to shudder at the sight. THE EX-KAISER. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 26. The Paris editor of the “Chicago Tribune'’ states the ex-Kaiser has applied for permission to live in Matto Grosso, a small decayed town in south-western Brazil. NEW SPEAKER. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) ( LONDON, April 27. Mr Whitely has been elected Speaker* of the Commons. RULED OUT. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) i ,Paris, April 27. The Ambassadors Conference refused Germany’s request refer arbitration of 1 the differences between Germany and 1 the Allied Control Commission in Berlin / over the interpretation regarding the ? application of certain military clauses ' of the Versailles Treaty. The amhassa--5 dors confirmed the Commission’s decision. b r ACCEPTING REDUCED WAGES. 1 (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) 1 LONDON, April 27. 1 Shipbuilding employees at Belfast ' have agreed to accept wage reductions * in two instalments of three shillings weekly each, and of seven and a half s per cent for pieceworkers. This is ad- ? ditional to the expected reductions of 1 the National bonus.

GERMAN DYE COMBINES. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, April 27. Seven chemical dyes and nitre companies, comprising the aniline combine, are increasing their capital to 1915 million marks. They are the largest of any of Germany’s industrial concern. A thousand million marks have been already expended on combines of nitre works'at Merseburg and Oppnu, and a further thousand millions are required.