BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. HOTEL HOURS DECISION. (Ko'oiveil This Day at 8 30 a.m.) LONDON, Oet. 24. The Bishop ot Stepney and numbers of the clergy .and lomperiiiice advocates sang the doxology in Tower Hamlet’s licensing court, when the Chairman decided that the closing hour for hotels lie ten, instead of eleven, as asked fur by the Trade. The decision affects Stepno.v, Poplar. She oil.toll and Bethnal Green. EXHIBITION PROJECT. LONDON, Oct, 24. A meeting rtf Glasgow business 'men guaranteed £40,000 towards a British Empire exhibition.

BUTTING DEBTS. HOUSE OF LORDS DECISION. UNI TED SERVICE TF.LKCTt.I MS. (Received This Day at, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON. October 25. A test belting ease Sutters versus Briggs, has been considered by tinHouse of Lords, which has now decided that, the loser may legally recover debts paid bv cheque. The decision has caused consternation aiming hook makers and the betting public. It is understood it covers a nojiiid of the last six years. The biggest blow lies in transactions of deceased clients whose executors arc bound to take action for recovery. A conference is being held In consider the position, and pari mutnel and other schemes are being evolved to overcome the difficulty.

IN Tl-lE COMMONS'. 'Received This Day al 11.311 a.m ) LONDON. Oct. 25 The Mouse nf Coininons carried the sci-oiid reading of the 1 firm ployed Dependants Bill, alter Air dyne's mot ion fin its rejection had boon deteatod by 22(> to 70. IVIN FOR AUSTRALIA. vF.eceiveil This Day at. 11.31) a.m.) CAPETOWN. October 25. Australia ill the second innings lost one wicket for sixty three (Bardxley not out twenty-five, Macartney not out twenty-seven). Australia won by nine wickets. POLAND'S ACCEPTANCE. (Received This Dev at 1.5 p.m.) WARSAW. October 25. The Polish Government has accepted the League of Nations decision regarding Ft)per Silesia and lias appointed the Polish High Commissioner at Danlzig to negotiate for a Polish-!lertnati economic agreement. BANDITS CtI’TTRF .MAIL. (Rt-'ciicd This Day al 1.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. Octolier 25. Three bandits captured a mail truck in the business district, and escaped with a registered mail worth a million dollars. another bandit outrage. I Received This Dav at, 12.25 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, Octolier 25. Twenty Bandits boarded * train, killed six persons and wounded live. They then escaped with loot worth two hundred thousand pesos.