BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN ANR N.Z. fJABI.E A.vSOCIATION. ' EXH U-M ATION Oh GRAVE-. 'Received Tins Day M 1.3 1 I'"! 1 -’ LONDON. Kcp ■ i-. It is authoritatively stated that the Y.'ar Office have decided In discontinue the exhumation of graves on tl.i French and Flemish baitle'iclds on Eept. lJtli. Neither Australia. New Zealand, nor Canada, were parties to tliis decision. The matter is eiitiiely within t!u» discretion of the Imperial authorities. It' is estimated • that 125.000 |todies are iiiireeovered m Fra line and Flanders, including 1U«’ :) Australians. The exhumation would probably take years, w bile ideuiiiie:.tion is imren.singly tlifficuh eiu*li >e.u. is understood Mon At. M. llug-.es and the Commonwealth military authorities are anxious to continue the exhumation, hut it is impossible without Imperial co-operat inn. It i« >eJieved if Dominions jointly appeal to the Imperial authorities the latter may lie induced to continue the exhumations for at least another year. ARMOUR COM I’ANY':'. M FAT. <Received Tliis Day at 1.30 p.m.) I.ONFiON. Kept. 12 The "Pall Mall Gazelle” gives proSnineme to what ii dewrih.es as New Zealand’s hold up of meat, and puhlishcs details of the dispute between New Zealand and the Rig Five, based on statements made hy Arm nr s ie])iesentatives. The “Pall -'*"'l . says several hundred thousand slm | anil lambs are lying rotting in store houses at Christchurch, instead ol Icing sent to the London maikets.