BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN ANO N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION FOCI I SUMMONED. ! PARIS. Jan 3. President Milleraud )ui„ siimmone. 1 Marshal l-'ocli. It is believed tliai Lin l-'iTUieli Contemplate occupying the Ruhr on Eriday. A BIG FIRE. DELHI, Jan 3. |-irr destroyed the All India b.xeibilion hi' indigenous products at ( alciilta. ’ Only a portion of the building was sav- | ed. The damage is estimated at : lakhs of rupees. GERMAN WAITERS. i LONDON. Jau. 3. | With the removal of the resorva.i lions against immigration to Britain, there is hardly a German waiter who worked in England before the war. t.'lki does not wish to return. A greal rush for passports were cheeked by an announcement that the Home Secretary must grant special permits to ; prospective employers. Waiters have ■■ written to old employers asking them Lu obtain permits. The desire to return to England is increased by the fact that German waiters lost ail ' chance of recovering their old join in Switzerland and Holland, where Swiss and Dutch obtained the places. Only three thousand Germans are working in foreign countries in Europe. CHINESE Ab'EAIRS. I’EKI.N. Jan. 3. Tin- probable explanation of the statement that Canton lias decided to recognise tie- Centra! Government. is contained in a report that the provinces of Cumin and Kwangsi have formed an alliance with the Constitutionalists. Kwang Tung and Sun Tat Sen’s supporters are preparing to attack Canton, under the leadership ol the Yunnanese General Chang Kaishu. It is reported that- Wiicrou* was occupied bv allied troops on December 23. The Cantonese army declared a blockade of Wueliow and the upper west river troops have been recalled from Eoocbow to suppress the Sun Yat Sen movement-. Vb’Rlt'AN LABOUR. CAPETOWN. Jan. 3, The l.nbour Conference adopted a moditieation of Mr Cresswoll’s proposal bv deleting I'roin the (onstitu-. t ion tin- ebuisro allinuing the socialisation of tin- means of produetion and distribution, and making the objective i of the party the securing lor producers by band and brain the full truils jof tlu-ir industry, with tin-niosi equitable di-t ribn i ion thereof that may lie | possible on the basis of common ownership of means of production : also the best obtainable system of popular administration and control in each industrv or service, villpsa view to the ultimate aeb.i' *■: mp-o. .;f a fletuoyra.llt' and socialist i onmniouw i■ ;ilt!i. HEILMANS SATISFIED RERUN. Jan 3. German political circles, while eritiisiug .Mr Bonar Law's sebeue- in dntail. regard it as a reasonabit- base Im* negotiations, as it recognises economic | facts. M. Poincare’s sel-iime is unanimously condemned as an attempt to enslave Germany, and as indicating M. Poincare does not want a sottlenu-lit. but merely the destruction ol tiermany. It is believed here the only I,op- lies in America’s supporting the British solution. OPPOSITION FROM FOREIGN SHIPPING. AVASHLVGTON. -ICounsel for the foreign shipping interests has filed a brief, answering the Government’s contention in the prohibition suit (cabled December 30). f’o'insel pointed out the logic outcome ol the Government’s contention would lead to the confiscation of foreign warships found in American waters with liquors aboard, and the deprivation of (he foreign diplomatic representaii 1 in the United States of such beverages: ami vessels in distress, taking refuge would also be subject to confiscation. The brief concluded with insistence that Congress did not specifically provide in the prohibition law that it should be applied to foreign vessels. Mi* Dougherty’s ruling was therefore illegal. IN THE ATR. HF.TTTF.II’S TET.Kr.HAMS. •Received this dav at 10.30 a.m s PARTS. January I. Advices from Biskra. Algeria, state a remarkable feat of remaining in the air one hundred minutes in an ordinary aeroplane with the engine shut off. by utilising aerial currents, was complished by the French Limit. Tlioret. I,AFS.ANNF. CONFERENCE. LAUSANNE, January I. The Conference is virtually suspended there Iw-ing a- general desire to await the outcome of the Paris Conference, before proceeding to definite conclusions. SCI ENT IFIC EX P EDITIO X. , Received this day at lI.JO a.m.) LONDON. January L The liner Ballarat is bound for Australia. living the flag of the BritishPaeitic Science Expedition, bringing the advance party of scientists— Connelly . (Geologist): Church (Ornithologist): Prescott (Mammals) S. Ere wen (Entomologist). Findlay (Topograph ist). The object of the expedition is the. thorough scientific exploration of New Guinei.l The party will remain at Meibom net some little time and then proceed to i Cape Yorke to study the Geological j conditions before crossing the Straits to ! New Guinea. The expedition is infill- j initially supported solid is prepared t 1 ; spend eighty thousand during the lour i years work. The duties of the present j advance party are to select base camps, j arrange for carrier transport and sii| - . plies jn Now Giiinct for the main party, consisting of twenty scientists. who will leave Feiiglaiul tow ards the end i f 192-1. After the preliminary investigations are completed, the adv.anco party return to England to report to the committee before tho main party leaves. THE RATIAYAYMEN. Received this dav at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. -I. The National Union of Railwaymen granted a loan of £2.000 sterling to the German railwaymen to tide them over the difficult times, dim to the depreeinHi n ef the mark.