CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1921, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. J. 11. THOMAS’S VIEWS. ’ LONDON, July 4 Mr J. H. Thomas, VI.F., Secretary**, to the railwayiuen has returned from America. Speaking at the annual (■inference of the National 1 nfi.n ol Railwayiuen, he urged the raihuiymon to grasp the lesson of the coal strike. Rumours were prevalent, lie said, that the railwayiuen must pit'par’e for another strike, hut the real lesson for them and all others, said M.r Thomas, was that they must .settle down. The country’s and the worker s peace demanded that any trade union policy which checked the source of credit, was a mistake. He went on : “Tt is mistakenly explained that industrial strife i a first step towards the realisation o: the industrial 1 commonwealth, but thus: countenancing this find it not an inheritance worth inheriting.” He added that he saw no warrant for the belief that another crisis -would follow railway decontrol in August.

RUSSIA’S ENEMIES. LONDON, July 8. A message from Reval states tiie Soviet Government have ordered the rest of all Greek and Japanese subj (lets’ resident in (Russia., This step is regarded as a formal recognition of state of war between Soviet Russia on the <yie hand, and the Creeks and Japanese on the other. INDIA’S NATIONAL WEALTH. DELHI, July 2, Dr Ghandi has concluded a campaign to collect by the end of June one crore $ rupees and to enrol one cror e of Indian National Congress members, and also to introduce 20 lahlss .of spinning wheels into the Indian homes. This is in connection with" bis “swaraj” movement. Hr Gandhi announces that the fund lias exceeded the crore tif rupees. Bombay City led with over 40 lakhs of rupees. NEW WAR THREATENED VIENNA, July 3. Tim attempted murder of the Prince Regent Alexander of Jugo-Slavia on Jim c 20 at Serajevo, threatens to lead j to results similar to the events of 1914. 'j tic “None Freie Press” says its Belgrade correspondent reports three Parliamenturintis liavo boon arrested on a wouldlie assassin’s evidence. The latter testified that they ordered him to nniidei the Prince under instructions from a “Bolshevist” organisation in Vienna. The Jugo-Slavia Cabinet is sending ail ultimatum to Austria demanding action against Bolshevist and Communist circles in Austria, and the, expulsion of foreigners or foreign Communists. The situation (it adds) is regarded as po*-U-utial of war against Austria by Jugoslavia. Slovakia, and Roumania. BRITAIN’S TRADE. LONDON, July Jhj Mr Hughes, speaking at the Cold Storage •Association's dinner said: “There are powerful ageneies at work within this city whose object it is to deal a. deadly' blow at the Empire. They desire to give outsiders the trade which ought to belong to the Empire and Dominions. dim best customers that Britain lias are the Dominions, and Britain ought to be their best customer. The Dominions have a right to expect in this cradle of their race that they should find friends, and that preference which is rooted in the hearts of the people. Mr Massey claimed, that since 1832 Xew Zealand was unbeaten as an exporter of lambs and of mutton to Bri- "" r j tain and Europe. He declared that between 1882 and 1920 New Zealand had contributed nearly half of Britain’s ’ importation of mutton and lamb. Thus she had been outrivalling both Australia and the Argentine. BIG EIRE TN GLASGOW. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 3. v A disastrous fire occurred in Argyll street. Glasgow. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million. Two ... firemen were killed. GIFT OF RADIUM. (Received This Dav at 8 a.m.) PARIS, July 3. Madame Curie has returned with ft _ gramme of radium, presented her'.byE American women. She was guarded by detectives on the voyage and in the train to Paris. The Savante is in ill health, owing to long manipulation of radium. The gift enables French scientists to undertake a whole scries of new resea relies.

DUCHESS MARRIED. > (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 4. At Henrietta Street Registry Office to-day, Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, was married to Lieut Colonel Halsan, a retired French soldier, who had obtained a divorce from .his first wife. - jfv AN INSPIRED STATEMENT. Jpk (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m Jr PARIS, July 4. The “Era Nouvcllc,” in a statement * believed to be inspired, says Belgium and Italy think the moment has arrived to reipove the sanctions. France is ready to agree thereto, if Berlin continues to keep her engagements especially regarding disarmament. WOOL SALES. (Received This Dav at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON. July 4. Bidding at the English fleece sales was the slowest, with heavy declines ijv prices compared with 4920, amounting •in some instances to 7.5 per cent. Some growers refused to sell.