BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

,1 L'STRAJ.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION RAILWAY RETURNS .Received 'his day at 8 a.m.) I ,ON DON. O'"! 1. V Blue Book publishes a. remark,ib!" evidence of slump in railway raliie as a result of the increase in lares, by 75 per cent, during 1921. hundred million fewer joimieys were inn.de compared with 192(1 out of flic total passengers of 12 null ion. receipts fell ten nil lion sterling, t r total being 240 million sterling. Ok decrease in ftr.sU-h.ss ~asst, asst Tigers amounted to fifty per cent, make it slear that increased fares ..if more than the public can pa.'ivav managers are meeting on 1 day to oonsidor the rjiiostion w a eral reduction. DISAPPROVAL ok cabin KT. ,Received this day at U>.:!o i.m.i A'fASTITNO'TON. October •>. The Treasury Department has indicated that the administration di-ap-jiroves of the bankers suggestions made «t the Convention, that part of the Allied debts could be cancelled. DISASTROUS CANADIAN FIRE. (Received this day at 10.30 a.iuA OTAWA- October o. According to a message from North Bay. Ontario, thirty lives were lost through a fire which is sweeping northern Ontario. Five towns have been destroyed and thousands of people «rc homeless.

INDIAN FEELlNG‘Received this (lay at 12.25 paiA DELHI. October •>. The extremist paper at Allahabad is appealing: for enlistments of a. lejriin to assist Turkish Nationalists in the stnipple with Greeks. A strong feeling is existent against allowing the paper to disseminate what is regarded ns dangerous propaganda.