BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. LONDON, August 20. The King has held a Privy CbuncU Meeting' at Bolton Abbey at two o’clock this morning, in order to arrange for the suddenly arrived at decision to adjourn Parliament instead of to prorogue Parliament. TURCO-GRECIAN WAR. ATHENS, August 19. Greeks are advancing on a 55-mile front and have advanced 60 miles. The inhabitants are folowing the Ivemalist army, which the Greek aeroplanes are harrassing night and day. Ivemal Pasha is surprised at the Greek rapid jty. At the present it is not known where he will accept battle.

KAISER AND CONSTANTINE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) GENEVA, Aug. 19. The newspaper Tribune states authentically that the ex-Kaiser has sent Constantine, his brother-in-law, a letter of congratulations on the Greek Army s success, recalling how he had written and worked personally for the establishment of the Anatolian railway system, the most important point of which now is in the hands of Gfeecb. ALLIED DEBTS. WASHINGTON, Aug 20. The Senate fihanco committee favourably reported oh the Administration Bill providing for the refunding of Allied debts within five years. The measure gives the Secretary of the Treasury a sweeping authority to refund or extend the time for payment of the principal or interest. VESSEL ON FIRE. CAPETOWN, Aug. 19. A private cable- from Sierra Leone indicates that the situation of the steamer Saxon is more serious than was first supposed. When the vessel arrived at Sierra Leone the sides were radiatiiig heat and the passengers had abandoned the cabins and were on the decks. The smoke during the last few days of the voyrtgo was dense enough to rt’hder the decks Mre a London fog. Thb damage is probably extensive. General Smuts and Smnrtt will probably trabship to thb Kenilworth Castle. QUEENSLAND MEAT. LONDON, Aug. 20. .Mr Hunter, Agent-General for Queensland, interviewed by a meat trade journal, said that the present serious conditions of the beef trado must be ended or mended quickly. It is impossible for the industry to stand the present losses. thb preference which the trade and consuming public arc showing for Argentine beef reflects no credit on their health or heads. Prior to the war Argentine and Queensland beef was sold at the same price, but now Queensland boeT was threepence a pound below that fro* 1 the Argentine. The only apparent reason was that Australia was selfsacrificing enough to allow the army to have the meat during the war. There was no complaint regarding the quality of Queensland meat which suggests that there is a rigid Government inspection. The Australian Government gives British goods a preference of 12} per cent, and is entitled at least to equality ( of treatment with foreign traders. GREEK POLITICIAN’S DEATH. ‘ ATHENS, Aug. 19. j M. Rallis, ex-Greek Premier, is dead. BATTLESHIPS STILL FAVOURED. ] WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. A joint Army and Navy Board re- | port states that the results of the r<& cent tests by which four former German warships were sunk hv an air crafty have failed to displace the battleship' from its pre-eminent position as the nation’s chief defence at sea, though the development of the air services are 1 now vital adjuncts. l UNLUCKY SHIP. 1 LONDON, Aug. 20 J The “Patella,” which collided with f the Bcnalla on May 13, is in trouble s again. She ran aground on a sand- | hank at Lisbon. Her cargo of oil was I jettisoned. Her Chinese crew refused v to leave the vessel. It is feared the 1 “Patella” will become a total Toss. < NEW P. AND O. LINER. LONDON, Aug. IK s The Baradine, he P. and O. Cov’s new .t 13 00() ton liner, for the Australian ( service, lias, after successful trials, left a t.. e Belfast shipyards for the Thames. \ I CHEATING INSURANCE i COMPANIES. t (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) \ NEW YORK, August 20. I One hundred automobiles were found j beneath the surface of the water in a deserted quarry, the owners having im- ( . mersed them at various times for the , purpose of collecting theft instilance. f STARVING WANDERERS. a BERLIN, August 20. , Advices from Lemberg states fifty n thousand isufferers from starvation s penetrated Olgapol, Ukraine, rioting j e and plundering the villages and collid- j j fhg with local peasantry. I i i STRANDED RESCUE. LONDON, August 20. I A steamer with 1500 holiday makers t returning to the Isle of Man ground- ( ed near New Brighton Lighthouse, [lie \ receding tide stranded her high and dry t The fire brigade rescued jieople by ( means of fire escapes ladders olantod on the ships’ side. A crowd on the j. shore witnessed the rescue. 1 — ( A VILLAGE ROMANCE. ( LONDON, August 20. < A romance of ft village girl and nobleman culminated at Stowe Parish church gi- where Katherine Jalekman, daughter of the village, blacksmith, married the master of Kenloss, grandson of the last Duke of Buckingham. Thje romance ] dates back to childhood, when the young heir used to take his broken j ' toys to the smithy, at j the gates of Stowe House, Kenloss i stlafosi there 1s nothing unusual in -J ■ fmch a marriage in these democratic | i flays, |'