MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1922, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS

|KALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

REGULATION OF IMPORTS. CAPETOWN, June o. Tn the Union Asesnibly General Smuts Stated the, Union Government did not intend to renew the war tune moratorium, empowering the Government to control imports, but it- would substitute a Bill empowering the Government t-0 regulate the importation of the best sugar, and also the bounties on iron and steel.

JAPANESE POLITICS. _ TOKIO, June o. The leader fo the Seiyukai Party has anreed to continue the Takahashi Cabinet in office, giving the Premier complete authority to decide the pctfiej the Cabinet and to expel the recalcitrant members.

FOREIGNERS WARNED. REKIN, June 6. All foreigners have been warned to leave ghnnhaikunil, on the Manchurian border because of serious fighting between the advance guard of W u-l eiFu’s army and the retreating troops of Chang-Tso-I.in.

REVISED BUILDING PROGRAMME TOKIO, June 6. The newspaper “Mainiohi_ Shimbun" reports that a modification! has been approved of in the Japanese nayn programme providing for the followin a vessels: — Four 10,000 ton cruisers. Four 7000 ton cruisers. Twenty-four 1500 ton cruisers. Twenty-eight submarines.

Two aeroplane carriers. Fourteen special duty vessels. • The 32 cruisers will carry eight-inch guns. Their construction will start in 1923. NEW RECORD. NEW YORK. June 3. At Philadelphia, Walter Hoover, broke the world’s amateur sculling record for a mile and a quarter, doing the distance in 444 seconds. He is entered for the Diamond Sculls at Henley England. , _ SOUTH AFRICAN DUTIES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) CAPETOWN, June 6. The Minister of Finance announced in connection with exchange Dumping Duty, where the value of the imported goods is within ten per cent of the world value, the dumping duty would not be imposed.

REBELS KILLED

The fugitive rebels, Bondelzwork, were overtaken at Haibund, north of Orange River. Fifty seven were killed and one hundred wounded. The protectorate casualties were four wounded.