BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ECONOMY COMMISSION. LONDON, August 3 Sir Eric Geddes who is resigning his portfolio shortly, has undertaken to devote the whole of his time for the remainder of the year to the work of the Select Committee on Economy SHIPBUILDING TRADE. LONDON, August 3. The Federation Shipbuilding Employers meeting at Edinburgh considered the failure to end the ship joiners strike. They regard the position as most serious in view of the orders going abroad and the absence cf orders in home yards. The meeting depided it could not make the joiners a new offer. RUSSIAN TRADE MOVE. LONDON, August 3. The Russian Trade delegation in London has taken a. new six storey building in the city, containing four hundred rooms, where a special Russian bank will be established. The All Russia co-operative Society will shortly hold a London evhibition of Russian products. ,ENGLISH EMIGRATION. LONDON, Aug. 3 The Board of Trade returns for overseas passenger traffic in the first half of 1921 shows a decrease of' 23,594 in the number of emigrants to places within the Empire, and an increase of 1899 emigrants to the United States compared with 1920. This is principally vine to Irish emigration to America in the first quarter. The total outward balance of oversea passengers for the half year is 61,769, as compared with 69,041 for last year and 157,779 in first half of 1913. A | IJED TROOPS iN GERMANY. PARIS, Aug. 4. The Allied Reparations Commission on May Ist held a balance of 124,000,. , 000 of gold marks, which were earmarked for payment, according to priority, of .the expenses of the Allied occupation armies in Germany. More arrears are due to Great Britain than to others. Th© Commission has decided to hand over a sum to her, though still leavin her a heavy creditor. CARUSO’S DEATH. LONDON, Aug. 4. Signor Caruso is estimated to have earned 10,000,(300 dollars during his career. His estate is only valued at 30,000,000 lire. It is divided equally into six portions, to his step mother, brother, three children and hi s wife. PROSECUTIONS OVER STRIKE. HONOLULU, Aug. 3. Twenty Japanese, many of whom ; prominent persons, have been indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with violence attending the sugar plantation strike last year. <g> ONDON’S LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LONDON, Aug. 3 Sir Alfred Mond in the House of Commons, said the Government had de-,-ided to appoint a Royal Commission t • c onsider the question of government Greater London. The last similar Commission was held in 1883, from which the London County Council was created. SIR ROGER CASEMENT. BERLIN, August 3. A memorial service to Sir Roger Casement yesterday, was attended by the complete Irish colony, including Air Gaffney, former Consul-General, !U ,d many Irish Americans and Germans. IRISH TRADE UNION CONGRESS. ' LONDON, August 3. The Irish Labour Party ?nd Trade Union Congress at Dublin lebated the cost of living and the proposed all round reductions in wages. The executive combatted the official estimates of prevent cost of living which they contended were 178 per ©ent above pre-war compared with official figure of 132 per cent. The Chairman declared there very shortly would occur one of the greatest upheavals in the Irish Labour movement’s history. One delegate proposed taking up the employer’s challenge en masse adding. “That means facing the possibility of a social revolution.”

GERMANY ACCEPTS ALLIED DEMANDS. ' BERLIN,- August 3. Herr Rosen received the Silesian note and personally expressed to the Allied Ambassadors the willingness of the German Government to take the required action without demur. BRITISH COAL OUTPUT. •LONDON, August 3. The Coal Exporters’ Association las written to Mr Lloyd George, protesting against the present high prices of coal which they declare ajrte contrary to the spirit of the coal settlement under which the Government provided £lO,000,000 in order to enable the colliers to roover the Home and -he export trade. The Association maintains that there is a danger of a glut owing to the present high output. , There is danger of this leading to short time at the mines and so precipitating another crisis. The Ministry of Mines points out that- tile prices are now entirely a mat-' ter of supply and demand. The Board of Trade reports that the coal output in Britain for the week ended July 23rd., amounts to 4,332 000 tons as compared with 3,935,000 tons tons in the previous week, and with 4,284,000 tons in the corresponding week in 1920. There are still 131 coal mines idle, involving 26,000 men. ' A further 92 pits, employing 29,000 men, have recommenced since July 23rd. . UPTON AND AMERICA CUP. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) * f . LONDON, Aug. 4. Sir Thomas Lipton has announced his intention to challenge for the Araericq Cup in 1922. , .