CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1921, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEWIS \L'STII\I,IAN AND N.Z. CABUE ASSOCIATION- ! AliltVSlNlAN RAIDS, i LONDON, September I. i Advices from Nairobi state Abyssin iaii raiding parties crossed the border j |in the direction of Kenya. The ltri- l ' tish evacuatod Gaddavanna and Sole- I j mildilo. The military authorities admit f the raids but are reticent. They state * the latest reports from the district are f tlwt matters are quiet. News from i other source indicate the raiders are ex- I ! tending the ladvance inland but no < 1 details are obtainable A YOUTH’S SWIM, , 1 LONDON, September 4. |’ Iris Martin, aged twelve, swam sis- j teen miles from Rochester to Sheerness. ’ , automobile GRAND PRIX. jl LONDON, Sept. H. 1 At Brescia, Goux, riding a French | Vallot reached an average speed of I ninety-two miles an hour (which is a world’s record), and won the antomo- I bile Grand Prfx.

THE COMMUNISTS AIM. ! LONDON, September I. ' Mr Thomas, speaking at Cardiff said • Trade Union ranks included Comma- , nists who frankly believed the most effective way to get reform was to uproot the social system by means of a bloody upheaval, using every industrial dis- I pute for the purpose of the rival policy, j which was to use the industrial posi- 1 tion to the best advantage by means of | trade union activities and solidarity 1 of attempts to reconcile these opposite J policies had almost, wrecked the Miners Federation and would have wrecked tile Railwaymens Union if lie had not had the courage to fight the Communists. fight for mkltlla. united service telegrams. TiONDON, September I. Mooi e are at the very gate, of Molilla. A wording to unofficial reports reeeived in Madrid a convoy of armoured ears quitted the town to provision the advanced posts and foil into an ambush. AH except the leader returned to town. Ten thousand troops marched out returning at nightfall after a desperate struggle outside the walls. BRITISH TRADESHTP. LONDON September 5. The British hradeship dallied sth. July commences an eighteen months’ voyage to South America, South Africa. Austrnli and China anil India next summer. 'Hie ship is named British Industry and will be a specially fitted twon„ t.y thousand Dinner, with eight decks, hanking insurance and interpreters offices'anil ornate reception Hall in which the manufacturing process will be depicted by cinema.

HUiXCH WHKAT lI.VI!VKST. I’AHIS. Sppttinl'or n.-pitc tl" *l l ’I! 11 m.| I lie »':•«•! l.li 't ■ 2,1MV).000 :ii-reK in tin- war devastated area are not cultivated (lie French grain harvest is expected to be the ljifijJtest since 1914 The yield per acre will constitute a record. 1 1 is believed that owing to improved husbandry, France will not require to inpnrt any wheat in 1922.

OKA Til OK RUSSIAN PRINCESS. ilfo.-eived This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Kept. f>. The death oeentred at Hove of the Kns.ban a: tress Princess Bariatinsky. as a result ot privations during the revo--I:tton in Russia, whence she narrowly escaped upon the advent of the Bolsheviks. QUESTION OK ARMAMENTS. (Received This Day at tf a.m.) TOKiO, Sept. '). la view ot the Washington Conference the press is discussing naval defence. A well informed quarter thinks Japan should he content with a fleet in a ratio of two to America’s three, and lltitaiu’s four. The calculation de- ' pends on American intentions respecting (ilium and Al-mila fortiiicalions. These would entirely alter the • usition. practically giving America an equal naval footing in the Kar East. j TRADES I'.VKIX CONG HESS. i (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) i I.OXDON. Kept, o j Ibitilton, President of the Praties : I'uion Congress, in his opening address ! at Cardiff, declared against revolution | by force. During the hist year tlie in- ! dttstrial maelstrom had left the people , apathetic. They must combat this by: a vigorous attack and abolish the pie- J sent conditions by overthrowing the ' capitalistic system, substituting the • so-ialistie system by evolution, not by revolution. The movement was suffering from the old evil of division. They were going to he audacious in their demands hv political and industrial action They should make land tit for heroes. The Conference passed a resolution in favour of demanding from the C!o\einmeut maternity pensions on tic principle of the American schemes. A me; KIKE. (Received This Day at 5.30 a.m.) LONDON, Kept. A A lire early in the morning in a huge six floor warehouse tilled with dried fruits at London docks, threatened to involve others, hut 250 firemen and three river floats succeeded in extinguishing the tlames, after a three hours light. Two thirds of the warehouse was destioyed. The damage extended to L’ 100,000 sterling. MORE POPLAR ARRESTS. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept, r, Kivo women Councillors at Poplar were arrested to-day amidst scenes it great excitement. Mrs Lansliury and another were apprehended dining demonstration at the Town Hall, after which they joined a monster procession headed liy hands and banners which man-lied to the house of .Mrs Kent'.', who was also 'arrested. The procession, including live arrested women, returned to the Town Hall, where they were ha tided over to the sheriffs oflicet, who then motored away. Prior to arrest. Mrs l.anshiiry addressed a violent letter to the Home Secretary, accusing him of starving her husband and father- j in-law mentally and physically in gaol, j for the purpose of seeming political I spite l . PESSIMISTIC VIEWS. ! (Received This Day at' 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. T. A Dublin message says the Southern Knionists show symptoms of pessimism. The Irish "Tillies” is accusing the Dail Eireann of risking a breakdown in the negotiations and shaking public confidence in its capacity to negotiate a settlement. i