BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

\ L'SI'RALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ADMIRAL’S ESTATE. LONDON, August iO. Admiral Arthur Wilson left £26870 sterling. A BIG SEA MONSTER. LONDON, August 10. Harland and AYolff have ueg;n tlm construction of a thirty thousand ton steamer for the Holland-Ameriea’s New York service. It is the biggest shin since 1914 and will be named Statendam. AUSTRALIAN MEMORIAL. LONDON, August 10. Arrangements have been made to erect a memorial at Villiers B-retton-nettx costing the Commonwealth £IOO- - Ten acres have already been purchased for the purpose. It is now reported the site is entirely unsuitable, inaccessible, off the high road and invisible to ordinary passers by. Shepherd who has seen the locality reports against it. Mr Hughes proposes to inspect it himself. Meanwhile all developments are delayed. Asked if Australia would be represented at the League of Nations meet- , ing at Gene via in September, Mr Hughes stated he was endeavouring to provide a delegate hut none were in view yet. He added that certainly it won’t be a minister. I ■ BRITISH CO A 4 ■LONDON, August xO. 1 An unusual sight is now afforded by some of the Scottish Railways which are blocked up with miles of .coal laden waggons, and also many empty goods trucks, j The consumers are refusing to pay th,e high prices that are demanded for the coal. ! The coal consumers contend that - prices are treble as what the ! trade can stand for domestic coal. Several iron masters who have been boycotted have in consequence refused to operate their blast furnaces and this has caused a famine in pig iron. Many of the eoa] miners ’re once again without any work. .110 ROCC’AN HOST I LIT! ES MADRID, Aug. 10 Jt is officially reported from Mellila that hostilities have ceased and that the enemy forces are now dwindling. Other reports represent- General av id’s position as more critical, and | his forces depend for its water on ice conveyed by aeroplanes. ALFONSO TO THF RESCUE. LONDON. Aug. 11. \ .Mad'id telegram reports that the Spanish Cabinet has resigned so as to enable King Alfonso to choose a political solution of the problem caused by the events in .Morocco. JAPAN’S SUSPICIONS. LONDON, Aug. 11 The “Morning Post’s” correspondent in Japan says; A study of the Japanese vernacular press indicates a suspicious Japanese attitude towards the Washington Conference. This has grown since Senator Knox tried to internationalise the Manchurian Railway. Japan will not accept the American proposals without the most careful investigation. Japan, however, realises that without the assistance of Western finance, she could not have prosecuted her past wars. This fact is m-r her cautious, as in her future defence she may possibly be squeezed by Western finance. She regards Harding’s proposal as a new move for the control ot Asia, which control will decide the fate of the Pacific natives by Occidentals. She is afraid of being drawn into a new combination of Powers which may possibly menace .her long-cherished independen<*o. CARUSO’S WILL. “the times” service (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug *lO. A Home correspondent- reports Caruso’s will, dated January, 1919, was read in the presence of witnesses and relatives. The widow was absent. The inheritance is divided between two sons and a brother. He bequeathed the widow only' the portion due to her according to law. The relatives, however, had agreed on a friendly division. This will is an exact copy of that found at Naples after his death. The conjecture that a new will was made after the birth of liis youngest daughter i s unfounded. POLISH FRONTIER BRUSH. recter’s telegrams. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 10. A message from Breslau repoits bands crossed the frontier near Rosebery and were driven back after a fight with the police and British troops, in which the latter suffered casualties.