BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

PANAMA’S BOUNDARY

PRESIDENT PORRAS’ STATEMENT

PANAMA, May 3

Senor lielisario Porras, President of the Republic of Panama, has issued a statement declaring that, despite America’s latest Note, Panama can pot accept the White award. He says thatwhen the Secretary of State comes to understand the award, which authorities on International Law declared was •inequitable, he will agree with Pana- *- ma.

MEDICALS REQUEST

reuter’s telegrams

(Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, May 6

The British Medical Association has made representations to the Ministry of Health that same wards in workhouses should be set aside for pajin ra patients room classes of the new poor with the privilege of attendance b> their own doctors. Mr Mond promised to consider the request.

SHIPOWNERS NOTICE

TO COOKS AND STEWARDS

(Received this day at 8 a.m., LONDON, May 6

Flowing on the refusal of the cooks and stewards to accept-a reduction, shipowners state that from today they are only prepared to engage them at the reduced rates accepted b\ other ranks.

BUTTER price REDUCED

(Received This Day at 9.45 a.m A LONDON May 6.

Government has reduced its selling price of butter by 7% making * e " Zealand 1925., Australian 1865., Argentine 168 s. Despite this most sensational reduction in the history of the trade New Zealand and Australian ,s still neglected as Danish lowered their price 19% and consumers are preferring fresh made Danish to dear Colonial.