BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

IUSTRA.'.IA.V AND N.Z. CABI.E ASSOCtAI itT; ISM F.T'S ATT FIT I >E. LONDON, January 23. Isnmt I’asha lims rejected Lord ('Utzon's offer 1 11 refer tlie Mosul question to tile Leaoim of 'lion,,. MEM EL DANCER KOV.NO. -lt.it 22. ! I is stilled lllitl ill the ill (| I lost ol I tie- Aml in ss;i dors' Conference in t lie j Pm is. I.ithnmiin intervened to maintain 1 mi armistice in .Meinel. A conference : at Hcydkrug of representatives of nil j the districts around Meinel resolved In I support the new '(lovornincnt in .Mcniel. and unite with l.illiuania on th ■ j basis of local autonomy. i SOVIET MX I*ol ITS. LONDON, dan 23. Advices trom Helsingfors stall grain exports from Soviet Russia continue. Six thousand tons of rye has arrived in Finland. According to idiu ini Soviet enleulotioiis 320.000 ton- of grain are being exported this year, though their own aml foreign emissaries an nnnmineing that foreion lie!;) is ii"o.’-.ary to keep th" Russian pojiiihi tcm iroai starvation. The exports would siiihie for more than a million persons. Im s--presumably. must starve or rely oil foreign help. The Soviei (lovernmeut explains that exp rt« fre mc.-sary ,o sain- the finaiiiia! situation, which really mean., that the Soviet needs noiicy for th upkeep of the army. i KIM! I!.:! t: DIS \STIt!!. DF.II LIN. January 2d. A lerrii'le disaster occurred in the office of the newspaper “Tngehlntt-” which was newly built. 'I lie top storey eoll'psed and crashed t'lrorgh the ! ■ lie a 1 . the cellar. \ I ready twenty ire dead lid recovered. Main i.thera'.- seriously injured. Ihe editorial and niaeliim'ry romr.s v' -rc totally dcstioyed. A .M \RRIAOK. LONDON, dan. 2|. -ir Robert Walker, formerly oil the Imperial Ooneral stall' in England, luis married Mi- - K-me Beaumont .ol Ilovo. Sussex. IIiMTISII INDrSTRIKS. i,‘i rOv d H is dav at '<.2o e.m.l LONDON, dan. 2d. Contending that i here is a growing tendency to place national and municipal eonrraets abroad, Sir line Oeddes President of the Federation id British industries) has written to Mull Dollar Law urging (lovernmeut to refuse to sanction loans or expenditure unless British plant and materials is specified. Oeddes declares that British industry can now give earlier and more certain delivery than a majority of foreign niiinufiiettirers, while the differences in prices are substantially less, where they have not altogether disappeared. ITALIAN PROMISE, i Received this dav at 9.HD a.m.) ROME, dan. 21. At a meeting of Cabinet, Signor Mussolini referring to Ruhr, declared that (dovernment would take mo.-i »■■- live steps (o avoid ■-1 1 11 greater eompliealions and to produce, as soon as possible, a calmer atmosphere in order i permit a renewed discussion of problems of reparation', and debts. WOOL AND COTTON. (Received this dav nt 10 a.in.) LONDON, dan. 2d. Sir Henry Whitehead (President of Bradford Chamber of Commerce) commenting on a lecture by Mr Belener on manufacturing developments in the do- , minions said—“l believe Australia will supple her own retpiireineiits in wool- . • i. : ...l I ..1... -1 1,1 as she

grows wool, hut 1 do not will damage us in other markets. The fact remains that, after bringing wool from Australia and manufacturing it. could sell our goods cheaper in Australia il there were no tariff than the locally manufactured article, though

Australian mnk«rs had not to pay IVei.iht l.olli wavs. Wool will always ,r„ u, the highe-T bidder and if we can hid more, we shall always get it hut our wren lest asset in the AVest Riding, is experience and ellicmncy. Dm voiumer rivals cannot touch us in the finer'' grades. -Japanese visitors In Bradford mills recently admitted it ,v,„ild take them a century to reaen

such efficiency as cloth making. he more widespread our customers descriuiimitie.il will increase, which mil pliiv into West Hidings hand. T have, no fear that cotton will oust wool pro-, dnetion in Australia. The growth o. the former on arable laud would nit a (feet pastosal land. I hope Au.-irnlu ■ will he able to -apply increasing quau- i titles of cotton and thus assist in lo.e- . stalling the European Mintage dm; <> the ravages of boll weevil m I niLn , .TA DANES'K POLICY. j TOKIO, January I The .lapaiiese Diet ha- opened. A''- j mil nl Knto and Count I'chida address- j od h 11. Houses, tin- latter vigorously . de r "r''iiio- the Government's loreign j policy, which was severely criticised .... i the ground that Japan has been weak j in dealing with the other Towers. j \dmiral Knto. replying to the interpollution, declared that, while no tor- i mal negotiation had occurred, there , was i n understanding between Amen- J en. Britain ami Japan regarding the , steps to he taken if the tlier To’-vers I failed to ratify the Washington Cor- j ferejice agreements. j V | Till SON MI"! iN W NKAY YOKE. .1 unitary 2:1. j At Ifaltoinire.' fourteen persons wer ■ ; sPot and three guards were itijered. j v,lnn one handled prisoners in the Maryland House of Correction revolt- j cd. The mutineers were finally sub- . | dned. after a four hours' desperate battle. j I .In Baltimore prison rice. the j I trouble arose when the prisoner- j ‘ breakfasting, fomplaining of the lord . they attacked the warders with chairs j and broken furniture. The guard- tin- ; ally were forced to use their rifles and j pi-tols, firing over the heads et the . rioters, though they hit fourteen of them bv the rebounding bullets. | ' AFT. 1C AN POLITICS. (Received this day at 11.30 a.in.l , CAPETOWN. January 21. < ]n moving a vote of uo-eonfideiu e >

in the Government, Mr Hcrtswg ac- i cu-ed Arr Smuts administration of plunging the country into discontent. ! and ruin, keeping the people down by force of arms and breaking faith with Parliament. Labour is supporting Nationalists hut the Government has a majority of half a dozen over the comhined opposition parties. BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE. I, AUS ANNE, Jan. 24. There will be no rupture of the Conference over Mosul, though Britain will not sio„ a treaty that does not deal with Mosul. She is Still hoping to find a common ground on which the subject urn- he dealt with, in order that the peace Treaty may he signet!