BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOR EIGN ITEMS

[by TEMSOIIAPI! - TKtl PUKBS ASSOCIATION! THE ROYAL TOUR. Received Tins Day at 11.30 a.in.) LONDON, May 8. During the continental tour, the King visits cemeteries including Etnples, Poziercs, and Wadencourt, accompanied by the War Graves Commission. WAR GRAVES. LONDON, May 8. Major Phillips proceeded to Albert on Tuesday to permanently take over the Somme area of the battlefields which have been enlarged. CHINESE REPORTS. PEKIN, May 3. With the exception of rounding up small groups of scattered Eengtieti forces, military operations in Pekin region have ended. Two thousand Fengtiens are reported to he approaching Tungehow, unaware of Chang Tso Lin’s defeat. Tientsin reports Wu Pci Ku has arrived there with two thousand troops. The train to Pekin returned and reported Tengtien cavalry had cut the rails and telegraph lines to Yangtsun. " hut they had since fled or been captured. Groups were wandering over the country looting. Considerable . fighting occurred at Cbungliangehen, resulting in the capture of a brignde of Fengtieners. CHINA’S WAR. PEKIN, May 8. Allied military commanders have or- • dered Wu Pei Fu to leave Tientsin, as his presence violates the 1001 proeto- i col. Wu has refused. Hnnkow reports Chaoti, military Go- I cernor of Honan province, has started hostilities against Wu. The PekinHankow railway is cut. I The Japanese Foreign Office has in- . structed her Consulates in China that j they must not assist the belligerents ■'*' to enter Japanese territory. BUDGET WITHDRAWN. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 8. ■l* Owing to the storm of protest throughout the Cape province against the recently announced taxation pro- ’ posals, especially income tax for edu- I national purposes, the Administrator has practically withdrawn the whole scheme and also abolished the existing t turnover tax, substituting a sales tax of two per cent.