BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SHIPYARD WORKERS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 4. Despite the rejection of the employers terms, shipyard workers decided i gainst a strike as a two-thirds majority was not obtained. GERMAN MARKS. (Received this dav at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. I. Exchange at Berlin yesterday touched 29,000 and closed at 27,200. RACING FRAUDS. LONDON. November 5. In connection with the racing frauds cabled on 30tli. August, seven men were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from eigntcen months to seven vears. MINERS DECISION. LONDON, November 5. South Wales Miners Federation decided to withdraw strike notices, owing to -the small percentage obeying .the call in connection with the dockyard troubles. The Admiralty insists on : further reduction of four shillings weekly, while employees claim an increase of 12s. AN APPEAL DISMISSED. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON. November 5. The Judicial Committee of the House of Lords by majority dismissed Mrs Rutherford's appeal against . the annulment of the decree nisi cabled on 13th. February. The newspapers • attention to the case as illustrating the need for reform of divorce laws. It is stated there arc lo.ty thousand men and women in Britain hound to matrimonial partners who have been certified insane, for five years and upwards. ATHENS. November I. The insurrectionary movement started on the Island of Samos demanding the return of the former autonomy under the protection of the I/cague ot Nations.

MR KISH FEARS. CONSTANTINOPLE. November 5. The decision of the Angora Government regarding the Sultanate has caused consternation. The sober-minded Turks regard it as a blow at deeprooted traditions likely to [n the eyes of tile entire Moslem world. Turks are asking themselves where the rutli-

lss innovations are going to end. for the expulsion of Christians is also causing serious misgivings as practically all tlie skilled labour is supplied hv Greeks and Armenians. BRITAIN AND CANADA. (Received this dav at 10.30 a.m.A LONDON. Nov. 5. Britain and Canada have ratified an agreement regarding the importation of store cattle with the strictest precautions against contagious diseases. A DIYORCE DECISION. (Received this dav at 10.20 a.m ' LONDON. Nov. 5. The 'Daily Telegraph” commenting editorially on Rutherford’s appeal decision says the Rutherfords will never again live together. Morality and religion agree that they must be kept apart. Wily should not the wife be free to marry again, if slie chooses. It is a travesty on the sanctity of wedlock to hold that this marriage is indissoluable. If Rutherford had been a murderer and not insane, h" would almost certainly have been executed ami Iris wife would he free, but because lie is insane she must remain his wife. Surely tile complications of the law never devised n situation of grimmer irony. GENKA’A LABOR CONFERENCE. i Pcceived this dav at 10.30 a.m t GENEVA, Nov. I. The final sittings of the International Labour Conference were disturbed by Germans withdrawing, because one of their delegates was forbidden to sneak oil a motion previously discussed, for miking German, the official language o| the conference, in addition to English and French languages.

GERAI AN FINANCE. BERLIN, Nov. I

Stock brokers unable to cope with orders, were forced to close their offices. Prices continue to soar, principally as the icsiilt of heavy buyings on foreign ace amt. The public are anxiously awaiting details of the st diilisaLion proposals, which Germany y. su-rdny submitted to the Reparations ('(inference. GALLIPOLI HAPPENINGS. (Received this (lav at 10.00 a.nj 1 LONDON, Nov. 5 Colonel Hughes, director u works on the Imperial Graves (ommi sioit has arrived from Chanak. lb- gives ail interesting account of the tenseness ( f the situation during the lute Gallipoli i risis. While the Turks were lounging against the wire testing its strength and examining the def lie : s, a British soldier accidentally discharged his rifle. The Turks believing ibis meant lie (oiiimencement of hostilities, (lid boiler skelter. As they ran, an English second lieutenant bonified by the responsibilities resting upon bis shoulders, leapt the wires and (lashed after the Turks, who apparently thinlving !'-(- was leading a charge made the pace hotter. Finally a small corpulent Turk tripped, and the liout grabbed hint mid held him til! an interpreter arrived and explained the situation, v itli the result that th'-rc was much rejoicing and salaaming all round. Australians, under Hughes, undertook the blowing up of old Turkish ammunitioi dumps, left from the big war. These consisted of shells guarded lij small parties of Turks. The destruction was done in a typical Australian nay. Driving up to the dump in a car the demolition party without parleying or explaining, would order the guards , to hide, which they did with alacrity. I Then the Australians would pour halt j a dozen tins of petrol on the dump, i which hit-tv sky high. The explosions i marvellously assisted the evacuation nl civilians, who previously were not moveable without interminable bickerings. Hughes explains that brigands, who according to recently cabled reports attacked the Graves Commissions workmen, were subsequently captured by Australians. He states that excellent progress is bring made with the gravps work.