BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

iUSTUALIAN AND N.Z. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION. POOR LAW REUFF. LONDON, November lti. Official returns show liß.'l.fiß7 persons ill England and Wales, or one in iiltyseven of the total population are receiving poor law relief. Lnemployed men receiving aid arc tenlold more numerous than in 1920. NEW ROOK. (Received This Dav at 10.15 a.m.) HONDO,N Nov. 10. Plodder and Stoughton have published the life of the Marquis of Salisbury by bis daughter, Lady- Gwendolen Cecil. It includes letters written during his sojourn in Australia and New Zealand. Writing in 1852 from -Melbourne lie found Ire could gather little of the church’s condition there because the great mass of the people seemed, in the all-absorbing interest in gold, to have almost forgotten the existence of Christianity, lie found Adelaide almost evacuated and on the verge of ruin through the gold rush. Melbourne was thronged witli ephemeral plutocrats, generally illiterate, hurrying to exchange gold nuggets for a velvet gown for their wives, and unlimited whisky for themselves. Curiously enough lie found more m admire at the diggings. He was prepared to find social anarchy. wlu-li characterised California, but inste-ul found more order and civility than witnessed in liisowu native village o| ILc.tield. He records the strong ieeling prevailing against Downing Street, ami adds the people were apt to le riled at having the minutest affairs affairs settled for them at a distance of sixteen thousand miles by clerks wit.iout the faintest notion ot the questions handled. We alienate the , ’nnics and liarrass every ministry for the exquisite privilege ot supporting some thirty useless clerks. Lord *>«li'I,itrg’s political career is interestingly dealt with.

GEORG E* C AIH’ENT HER. LONDON, November lfi. Carpeiitier is suffering from a severe chill, which is likely to result in a further postponement of his fight with Cook. AN INDIAN'S THRONE. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON November lb. Difficulties wherein love and romance plav a prominent part have arisen between the Raja of I‘adskala and bis subjects. Rain married a.n Australian lady and belli are devotedly attached to one another and to the soli. liotli Raja and his wife wore received at the King-Emperor's Court but while this recognition was recorded the wile. tie- Government 1,1 '"‘lin i''fused to recognise the son a., icir to the throne, on the grounds that only a Ddl-hlond-ed Indian could succeed. Raja there, lore refuses to return to rule his state, despite the entreaties of llis subjects, who arc memorialising the Secretary of State and Government ol India. There is sonic talk of sending a deputation of subjects to Europe, to urge Raja to return. In the event of Raja refusing, it is probable Government will appoint •' Regent. AVAR OF BRICES. LONDON. November id. Following the breaking off of tin: A.ssoeiatioii between Scottish and English steelmakers, a price war has begun, the hitter offering Clyde firms ship-plat's ami angles at 2(1;- per ton below Scottish prices. ’1 lus i esillted in insD actions h\- shipbuilders to carry out suspended ordcis.

MODERATOR EI.EOT. LONDON'. November lti. Doctor John Smith has been nominated at Moderator-Elect ol the Church of Scotland. The Rev. David Fraser of Liviiigxtonia. is the new Aloderatoi of the United Free Church. T!i>' latter was for 29 years a Missionary in AI].HAGUE PRESIDING OFFICER. (Received This Dav at 9.49 a.m.) GENEVA, Nov. Iff. The League of Nations appointed C’alonder. ex-Presidcnt of Switzerland to preside over the Polish-German negotiations with the League of Nations, relating to the economic regime and protection of minorities in I'pper Silesia. FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Nov. lti. Sir J. Allen, Messrs Shepherd, J. M. Hunter, Connolly and Ashbolt attended the inaugural meeting oi the Empire Forestry Association at the Guildhall. Resolutions were passed in lavour ot a determined effort towards the extension of an Empire-wide constructive torest police- whereunder the Empire’s sylvan resources would he scientifically conserved and prudentlv exploited for th» mutual benefit ot' the Empire’s people. Wood a Commoner, assured Hie promoters of the Colonial Offices’ desire, to support the Association, and supplement the educational work aiming at co-orilination of forestry development throughout the Empire. Aslilmlt pointed out that the association intended to make its educational work practicable, and decided to limit the forthcoining exhibition to the Empire's timbers at the Imperial Institute. There were two timbers available in uereial quantities at prices which would compete with foreign timbers.

AI! HECKLE TRIAL. 'Received This Day at 9.1 t) a.m.i NEAT’ YORK, .November 15. Up to to-day, eight jurors including three women, have been chosen tentatively for the Arbuekl" trial at San Erauciseo. A'erbal protcelinirs between 'Brady and Alenah (Ai buckle’s counsel) continued. Alenah charged Brady with having impounded witnesses and threatened them with gaol unless they signed statements favourable to the prosecution. Brady replied that if this were proved he would immediately resign. To-day one man and two women were added to the jury. Admiral Tokarabe is impressed with tint difficulties of the problem, aiul said the flowers must congratulate themselves if an agreement is reached. I The Director Shima of Nippon A useu 1 Kaisha. line, said the art of shiphiiild- | ing will he dissipated during a ten i year holiday. Professor Tanaka of History at Keiu | University said the limitation of armaments will not he a concrete guarantee of peace as generally supposed, because it will he followed hv more intensified | industrial competition, no less fatal than armament constructon if carried too far. He suggested a Pacific tariff i alliance.