BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

[BY TELEdIUPn—PKR PJIEHS ASSOCIATION]

SEMENOFF’ THREATENED. NEW YORK. April !'• Police reserves have been called out to drive back crowds of Jews and CRusSiaiis who gathered outside the gaol threatening Semehoff. CAN ADI AN FIN ANCE. OTTAWA, April L. It is learned that Canada is planning a 250 million dollar loan to meet maturing obligations and provide for deficiencies between revenues and expenditures.

INDIA CONOR ESS. DELHI, April 17

The Congress decided that municipal committees should control municipal administration, thus transferring the authority from Government institutions to Non-eo-operate bodies. "he President of the Congress in a. speech outlined a pjan for capturing committees of local boards, district hoards, municipal and even provincial councils, with the object of obstructing all work if rights arc not conceded. He appealed to nil to concentrate on a reduction of expenditure as the only solution of the remedy of conflict between the governing and Government.

NEW YORK BOOM

NEW YORK, April 17. To-day’s sales on the New York Stock Exchange totalled more than 2,000,000 of shares. This is the largest turnover since April, 1920, and for the number of issues traded in, it is a new record. For more than a week, the market has been extremely active. Industrial, railways and oil shares have been reaching new levels. CONTROL OF CHINA. PEKIN, April 17. It is understood that Dr Sun Art ,Sen ,(Southern Leader) and General Tsaolin (Governor of Manchuria) have united for the purpose of defeating General Wirpoifu. This is expected to hasten the impending changes m Peking Government.