AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1921, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOC.../lON JAPANESE ARMAMENT PLAN'S. NEW YORK, Oet. 2S The United Press Tokio correspondout states: It is annouiuce«l that a .Inpnncsi* Budget has heeu drailed pmt iding for an expenditure ol SOO.IHHIJMiI) dollars, of which 32 per cent »r approximately 200,0H0,(HR) will be lor hte navy and IS per cent, or approximately lbtl.OOftjOOO for army. The Japanese Government ha.- admitted that it has no doubts as to whether the amount asked for e«n he raised.

PRICK OK I’KTIUM.. (Received This Rav at 8 a.ni.) XKW YORK, 0(1. It'. The Standard Oil Cov. have inciea-ed the price of petrol by one and two cents per gallon. In seteial States the wholesale price of antomohile petrol is now 22 and 23. 001.0 IMPORTS. , XKW YORK. Oct. 2D. Oohl imports into Cured Stales - itu Ist January,total nearly d)R million <h liars, whereof Kean- and Lritaio Lave each sent KM million. Oermatiy 1(1, India 211, Australia 11. Xew Zealand two. FATAL CI.OKI) 1U RST. YAXCOI YKR. Oct. 2* Thirtv-fivu are dead through a eloinl lmrst which swept away at Hrititnma Reach, a nearby mining town. HARO TO I'XDKRSTAXO. XKW YORK. Oct. 21). The “Chicago Trihune’s" Tokio correspondent states: “As a preliminary to the Washington Cniitercneo. Hr representatives of Japan’s hig hitsiness V ncti will meet in Chicago to lay down a policy to he pursued liy the olhcial Japanese delegates to the conlereaee. Doctor Tukuma Dan, Managing Director of the vast Mitsui interests, is eii route, and is hearing a message eon'ccrning Japan’s new budget, which it is considered tho Oovernment will he unable to raise. It is understood Dr Dan therefore means to impress upon the official delegation the nlxislule necessity of effecting an agreement on a icduetioii of armaments.

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110X01,I'Ll', Oct. 28. The Japanese newspaper "•Lji.” states that a Tokio despatch (ha-lares i i,;u the Russian Soviet has called an interf.ational eowfeilutee at Irkutsk to he simultaneous with the Washington conference. It has invited (Inna. Korea, Siam, and India to send delegates. Korean and Shantung de!e- ---> cates are reported to he ch route already.