BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7!. CABLE ASSOCIATION INVALID REQUEST. LONDON. Jan 27. The (lain cry Court litis given it ruling in t!;.' east; of a bequest of C3,'”’(l ill the will of a de-nationalis(d German. to the London Spiritualistic Alliance to establish a training college for lie dime:-. The residuary legutt ex elicit uged the bequest, which was one among others to hospitals find charitable institutions. Sir A. Conan Dcyle themed psychical treat incut succeeded r, i: tv normal methods failed, (. nuns I for plaint ill's claimed mediums were horn, not in,'trie, and that training people Lo deceive ot Inn’s was not charity. The Court ruled that tint bequest was invalid!! To he good, it must !» shown, to he for the public henMit. The Spiritualistic Alliance failed to supply evidence on this point worthy ol the name, hut merely ollmcd vagi: , ox-pr.e-ins of opinion.

LONDON HOUSING. LONDON. Jait

Th:-; Duke of W< .minister i- leasing, as ground landlord, a property in Pimlico for the i t ■clion of tenement In,use-. II" - impolitic- in each lease D ai. all the a: t ommcdaliim in how ,

POOR MILLIONAIRE! LONDON, Jan 27. living to high taxation. Lord Armstrong i- closing ( ragside. his famous .Vorihiliuherlaud scat, ami he v. ill live in a cottages ill the grounds. Lord Arnisii-oitg inherited a million and a quarter sterling from his groat uncle in I’.)(!,!.

HOP SUPPLY. LONDON, .mid i?S. The Ministry ef Agriculture aiivi-c hi p growers to limit, production for the ,i.nviit wear as the consumption of beer Inis I,••mi red need to approximately hale; the pre-war amount. There are now twenty-seven thousand actcs under Imps, compared with 311, ( ft It) before the. war, consequently it average crops are produced there will he i :insiileraMe surplus over breweries requirements. It is also estimated that 10,00(1 hundredweights ol the 1922 crop is left oil growers hands alter lb' 1 brewers needs were tilled. A DENIAL. LONDON. Jan 28 A- Dw>rn correspondent letniix there is no truth in the report that the exKaiser and his wile are Living apart, lie .says they jointly welcomed Prince Henry, th;' ex-Kaiser's brother, on it's arrival at Doom. The Crown Prince also arrived to celebrate the ex-Kai-xcr's birthday. A RI'GBV GROUND. LONDON, Jan. 2L Scottish Rugby Union has purchased for CIO,001) sterling a ground at .Murraylields, Edinburgh, for international matches. Accommodation will he provided for seventy thousand spectators. It is the largest Rugby ground in Britain. AIRSHIP SCHEME. LONDON. Jan. 28. It is understood the Admiralty tar cutr an annual subsidy of C23'J.OO'l sterling for Commander Burney's Imporitil airship scheme, and propose including the first year’s payment in the forthcoming naval estimates, hut the Treasury is opposing the expenditure. Burney'complains in the press ol the delta- in extending the scheme month after month, without Government arriving at tt definite decision.

DEBT PI’ROPOSAL. LONDON. Jan. 27

Lawreuson, an American business man, departing for New ) urk. quotes Mr Dollar Law saying to bimIf I sign the debt terms suggested by Washington. .1 would he the inucursed man in England.”

REPLY TO CRITIC. LONDON. Jan. 27

Mr I Sonar Law, in a letter replying to Sydney Webb’s statement tlial there were serious gaps between various schemes in operation lor me assistance of disabled ex-service men, sick and unemployed, declares Id millions will he extended on these schemes during the financial year lii-(-ludin*r sixtv-cight millions in medical .. lu i siek„"ss benefits, forty-fuur millions in unemployment pay. twelve millions in poor law reli.-l Pi am' Imdied unemployed. The Premier states the British pension selieme is not only just, hut generous. 11" is prepared to consider if there are any u.p's which should he filled, hut toms issue on Webb’s hypothesis that cverv person in need i< entitled to look to tiie Slate for work or maintenance. WIRELESS CIIAfN. LONDON, -Tan. 2, The Association of British Chambers of Commerce adopted a resolution i,ndn K on the Government the importance of expediting the Imperial wireless chain in cn-operntioii wd Overseas Governments. A deputation will wait on the Postmaster General and Colonial Secretary to Rie.-s the BOBBIE RCRNS’ LONDON, .tan. 2, The farm at Elliesland, where lionet Burns resided from ’l7*B to -;'L |-as been made a gill to | he- Scot hh people under the v i’ll of ! ,'. e , ‘.',c (teoi'i'e Williainsun. an Emu ' - merchant. The farm will be hM ever In Bugh of Dumfries to he maim tained as a centre of interest in ih< poet.

ENGLISH BIRTHRATE. | ON DON, Jan. 29. The birthrate for ÜB2 in and Wales was 20. G per 10 - ' is the lowest rate ever reeoiih d, - cept in the period 191-i-L .

SENTENCED TO DEATHBIU'SSELS. Jan. 28. y, \ix la Chapelle a Belgian eonrte.iirtial has sentenced four Orma.m lo •loath and six March ui’MaSieuWnant. V J.-vVnHoi’i was caused when the cour. nrd'e'-ed the executions to take P 1U< ‘ ' 'p-dJic square, and the sen cm tl , he posted on the walls.

Tl? M)E UNION DECISION(Received this day at 10 a-'".) CUSTER RAM. dan. 29 The Executive of the Internationa. .. Vi.tion of Trade Unions adopted res id n't ion that Ruhr occupation, ( devastated areas really delays ami makereconstruction more difliiult. H lution declares the occupation plume of the struggle '’etui ' w »"■' W 92?<S*C, deposits- nr tivo Governor t pressure oil the icspecuic 'Y^ m W T'Z iSXtlnti'oM i« various countries in ‘■•"‘’"coxFinVxcirix SMUTS. CAPETOWN. January 29. Tim Nationalist motion of jio-cov.tid-ence was defeated by 71 to -37.