BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1922, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION,

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LONDON, July 26. Lord Balfour has informed M. Poincare that the Government will welcome M. Poincare in London nesC week as the presence of the Italian, Belgian, and Spanish representatives is necessary for special consultations. He suggests the Italian crisis may effuse delay:

BAVARIA’S THREAT. BERLIN, July 25. The Bavarian Government _ha s carried out its threat to set aside the Central Government’s new law for the defence of the. Republic and has substituted therefore a special police legulation. FRANK BURNS HONOURED. LONDON, July 25. Tho Royal Humane Society’s bronze medallion and certificate has been handed to the Australian boxer, Frank Burns, for saving the life of a man who was drowning in the Thames on June 2nd.

ANTHRAX. LONDON, July 25. The Home Office has carried out, at Liverpool, a successful experiment with a new process for disinfecting wool and hair that is infected with anthrax. The process consists of a modified scoufiHg and carbonizing system, the material neing automatically bathed in a disinfecting solution. LONDON HOSPITALS. LONDON. July 25. In collection with an appeal for London hospitals, the Prince of "Wales has consented to sign a special acknowledgment of all subscriptions of £IOOO and upwards.

THE EGYPT INQUIRY. LONDON, July 25. At the inquiry into the loss of the liner Egypt, Captain Collier told a graphic story’ of the last scenes before the vessel sank. After the collision he said, she heeled so badly that lie was able to walk from the starboard side to the keel, from which he sprang into n small boat. While doing so he received a severe blow on the head and an injury to his knee. “When he left the ship, no one was aboard, unless they were in the cabins.” He denied that the Lascars generally, or this crew in particular, were guilty of cowardice. The loss of life, said the captain was due .to tlie fact that, the passengers and the crew .threw themselves ' into the se.i. indiscriminately. The confusion was dhe to their anxiety to get away Wore the ship turned turtle. His explanation of tins want of discipline was simply the ter ,-or of the crew. They did not take up the position as they should hav done Witness- did not notice feny violence on the part of the crew, or a,iv revolver firing, use of knives, or il ,„™i wro, r.rTkrs ■ to the boats. Even if the eren had been entirely white, the oss "^. h Tork ee heS;erL,doU and Bombay I would choose the Lascars, added Captam j. Egypt, said that T,n scats boat disaster, he gave the Lasc £ drill for about n ’,X of the men a , list of the oa • ie or der for allotted to them, could not boat stations "• s ’ an d practifmd any of the Las' with its tally no boats G f the oceurboat. The suddenness ot renoe tv.is the re a - Lascar was terrordisciphne. P'f ■ "' nCjt . violent, but stricken. They w ere Some of T , \wte ht were jumpy Sod ne* tons, but they did their work.--sssg and Konieh. CRIMINAL LAW. LONDON, JuV io : In the House of Commons the Vr j.uir Law Amendment Billl after the third th e age o. ther protects 83 wit h severH

t ouds reform. ■ LONDON, July 20. discussing the House ot the scheme, expressed t e tQ hereditary principle o gbt lu , lightly it in a somei'provir”" Cppe- Home “""f^ hound to fail- The leai oi Government alone did not t J f introduction of changes He believe that Labour would be likely go in for a Republic or for hostility Jo the Crown, or for anything else of that

S °The Manpiis of‘Aberdeen said that though at present the public views were favourable to them, the House of Lords had good reason for seeking a settlement now, and the question ot the admission of Peeresses could not he left over permanently.

BLAKE’S PROGRESS. LONDON, July 25. Major Blake reports that he has reached Quetta, all well.

ASIA MINOR

FOREIGN RULE OPPOSED

OAIRO, July 25. Although the Palestine and Syrian ■ mandates have been confirmed by the :

■League of Nations, and offered no surprise for either country, an anti-man-date outbreak lias occurred in Sonanda, where a body of the Druses, under the Sultan Pasha Atrnsh, has attacked a French cavalry column. They killed two officers and 10 troopers and captured prisoners and material. The insurgents have also brought down a French aeroplane at Fsrah. The populace of d’.Taroud have stormed the military post there, and killed 15 soldiers.

LONDON WHARFAGES’ REDUCED LONDON. J«l.v 25.

The port of London authority has reduced the dock warehouse rates a further gQ points, making them from 05 to 75 per cent, above tile pre-w^r tariff, "V