CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1921, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE PARIS MUR DEI?. LONDON, Sept. 30. The ‘-Daily Chronicle's” Paris correspondent states that the- woman h-S----tellc Jobill lias confessed that Burger strangled her husband,, and put the body into three bags.. Two bags were dropped into the river Seme, and the third was buried in the !• orest Unmart. Yesterday, .Burger '.and .—telle who were handcuffed led defectives to the Forest. The earth was removed and the bag was recovered. The woman did not wince, bu the man fainted. Wholesale 00-op society London, September -I. \ meeting of the Scottish wholesale Co-operative Society disclosed that it made a loss, in conjunction with the English Wholesale Co-operative Society, estimated at from a million to a million and three-quarters on their rubber and tea plantations. dutch democracy. BRUSSELS, September The Dutch Chamber lias reieeted the Women’s Suffrage Bill by Si) votes to 66. EXPLOITING OHUMAN PANIC. LONDON. September 2!). The fluctuations of the mark on the Stock Exchange are arousing a fierce gambling spirit in all classes in London. Hundreds arc purchasing. Orelers are' flooding city firms. A prominent banker informs the "Daily Express- ’ that there is now possibly ten thousand million marks held in L»tdon. RELIEF MEASURES IN ENGLAND. LONDON. September 26. The Lord Mayors of the Provincial cities met in London and discussed unemployment. They decided to interview Sr Alfred Monti, and to make the following proposals: Firstly, instead of the. proposed State assistance to the local authorities, as published, tile Government he urged to adopt grants equal to To per cent of the interest and sinking fund in respect of all approved loans raised hy the local authorities, the latter having discretion with respect to the rate of wages. Secondly, that the Government he urged to make State contributions towards the expenditure of the Boards of Poor Law Guardians, where unemployment largely exceeds the normal amount, thus relieving the e.\isting unfair charges on the local rates. The Conference welcomed tlie Government’s proposal to deal with the relief schemes with the utmost dispatch. and the efforts towards a restoration of national tratfk.

A SOUDAN INCIDENT. (Received This Day at 3 30 a.nO LONDON, Sent. 30 A small local rising is reported in Darfur, Eastern Soudan, where an agitator Abdullah, attacked a post at Nyalla, killing a British officer and British civilian engaged in the Soudan civil service. The incident is stated to have no political significance. AN OBJECTION MADE.

'Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS. Sept. 30. British financial experts on the Repatriations Commission raised objected to the Wirsbaden agreement recently concluded ls-tween Germany am France, in regard to the method of paTinents l.v Cermany. The objection is based on the ground that the agreement creates a priority, enabling France to receive more in four years than the agreement between the Allies provides for. SPANISH REPORT. (Received This Ray at 3.30 a.m.) MADRID. Sept. 29 A communique reports heavy fighti,„r near Melilla. the rebels finally re treating. Spanish aeroplanes dropped tons of explosives on the retreating enemy. The losses on both sides were heavy. GERMAN TRADE RESULTS. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 30 V conference of representatives of federated German industries suggested that Germanv must make every effortto increase exports to such an extent that the world would he made to realise that the economic burden placed on her, meant the rum to other lands. Doctor llecher assorted that the oss through unemployment m England due to German competition, was ftreatei thaw am- indemnity England would uceive from Germany. GREEK KING’S RECEPTION (Received This Day at 9.4(1 a.m.) ATHENS, Sept. 29 King Constantine has returned. The streets were thronged and the km„, was enthusiastically cheered.

\ CHINESE NOTE. (Received. This'Da vat 9.40 a.m.) PEKIN, Sept. 29. The Chinese Foreign Office >»<» su,lt notes to the American and Japanese Locations stating that agreements between United States and Japan to - Vive the future status of 'lap, a, i*ported in press dispatches,_ institute a violation of China sovereignty. Tin note maintains that such an agreement "mot authorise Japan to lay a cable I vet ween Shanghai am. M.y. China’s consent secured on Du ground that Germany s * ; cable lapsed when ( .«. and Germany was not succeeded other power. ; WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. i LONDON, Sept 29. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Geneva representative states: The French tide, lates at the League of Nations have aettin attempted to delay a decision on "he white slave traffic. On Se,n,mbeiOoth when Mr Murray’s report was debated, M. Hanatanx demanded a delav or tour months to enable the Government. to discuss a conve.u.on, which is based on Mr Murray s report. Mr Balfour declared that whatever France did Britain would sign. Ho described the conventions as an unprecedented work. Thirty-four states warned France that if the work had to be repeated, the League’s authority would he weakened. Mr Murray's convention was adopted, item con.