BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

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COM.MEHGTAL. LONDON, July 28

Wheat cargoes are firm, with no pressure to sell, owing to the oversold condition of the market. Quotations i; float 51s 3d, loading (54s 6d. Parcels arc held for an increase. Spot trade is quiet. Australian ex ship 56s 6d. Flour is dull. Australian ex-store 395. Parley is steady, oats quiet and unchanged. Beans are slow,- peas firm, sugar, granulated, 51 s 6d.

CANADIAN CATTLE. LONDON, July 27

Mr Lloyd George replying to questions in the Commons, said the Government accepted Monday’s decision as a mandate to legislate at the earliest convenience for the admission of Canadian cattle. Cabinet was considering the matter in the light of the House of Lords vote, and would confer with the Canadian Ministry.

FLOODS IN CHINA. PEKIN, July 27

Owing to unprecedented rains, floods arc mining northern Chinese crops, and threaten serious damage to Pekin where 1860 houses collapsed.

EGYPT ENQUIRY. LONDON. July 27. Undo said he and his family sank with the ship, lie was picked up hut never saw his wile or children again. Lascars could have saved Ins children. 'Tliev were the only ones aboard. lucre was 25 minutes between the collision and sinking, but they made no attempt to do so, When lie reached the shore he found a Lascar waring Ins coat, from which bank notes had been stolen.

BRITISH POLITICS. LONDON, July 2<

In the Commons in reply to a question ,Mr Lloyd George said if the Russian Government had announced „lainlv the intention to pursue the hS foreshadowed by the Russian delegation at Hague the British Government would certainly do its utmost to assist Britishers to enter into negotiations with the Russian Government ,and carry them to n- successful conclusion. . , ■ Regarding M. Poincares visit, he said a difficulty had arisen in consequence of a Ministerial crisis in ItalyThe date of the visit would depend entirely On when the crisis was solved.

A BOOK REVIEWED. LONDON, July 27

The newspapers appreciatively review Arnold Wood’s book, “ Discovery of Australia,” published by McMillans. They pay a tribute to the authoritative and comprehensive character of the work. The hook is dedicated to Sydney Universiy, and is founded on a series of lectures delivered there in 1917,

WOULD’ NAVIES. LONDON. July. 27

Tile Admiralty issues a return wliieh shows the Naval strengths to be as follows : America: 31 battleships, 9 light crib KC-rs, 10 cruisers, O torpedo boats. Britain: 22 battleships, 51 light cruisers, 3 cruisers, 08 torpedo boats. Italy: 13 battleships, 10 light cruisers, I cruisers, 73 torpedo boats.

Japan: 11 cruisers, 12 light cruisers 0 cruisers, 0 torpedo boats. France: 10 battleships. 0 light cruisers, 7 cruisers, 0 torpedo boats. Russia: 9 battleships, 0 light cruisers. 5 cruisers, 0 torpedo boats. Germany: 8 battleships. 0 light cruisers. 0 cruisers. U> torpedo boats. It i K pointed out that these figures include warships to be scrapped under tbe Washington Treaty. America has 315 destroyers; Britain 184. America has 102 submarines and 38 buihling; Britain has 93 and 8 building.

SOVIET SOIREE. LONDON. July 2i. The “Daily Express’s” Berlin correspondent reports the former Russian Imperial ' Embassy was a blaze of ij.fbt and colour, when, in accordance ”vith M. Tchitehorin’s orders, the first official reception was held since 1918. , . . . Italian, Japanese. Chinese and Austrian diplomats attended in full regalia No member of the Proletariat was seen among the forgeous Louis XVI furniture, and Gobelin tapestries. Admiilals. generals, princelings, industrial magnates and conservative members of the Reichstag attended in irreat numbers and partook ol the richest fare and tbe rarest wines at this remarkable Communist reception.

THE ITALIAN MINISTRY. ROME, July 27. Signer Bonuini has definitely declined to form n Ministry.

TO CONTINUE WORK. I'BUTF.TI’S TKIjEOUAM**. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. July 28. After a determined effort to secure modifications from employers, the unions concerned in the engineering strike advised members to accept a reduction of wages and continue work. IRREGIJOARS DO DAMAGE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) t LONDON. July 28. ! Irregulars captured Clifden Wireless j Station, bombed the condenser house ; and destroyed the vital parts. Trans- | Atlantic traffic lias been transferred to j Ongar station in Essex. j MARVELLOUS TELEPHONY. j (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) j LONDON, July 28. j ' Lily T’ayling, who was chosen as the t vocalist to inaugurate the first broad- j pasted concert sang at The Hague “The j Land of Hope and Glory” to audiences | throughout France, Belgium and England. The song was clearly heard at Ramsgate, Newcastle on Tyne, and Liverpool, but only partially heard in in London and Southern Counties. the coal boom. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. July 29. The Coal Boom in Northumberland and Wales continues unabated owing to American orders. North-eastern mines which have been idle since the strike have now been forced to refuse prompt delivery of orders. The price has reached forty shillings per ton, freight to America and doubled within n week.

A BIG STRIKE. BERLIN, .T«ly 27. More than three hundred ships ore idle through the Hamburg shipping str}ll«.