BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN ANO N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SOVIET AND KORELANS. " (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) . LONDON, Jan. 18. Helsingfors advices state Bolsheviks have recaptured Repola, Letsma, Tulv)aara. The Korelans are retreating towards the Finnish frontier. A Soviet representative in Helsingfors declares Russia will not accept mediation by the League of Nations.

A FRENCH REPLY. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 18. The “Matin” in an open letter to United States, Senator McCormick, replying to his demand for an inquiry into European military expenditures, points out that the cost of France’s army of 1922 amounts to 2,140 million francs, or one twelfth of the country’s total expenditure, and equivalent to 18 million dollars. Compared with America’s 1921-22 war budget of three hundred million dollars France’s naval expenditure of 1922 equals sixty-seven million dollars.

RILL OF LADING. reuter’s TELEGRAMS. I i [Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) j LONDON, Jan. 17. I The newly formed British Federation of Trades Association comprising eleven ( Associations, covering a large proportion of the import trade interests, at an, inaugural meeting resolutioned demanding legislation on lines of the Imperial Shipping Committee’s recommendations. The meeting declined to accept the Hague rules, but offered to meet shipowners and discuss a definite, bill of lading, acceptable to both sides. NO AGREEMENT YET. CAPETOWN, Jan. 17 The conference sat again without, reaching an agreement and resumes tomorrow. CHARLIE CHAPLIN LOSES MONEY NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Charlie Chaplin, the movie actor, has lost SIOO,OOO owing to the recent failure of the financial house of Wagner and Company. WILL U.S.A. ATTEND. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 The United States Government has received from the Italian Government an invitation to the Genoa Economic Conference. No decision has been preached over it. Probably it will be several days before any reply is transmitted. LONDON MEAT TRADE. LONDON, Jan. 18. The Cold'Storage and Ice Association lias summoned a conference, including representatives of tho Australian and New Zealand Governments, to consider the shortcomings of transit facilities in Britain, such as the inefficiency of refrigerators, a cause whereby considerable damage and loss have lieen caused to foodstuffs in 'transit. A committee was appointed to consider hygenic ieforms, defects in railway transit, and alternative means of food transport. It was stated that Britain had a great deal to learn from the Dominions and America in handling meat at the docks, in cold storage, in transit on the railways, and in cartage from the markets to shops. GERMAN COMPOSER, LONDON, Jan. 17. Richard Strauss had an enthusiastic reception at the Albert Hall. He is the first German musician to face a British audience since 1914. He conducted a programme of his own works, including “Don Juari,” and o ei svmpthonic poems, also “Morgen and other famous songs. NO PROGRESS MADE. . (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Jan 18. It is officially reported that no pro gross has been made at the strike con ference. The position is regarded ai serious. The men’s demands are hard ening. . . , The repatriation of time expired na tives from the mines has commenced. SHAH OF PERSIA. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) TEHERAN, Jan 17. •The Shah, for health reasons, has de cfckkt to make a six months visit t Europe. His brother will act as Rc gent, pending the Crown Prince’s re turn from Ipis European visit,