BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. PREMIER and ’labour. (Received This D»y at 9.4o'*■«•> v LONDON, Oct. o. Mtcr au interview with the Premier l, co.operax’ .i.h r ?;r,Lp,.t> * "" forth than a. plea ftt^-opevM urn. SILESIAN COMMISSION. ißeceivedThisD^atO.^--) The Silesian Commission o<lopte<l, .n .principle, a draft «-he.ne ahich « 1 1 to M Rriand and Hon. 'S^Assr** the am am b gnomic agreeposed to arrange an ec „, d mj The economic ndmimstrat.on of t liiSria, region will he entrusted to an International Comm,ss,on mtho„t political competency.

HERMAN REPARATIONS. _ AMSTERDAM, Oct. o. The 'German: Industrial Fedot ntiem has nominated a committee amdndrng Simons, and Stinnes to negotiate w a v i«w to placing large sums at the Government’s disiwsal for repara payments.

reported capture. RIGA, October 5. Messages received here confirm the reported capture of Vhuhvostock b> Bolsheviks. HOT WEATHER. (Received This Day at 1-3 l>»>-)_ LONDON. October •• To-dav shade temperature in lam !<>'■ was 80. the hottest October day since the records ware kept. COMMUNIST AGITATORS (Received This Day at 1-3 pan.) LONDON, October ’• The police authorities prailse the leaders of the genuine unemployed who did not participate in yesterday s u.«order which was duo to Communist si git ft tors. THE QUEST IN A STORM. (Received This Day at 1-3 |».m.) LISRON, October I. The Quest has arrived in Tagus Ri . - r She undergoes repairs after a >ewn handling in a Ray of Ri«ay storm. AN AGREEMENT. (Received This Day at 1-3 P-m.) BUDAPEST, Oct. ■>. Hungarv lias signed a protocol agreeing to transfer Burgenland to Austria. Thus the way is cleared for an AustnaHungarian agreement in conformity With the decision of the Ambassadors conference.

murder sentence. (Received This Day at l.*> P- n| .) BUDAPEST, Oct. 5. Paul Keri was condemned to death (or instigating the murder of the ex-Pre-mier, Count Tisza, during the revolution of 1918 and Martel Giertur, was sentenced to fourteen years’ imprisonment for complicity. damage to rice crop. (Received This Day at 1.5 p.m.) TOKYO, Oct. o. Continuous rain is seriously afie tin<r the rice crops. Widespread damage is unavoidable. Prices have ad vanned fifty per cent, in a month. LEAGUE ASSEMBLY. Received This Day at 1 .Si) p.m.) GENEVA, Oct. o. Tlie League Assembly has closed. China, Brazil, and Belgium were reelected iioii-permaiient inemlieis of toe Council. BRITAIN’S WAR DEBT. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. .'). Inquiries in best financial circles have pioved the report of America demanding immediate repayment ol the thousand million war debt, is without foundation. Direct evidence to the contrary was found in a Washington despatch which states Mr Harding intends to request an early consideration and prompt passage of a measure proriding for the funding of Allied debts. A Washington correspondent, however, qualities the statement, commenting that the present temper of ( engross, particularly the Senate, makes the passage very dubious indeed, no matter bow strongly the President mat urge it. NOTED PICTURE SOLD. (Received This Day at 1.39 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. A. The newspapers report the Duke ot Westminster lias sold his Gainsborough masterpiece, “The Rluehoy, to an American purchaser for Csfinilll sterling.