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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. OBITUARY. LONDON, Aug. 18 The death is announced of LieutGeneral Sir David Henderson Lane, Director-General of Military Aeronautics. He was 59 years of ago. SAFEGUARDING OF INDUSTRIES. LONDON, Aug. 18 The House of Commons disagreed with the House of Lords’ amendment to the Safeguarding of Industries Bill. The Lords did not insist upon the amendment and the Bill finally passed. LATEST BIG LINER, LONDON, Aug. 18 , The Baradine, the P. and 0. Co’s new 13,300 ton liner, for the Australian service, has, after successful trials, left the Belfast shipyards for the Thames. PROFITS IN BEER. LONDON, Aug. IS The Bass Brewery firm paid taxation amounting to £7,500,000 in 1920. This is 15 times the year’s profits, and 20 times as much as the "dividends. All LiTARISTIO AVIATION. LONDON, Aug. 18. The British Air Ministry is now offering three prizes, totalling £2OOO, for the best design for a safety aeroplane fuel tank, capable of withstanding crashes. -MUNITION WORKERS’ RESOLVE. PARIS, Aug. 18. A meeting of the trade unionists engaged in making equipment, has decided to refuse to give any assistance which would enable the Government of* any country to make war in the future. A resolution in favour of a general strike in the munition factories, unless the demands of the trade unions were agreed to, was carried unanimously. PATENT RIGHTS. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 19 The Imperial Conference agreed that representatives from the Patents 'Offices in the Dominions, iheet in London to consider the practicability of instituting a system which would be valid throughout the Empire. Alemorandum now available shows that under ti e existing system, separate rights are uquired in each dominion. Two pro- !>•_> ,■!. ,iete submitted, first the abolition of Dominion offices, and the creation of an Imperial office similar to Washington; second, to retain local offices while establishing a central Empire office, where locally granted patents would be recorded, which would have a prima facie validity throughout the Empire. Any inventor obtaining a patent at a branch office would have tile right to have a search made for the novelty, such search being recorded on the patent. The Conference will probably be early next year. NATIONALITY OF CHILDREN. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 19. Tlu* Conference passed a resolution regarding the nationality of children based on the following recommendation:—ln all foreign countries, a child of British parents who at present would not possess British nationality should acquire it from birth upon registration of the child at the British Consulate, within one year. The nationality so acquired shall cease a year after tlie child attains its majority, unless meanwhile it renews the registration. It is intended that the scheme be made retrospective to include children of the second generation, born abroad since January 1915. With a view to obtaining uniformity throughout the Empire the l principle will lie submitted to the Dominion Parliament as soon as possible. FRENCH PREMIER’S STATEMENT. PARIS, August 18. AI. Briand, interviewed, stated that those who criticised the Supreme Council's decisions forgot or ignored that if. Britain, Italy and Japan expressed an opinion diametrically opposed to that of France, it would mean the bankruptcy of the Supreme Council. Germany was only awaiting suchai signal to'occupy Upper Silesia which sir could do according to the treaty. “AVe avoided much trouble,” he said, “by referring the question to the League of Nations and it will be dealt with much quicker than people think.” UNEMPLOYED AT SHEFFIELD. LONDON, August 18. Renewed unemployed rioting at Sheffield is recorded. It is stated to have been due to the Communists of Sh field. The riots lasted for several hours. A [oimted and foot police repeatedly charged large crowds, as they were marching to the Police Court where 11 of their comrades were brought before a Alagistrate in connection wit the previous outbreak, when the unemployed marched to the Town Hall and attempted to seize it, but the police, using truncheons, charged and dispersed them. Seven more men were arrested. BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, August 18. The last weekly returns of the persons wholly unemployed in Britain showed a reduction of 30,000. MOROCCAN REVOLT. LONDON, August 18. It is reported that four British vessels have reached Melilla, carrying British war material for Spain in connection with the Riffs revolt in Morocco.