BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

A LSI lIALI AN' AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. EXCHANGE PRICES. LONDON. November 11. Foreign Exchange .rates are Pans b 165 francs to pound; Stockholm 1700 kroner; Christiania 2755 kroner; Copenhagen 21-10 kroner; Berlin 1000 marks: Calcutta lt>i pence to rupee; Yokohama 201 pence to yen; Hongkong pence to dollar; Montreal 133 cents to pound ; New York 395 cents.

charge of fraud. LONDON, November 11. James llurie Ratullo and Desmoid, food chartered accountants and their managing clerk, James Alexander Wilkie were charged at Guildhall with defrauding the inland revenue department by falsifying their income tax returns. Counsel stated Patullo’s deficiency over seven years totalled £26, 509 sterling. AN ENTENTE. WARS AAV, November 13. Skirmunt, the Polish Foreign Minister has concluded an Entente with Czocho-ijlovakia.

BOTTOM LEY’S TRIAL. LONDON, Nov. 14. Replying to Air Bottomley’s letter cabled (in'the lltli, the Lord Chancellor states lie has no jurisdiction to administer the suggested reprimand to Magistrate Hi run, even if the circumstances justified it, a point upon which ho would not express an opinion. The question of 'prosecuting -Bottomloy for perjury was one that • appertained to the Director of Public Prosecutions, under the direction of the AttorneyGeneral to whom Bottomley’s letter bail been forwarded. UNIVERSITY HONOURS. PARTS, Nov. 14. The University confers honorary doctorships on James Frazer nml Rudyard Kipling.

WOMEN POLITICIANS. LONDON, Nov. 15. A AVomen’s Election Committee has licou organised, to secure the return of women to the House of Commons. The committee lias initiated a “Million Shilling” lighting fund. Suitable women of all parties will he assisted. HUNGARIAN CABINET RESIGNS VIENNA, Nov. 14. The Hungarian Cabinet have resigned. It, is believed it is only formally, and that Hortliy is probably entrusting M. Bethlen with the formation of a new Ministry.

BRITAIN’S SUPER “HOOD” CONTRACTS. LONDON, Nov. 15. The “Daily News” recalls Sir 1). Maclxuin’s recent warning that the embarrassing situation would arise through Britain awarding four super “Hood” battle cruiser contracts on the eve of the Conference. It adds: “It is evident in responsible quarters that opposition to the naval scrapping proposals is anticipated, and this from opponents, who, having influential friends will surrender only to public opinion strong enough to insist on the abandonment of the four new cruisers.