BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

UJSTIIALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOC.-IION NEW PRIVY COUNCILLOR. (Received This Day at 8.-30 a.m.) LONDON, Dee. 14. Senaor Pearce, the Australian, has been created a. Privy Councillor. GERMAN DYE WORKS. (Received This bay at 12.23 p.m.) BERLIN, Dee 14. The Bndische Analino Dye Coy is in•creasiiig its capital to the extent of ](X) to 500 million marks in order to repair the damage resulting in the Oppa u explosion. AIIL LIONAT RE’S DAUGHTER. OTTAWA, Dec. 14. Elipeth Rogers, daughter of the deceased British Columbia millionaire, announces her engagement to Jan Cherniavsky, the.pianist. Elspeth’s elder sister is the wife of ATicliacl Cherniavsky. BIG COAL ORDERS RKDTEU’S TELEORAMS. ißceeived This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Dec? n'aer 1!. The Scottish coal owners are loading night and day to cope with the rush of orders, which are unequalled since pre-war times.- South Wales prices are stiffening oil account of tlie rush of foreign orders. IMPERIAL DEFENCE ECONOAIV. LONDON, December 14. Sir A. Geddes’ Economy Committee’s j report is completed. It is understood that it recommends, inter-alia, a merging of the War Office. Admiralty, and Air Ministry into a common Minis1r v of Defence.