BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

4USTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

MORE ABOUT FAMINE

general migration ALLEGED

ALSO STRIFE OVER FOOD

LONDON, July 23

The “Daily Express” Riga correspondent states that the famine is ncreasing. Thirty million people in one zone, after eating eats, clogs and rats, are now fleeing from their homes in a 5 desperate search for food. There is general migration in three directions, one to Siberia, another to the Caucasus, and the third and largest, towards Moscow. Stores of cattle and .grain are being raided en route. Hordes of hunger stricken people are stemming passing trafms, completely disorganising traffic. The Bolsheviks authorities are growing hysterical and called out some regiments to protect the cities against the mobs of hungi y countlpy folk. Fighting commenced between the troops and the maddened mobs. Elsewhere the country folk refused to give up surplus food winch the troops divided. Foraging parties endeavoured forcibly to seize produce for the cities where there is chronic starvation.

TROTSKY’S FLAN. LONDON, July 23,

The “Daily Express” Riga correspondent states : -The situation <> Gettong is beyond the Soviet centre Lenin has issued a proclamation to all Russia urging an increase of production, otherwise complete exhaustion will regult. "■* The Government is' seeking to cancel all foreign orders for coal, naptha and other products and divert all available funds to the purchase of food. Trotsky threatens that if the army is deprived of fowl he will join the exodus and become the advance guard of an invasion on Eastern Europe.

WAGE GUTTING. CAPETOWN, July 22. The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines has notified the South African Industrial Federation of its intention to reduce wages in the mines. The reduction proposed is 1/6 per shift to start on August Ist. The mine owners state they are willing to agree to a sliding scale in future, based on the cost of li' ing.

A GERMAN SWINDLE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) BERLIN, July ‘23

Von Fraudendorfer, a well-knoun Ministerialist, formerly Bavarian Minister for Railways.' committed suicide at Munich after being accused ' I counterfeiting Roman coins sold to collectors, whereby lie realised six thousand sterling to carry on an intrigue with a theatrical dancer. UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS.

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 23

At Boston the combined Harvard and

Yale Universities team won 8 of 10 ‘ events in the athletic meeting with the t'ambridge-Oxford team. Rudd (Oxford) won the 440 yards run, and Stallard (Cambridge) the one mile. Americans won the hundred yards, 120 hurdles, 880 yards, two miles, high jump, broad jump, putting the shot and throwing the hammer. Harvard won five,events. Ned Gourdin, Harvard’s Negro athlete set a new world’s record for the running broad jump of twenty-five loot three inches.

LORI) NORTHCLIFFE. j NEW YORK, July 23. | Lord Northcliffe has arrived at New York. He told reporters lie wondered if the American people knew Ireland had been offered a form of government whereby it could tax England, lie said he believed the parleys would work out.

AN ACCIDENT. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 23. Toronto messages states Milne broke two hones of the right hand in a practise match, and it is believed he will he out of the series. Pencil announced he will not participate in the Davis Cup games against Canada. No reason is given.

ON DISARMAMENT. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 23. Mr Hughes interviewed said: “There can be no disarmament until the need for armament no longer exists. It follows from this that until vital problems in the Pacific are settled by agreement among the three great naval powers, disarmament and limitation of armaments is impossible. Therefore it is vital, that a conference to deal with ■ these problems be held as soon as possible. Loudon is convenient and I believe the conference should he held here within three weeks. Washington might he more convenient for the Disarmament Conference. They must be giving as well as taking if the Pacific or any other conference is to he successful.’

THREE PASSENGERS DIE. (Received This Hay at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 23 Three passengers in theliner Ormonde died on the homeward voyage and all were buried at sea. SPANISH WAR NEWS. 'LONDON, July 23. Madrid reports official advices state the native attack on Mel ilia compelled Silvcstre’s troops to abandon the Iberiguen position and retire to Annal. The natives then cut the line of communications necessitating a further retirement. After directing an epic .struggle Silvestre was killed.

bowling. LONDON, July 22. At Brighton bowling tournament, in i*- ie single rink competition for Hove challenge trophy the New Zealander’s Hatydein, Johnson, Hiljl and Bray (skip.), nineteen heat Jones, Harvey. Green,’ Grice (skip), the Surrey rink champions, IL