BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

L'aX'liAl.lAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. LONDON, Nov 21. The latest foreign exchange rates are: e.ris, 55.83 francs to the £; Stuckolm,” 17.10 kroner; Christiania, 28.30 roller; Copenhagen, 20.55 kroner; Ber ii, 1000 marks; Calcutta, 16 1-8 pence i> the rupee; Yokohama, 281 pence to ho yen; Hiongong, 331 pence to the ollar; Montreal, 438 cents to the £; lew York, 400 cents to the £. BRITISH IN TURKEY. ATHENS, Nov 21. Constantinople dispatches state that lie British General Harrington has had long interview with the Sultan of ’inkey there .during which, it is under tood, he outlined the British view regarding a possible settlement of the ostilities. The Turkish Press there has adopted more amicable tone towards Britain. ARMENIANS FEAR TURKS. ROME, Nov. 21. Armenian representatives aro seekng Italy’s protection of 150,000 wonou and children in Cilisia in the event if French evacuation. BRITISH WRITERS HONOURED. PARIS, November 20. The ceremony of conferring doctorites on Rudyard Kipling and Fraser ■vas in the nature of an international unction at the Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne, which was packed with a multitude who accorded the British recipients an ovation. Professor Legonis if the University of Paris, said that Kipling had won celebrity in the Ang-lo-Saxon half of the world at tho age if 25, and had conquered the rest of the planet at 35. French orators analysed Kipling’s works, which evoked thunderous applause, indicating that a majority of those present were acquainted with them. Frazer and Kipling replied, after which Madame S gundweber, of tho Comedie Francaise recited with wonderful dramatic force, Kipling’s “Ode to France,” which moved the audience to tears and cheers. BRITISH LABOUR. LONDON, November 21. The British Trade Union a,nd Lahour Executives have called a special Labour Conference for the eighth of Deoember. It is to discuss foreign affairs, the Russian famine and the Peace Treaty. ENGINEERING AGREEMENT. I LONDON, November 2J. A provisional agreement, subject to a. I .allot of the workers, lias been reached between tli<> Engineering National Employers’ Federation and the Amalgamated Engineers’ Union. The agreement provides that g£l) ( . trade union shall not interfere with the right of the employers to exercise managerial functions in their own establishments, and the Employers’ Federation shall not interfere with the proper functions of the trade union. SOUTH AFRICAN LOAN. LONDON, November 22. The Union of South Africa is now underwriting a £6,000,000 loan, at six per cent. Tt has a ccrrency to 4930and 1940, and is being issued at 96i per cent. This loan has occasioned some surprise, coming so soon after the September South African loan issue. Five millions of the new loan is required to meet the South African Treasury hills that are maturing in December and February. ; CINEMA DISASTER. BERLIN. X'ovember 22. Three hundred children were watching a performance in a Uinema theatre in Haxnhcrg when a film caught fire. The flames spread' to the entire film store, which beoame a furnace. The children, in a panic, rushed towards tlie exits. Many were trampled underfoot. Thirteen were killed. Forty are being treated at hospital. ' MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION, j LONDON, November 21. Mr Charles Granville Bruce has noj eeted the leadership of the Mount Everest expedition for 1922. j AN ENGAGEMENT. I vßeceived This Da.v at 12.25 p.m.) i LONDON. November 22. j The Central News Agency states Princess Mary is engaged to Viscount Lnscelles. ,