BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.JS; CABLE ASSOCIATION. FISHERMEN POACH. LONDON, May 25. French fishing vessels have been lately fishing off the west coast of County Donegal, in the North of Ireland. The local fishermen complained to the Irish Provisional Government that these vessels were engaged within the th.eemile territorial limit. Then a steamship was despatched to the scene, and it captured oiie vessel. Her crew were detained f>y the Republican Arfnyi CANCER RESEARCH. LONDON, May 25. A gift of £IOOOO for cancer research from Mr Hodman, a Sydneyite, has been allocated as follows: —£4ooo to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund of Bloomsbury; £IOOO each for four hospitals in the United Kingdom; £IOOO for the*Macßohert Endowment, of Adferdeen University; and £SOO for two radium institutes at London and Manchester .

NEW ITALIAN BANK. ROME. May 25,

A new credit hank, the Nnzionale di Credito has been founded by the Government’s auhoyisation, to take over the business of the Banco Disc onto. N.Z. DAIRY POOL. LONDON, May 25. A meeting-of the provision trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce, passed by a. large majority a resolution expressing ’“readiness to cooperate with New Zealand shippers "< i better methods of marketing their pro. duce, but always provided no scheme for control is set up in this country which would create artificial market conditions as such a scheme would prove prejudicinl. alike to the interests of the producer, distributor and consumer; also expressing the view that no revolution’ in the methods of marketing New Zealand dairy produce should be supported by the New Zealand Government until interested branches of the trade in this country have been consulted. A MEAN GAMBLED. LONDON, May 25. Alex Shinman, who lost the bulk of his war fortune of £IO,OOO sterling in gambling has won his fifth suit against bookmakers under the Cheque Betting decision. Justice Rush .said it was anomalous that the Courts were obliged to give judgment in support of claims no right, minded man could possibly make. .

CURZOX S ILLNESS. LONDON, May 25,

Lord Ourzon lias been ordered six weeks’ rest. Lord Balfour acts us foreign secretary until bis return.

REPLY TO SMUTS. LONDON, Ma v 25

Sir J. Cook publishes a letter in the Pall Mull Gazette, contradicting General Smuts’ budget statement that Australian industries are falling owing to ii high tariff. He writes—“ This is ludicrously inaccurate and absurd. Aus. tralian manufacturing industries were never in such a flourishing state. CHINA’S TROUBLE. (Received this day at 8.30 a.in.) PEKIN. May 20. A British observer who has returned from a visi.t to Sbnnknikwnn. reported Chang Tso Lin has arhitrarialy seized 300 coal cars in Kailin mineyard, and is reported ns threatening to burn them and other railway equipment, if ever ho is attacked by Wu Pei Fu. Railway equipment forms a security foBritish and .lapsnose Loans. Chang’s soldiers are reported to be recalcitrant and interfering with district railroads and threatening foreign interests. GERMANY’S AMB ASS A DOR. (Received this day at 8.50 a.in.) WASHINGTON. May 25. Doctor WieilMdt. the new German Ambassador, in presenting bis credentials to President Harding said lie hoped to gain American confidence by the peaceful ■tendency of the policy of Germany, which was only bi nt on serving tlu» intersets of t'-i* world and welfare of the people. The president replied that be was glad tn co-operate in strengthening those economic, intellectual relations which wore so long maintained between Hu* German and American people.

WAGE REDUCTION. i WASHINGTON. May 25. \ A Chicago leading rail official declared j it would he necessary to ask for a ton j per cent, reduction of wages of railway j workers, in order to absorb the freight ; rate reduction, and leave the necessary I earnings for workers. The union threat j oils a nation wide strik * ii lurther wage : reductions are proposed. ! CINEMA s'YPI.OSrON. ; WASHINGTON. -M >,v 25. \ Los Angeles telegram sbi’es :i tre- j mentions rocked i ni versa I ] f itv. a cinema centre, when ail electric i short circuit ignited the films. A hot i lire resulted, causing seventy-five thou- • sand dollars damage. Priscella Dean . n;is injured and eighty-five thousand , f.-et of films were destroyed. Cinema j stars'fought side by side with Bremen. :