BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

IUSTR.M.IAN AND N.Z. CABI.F. ASSOCIATION. BIBLE TEACHING BANNED. ißeceived this dnv at. H a.m.) RIGA. Jan. 23. The Soviet has now definitely banned all l»ilile teaching. Offenders are liable to a long le in ol imprisonment. SC()! I IS!I PROTEST. LONDON. Janu:;iy 21. Lord I. .<• 1 1 11 i1 1111 ■ lias raised a lairnet's Host in tin- Sc.tiisli highland- tv assuming the title of Wr-teii Lies, in eouneetion with his recently revived viseoiintey. The Gaelic Society at Inverness adopted resolution exp'e---ing disapproval of l.ovei hulnie trenching on the dignity of the ancient tit!* of that of Lord ol the Isle-. !. rue by tile King. Ili- netion nn.s also an often.a- i : i Scott i'll sentiment.. The resolution expre-.-es the Imre Diet l.ewrhiilme will change the title to one more in keeping with |.resent day conditions . * PROPOSED LOTTERY. (Received this dnv at S a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 2-3. Tlie Chamber lias rejected the Alinister ol I- inaic-e's proposal to increase taxes by twenty per cent, as a means "f finding an outlet Irnm the financial impasse. De-sin, a Deputy, suggested a monster lottery to bring I (if) million sterling to the SI He rollers, l irket costing .-'()- with several prizes oi' forty thousand sti-rlmg and umiioruus prize, •if IDO. AFRICAN POI.ITI.CS. (Received this day at Kl a.m.) CAPETOWN. Jnnnary 25. Defending the Government from ihe Nationalist and Labour iiTtnrkr in (he no-confidence debate Mr Smuts pointed out the unparalleled progress of the union, despite the war and internal unrest. He claimed that .South Airiest was a paradise, compared with other countries. Civilisation in Europe was in a- wor.se state tliai it had i.eoi lor a thousand years. Alcn were made statesmen who had lost all sense of proportion. 'The European situation was like a. man walking in his sleep on the edge of precipice. During Jiis speech Air Smuts mentioned that he had received a letter from reprieved Rand strikers, expressing gratitude and saying for whatever errors v.o have made you have made repentance possible, and left lls a liupc of oiin *fny providing l»y uood actions our wm-ilii-ness. A SCI lOn I.ROY FATALITY. i Received this (lav at !)..'!(> a.i11.) LONDON. Jan 25. j An extraordinary story ol a I>!u■ coat hoy stabbing himself was revealed at the inquest on Vivian 'Tanner, aged lon l inen. Evidence was given i that the headboy remonstrated with - Tanner for unfair line iiiupiring in a : school match and kicked him. Another hoy also kicked 'funnel" and the lat-' ter went to his locker and a lew miiiut . later appeared with a knio sin ! ing in liis brea-t. I E w en i ~, im ■ lead bo> and -aid: “Aon made undo it. you have killed me." He died in fifteen minutes. 'The position of the wound is ((insistent with the theory that the boy intended only to wound himself and t renin a sensation. The -Jury at the inquest returned a verdict to ibis effect, adding that there was more ragging than normally went on in a public school. FINANCIAL DEFLATIONS. J . iiceeired tins ...ay a I “.JO a.m. > i LONDON, Jan 25. | At Loudon joint stock bank incut ing, ; lion R. AlcKeiniii sa.itl one ot lie causes of trade depression is the re-' strive influence of Tuiaiiei.nl (Filiation, j which as a linam-inl policy lias no more 1 to recommend it than inllatioii. The i result of the detlalmn this year ha j been a rt din-lion, m the purchasing power by two litindroil millions, of i tvhi'eli the immediate effect has been j dimini-lied trade, and iuertasetl nueni- - ployineut'. 11. at this stage, we made j no further effort to deflate. trade would soon recover. j A ROOK ESTATE. Kecem-d (bis (lav at 0.30 a.m.) ! PARIS, Jan 22. Nordeau died m extß-mc poverty, j owing to the French On\, mm nit iom. fiseation of bis property din ing t'>e . war. His only means <d subsistence j was a small salary Iron) the newspaper j “Lunaeior" of Buenos Ayres. wince :• came regularly .though Nordeau ban i been unable to write for eighteen ; months. STRIKE IN -AUSTRIA, li reived this (lay at s.,*|) a.m.i j VIENNA, January 25. , Owing to a wages dispute, a gene- ; Tal strike was deviated in Liclitz. The gas works, electric supply, rail- : ways and municipal services are at a standstill. Troops occupied public buildings to prevent damage. FREIGHT CHARGES. Revived "ns (lav at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 25. j Lloyds list states a number of Lon- j don merchants engaged in Australian I trade have intimated that owing to cir- | eumstances in which the Commonwealth lines freight reduction lias been , in:..' ~ they will not avail themselves ol j the offer to ship cargo at lower rates than conference lines. LONDON. Jan. 25. ( The “Times" says the Commonwealth I line cannot expect to secure a monopoly . ove- Australian tratle ami bv cutting j rates. The Australian Government t* j simple playing into the hands ol foi ; rd.ru ' leamship companies, who are e,t"ci r!\ pressing into the Australian trade. It is surprising to find the Aus- i trill inn Government taking a step which ri . n only lend to further heavy losses on its shipping cntorpriM?. ,