BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AN INDIAN MOVE. (Received This Day at 8 a.in.) BOMBAY, July 9. Pieeegoods merchants at the invitation of Gandhi met to discuss whether they were prepared to take a vow to deal in country made pieeegoods only, and abstain from ordering pieeegoods front foreign countries. As a result of the meeting so far, only six out of forty merchants have taken the vow. The others have not yet decided. ('APT. AMUNDSEN. (Received This Day at 9.40 n.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. Captain Amundsen lias arrived in Seattle from Nome. He will reside in Seattle for a year and repair the Maud’s propeller, meantime lie is finally arranging to drift to the Pole. He will sail from Seattle next June. PARLEY BROKEN OFF. (Received This Day at 9.40 n.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, July 9 Parleys between English and Kemnlist delegates are broken off, the conditions proposed by the Kemalists being exorbitant. JAPANESE UNREST. (Received This Dav at 9.40 n.m TOKIO, July 9. Widespread industrial unrest is reported, culminating in minor strikes at many places. There lmve been extensive strikes in Kobe shipyards, accompanied by riots and demonstrations. .Men at Kawasaki dockyards which employs twenty thousand, have struck, owing to employers refusing permission to form a union. At Mitsubishi yard, two thousand walked out because of the temporary dismissal of some employees. The strikers paraded with banners inscribed “Down with capitalism.” Many clashes occurred with the police, several serious casualties being reported.

The Government arsenal at Tokio employing fifteen thousand, was the scetie of considerable trouble, the men demanding an eight hour day with ten hours’ pay. A delegation attempted to see the Premier and Minister for War, the latter agreeing to met the men on Sunday to discuss general labour questions. Several factories anticipated wage increase demands by closing down. The number of unemployed is setadil.v increasing. lilt! REFRIGERATING PLANT. PARIS, July 9. The .Minister of Agriculture formally! opened at Ivry. near Paris, the largest, refrigerating phmt in Europe with a capacity of six iboiisaml tons ol meat, i*pp- :,<-nt mg P.-Mh consumption for lilleen days.

‘ KEM A LISTS INTENTIONS, j (Received This Day at 12.25 p.nt.) ! CONSTANTINOPLE. July 10 i Kemalists have no intention of marching on Constantinople. Wire entanglements are fixed at Ismid marking.the i limit of the neutral zone, ‘which the Kemalists and Allies agreed must not he crossed. A commission lias gone to . the abandoned territory to investigate I the allegations of Greek atrocities durj ing the retirement | " • UNUSUAL HEAT. t Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) j LONDON, July !) ; (bring to unusual beat and the ahj senee of rain, the agricultural outlook is serious. The harvesting of oats and barley lias begun instead of in September. London and other cities are ilireatenled with a shortage ol water. Many • deaths, from sunstroke find beat apoplexy are reported. ' DISARMAMENT.

Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m.) XFAY YORK, July 9

Tie New York “World’s” Washington correspondent states it is understood Mr Harding, who conversed, with Mr Borah, base promised to shortly take up the disarmament question, with a view to calling a coiilei'cnce. He admitted lie had been toeling the situation .with the aim ol initiating the necessary steps.

JAPANESE POLITICS. i Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m.) TOKIO, July 9

Recent meetings of F.lder statesmen !iavc produced an impression that the ground is being prepared lor formal negotiations between Britain, 1 nited States and Japan on the subject ol naval limitation. The newspaper * Xicliinticbi Shimhuu” declared eelitorally that negotations for the abrogation ol the Auglo-Japanese Alliance now being conducted, arc duo to the likelihood of a naval arrangement between the three nations. A SWINDLE. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 6.

J. E Chilberg who bought wooden vessels built hv United States on account of the Australian Government and later failed to pay the instalments lots handed them hack to the authorities at Seattle. In connection with the failure ol Scandinavian-America n hanks at lacoma and Seattle, five indictments charged * Chilberg with making excessive loans to himself and one director from the Tacoma. Bank, of which C.hil herg was formerly President.

REDUCTION IN STEEL. (Received This Day at 10,15 a.m.) NEW YORK, July fi. United States Steel Corporation announces further reductions in prices ranging from four to ten dollars per ton. OBSOLETE WARSHIPS. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) , WASHINGTON, July 6. Mr Roosevelt pursuing the economy programme, sold 151 submarine chasers and fifteen other vessels. He "ill sell the battleships Maine, Missouri, Wisconsin, and other historic obsolete craft. FILM ACTRESS MARRIES. NEW YORK, Inly 7. Theda Burn, the film actress has mar. lied 0, .T? Brebin, her personal director.