BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

U 'THAI.TAN AND N. 7. ( AI'I.K ASS H'l.\T!(i> .Ml! S'MI'TS. (’A I’KT'O\\".\. .1 .1 li iii<! y l-T. .MV Smut 1 - i 111iTViiti'fil regarding Die fnrtke.uiiing Umpire Kcoiioiuic ( une'oiirr. said hr Iml received nn ill timi I rnin Britain. to attend in April. ;. ! t refused, till- moll tli being inconv• ■ n 11• 111. Mr thought iils!> tlmt A; r'l would hr iurruvriiiriit to other Dominion I ’rmn iers. X'ow Zealand and A nst rn lin n Premiers were bn illy pbmrd In Parliament while tho Canadian Premier had no majority to depend on Mr bim-elf was farad with a thorny parliamentary session. and mi nns null bio to Ira ve. Mr thought Mir ronfrrrurr would hr abandoned < onsidering till' | lit cri -is 111 Europe.

GOAL ORDFRS. LONDON, lan. U Large foreign orders for coal m chide IHO.OnO tons for the French railways: -ill.: 100 tons lor German railways. IK ICKFV TEAM COMING. LONDON, dan lb. It i s jiraclicallv certain that an English hockey team will Lour New Zealand in 100-1. It is hoped to include a series of matches in Australia in the programme, which will cover six w'cei.s and include a dozen club and three test matches. BRITISH BUDGET. LONDON. lamiarv Jo. The “Kail Mall Gazette’’ says: lit. Hon. Air Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) is aiming in the Budget at a reduction of income tax bv one shilling, and of the beer duty by sullicient to reduce the tetail price - one IH'tuiy a pint, lie will'aLnndou a profit tax. and make further relnetions in postage rates. GERMAN DFFU'I.T KARLS. January ili. The Reparations Commission declared Germany guilty of voluntary default ns regards British deliveries oi cattle. British representatives did not vote. EMIGRATION PLANS. LONDON. Jan 16. The “Alorning Post,” in a leading article oil unemployment migration, deals with the argument that the transference of a large population from Britain to the Dominions would eventually bring the settlers there into competition with the British as manufacturers. The “Alorning Post” says: “Such a thing cannot occur for many years, hut it should lie the main prill- i eipic of any schemes of inier-InipermL migration that every settler in the Dominions .should produce for the English market and become a customer for English goods." ATTACK ON BRITISH. ! Received this dav at 0.30 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan 16 Turks murderously assaulted and seriously wounded two Coldstream Guards at Galata. Tho attack was entirely unprovoked. WIRELESS TAX. PARIS. January 16. The French Government has do. idod to impose an annual tax of ten frnms on all amateur wireless sets in use. which are hedged bv many regulations. INDIAN RAIDERS. DELHI. Jan Hi. Hostile raiders cone; atra ting in Xushki. Quetta district disappeared ortlnvards. owing to the timely despatch of an armoured train and reinforcements. The raiders looted a convoy in the neighbourhood of Hnrniik. EXCHANGE' of POPULATION. LAUSANNE. January 16. At a meeting of the Commission, the Turks agreed to n proctoeo] regarding the exeimnae of populations,