BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN' AND N.Z. CAM.K ASSOCIATION A DESTROY ER WRECKED. LOXDOX. Felt M. A destroyer. which »;is heuig tower to tlio Worn' for hrenking-up. brokt from the tuns mid was driven ashore Tim Whitburn lifeboats rescued flu crew. IMI’ROYIXO STOCK. ( Receiv'd this dav at 9.30 a .in A i.OXDOX. Feb 11. Tile Canadian Oovernnieiit accent; d the gift of three mares and two .stallions from the Shire Horse Society. The latter hopes the result will be a development of a distinctive class of purebred Canadian horses. A t'SEI-Tb COMMITTEE. I.OXDOX. Feb 14. Mr lioiuir l.aw appointed a committee under .Mr Boyd Carpenter to e.snmine the existing arrangements for dealing with sickness, unemployment, destitution, assistance and health, and the unemployment insurance schemes, with a view to co-ordinating the efforts and administration. IMJMIOV EM EXT IX TTAI.V. (Deceived this day at 9.30 a. a.) I.OXDOX. Feb 14. The ‘Daily Telegraph's Dome correspondent Slates the Kasen.t ule during the hist lour months undoubtedly ha--been beneficial, flood ulfccts arc showing throughout the country n the establishment of i onlidciicc and the rej rival of industries with a lemimition I of iiiiemploymont. A NCI EXT TOMB OPENED I.OXDOX. Ec* rmii-y i i. | A I,uxor message states the tomh ; was opened on Sunday. | DI KE OE VOUK'S WKDDIXO. I.OXDOX. • Ecbruary 11. ! The ••Daily Mail" miderstauds that ; tlic Duke of Volk's marriage will not ' he on 11 1 • • same scale as Princess l .Mary's hut "ill lollow the lines of • Princess Patricia's, .and he as simple • as compatible with the solemnity and | importance of the occasion. BISHOP OE M El. A X ESI A. j I.OXDOX. Eehrmiry 14. I The Bishop of Melanesia sails in the It aniline to-morrow. IM PM 111 A I. TRADE. i.OXDOX. Eehruary 11. The report of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' Ass.,Dai inn. r.fci ring to intcr-Tinpcrffl .fade, says whatever j may be done to extend the same Croat * Britain cannot live there alone. Icc coal export is import lit part ol our I l ade, and finds employment for over olio third of our shipping. The IVminions take praclFa'ly none of mu coal. A pari Irom the Dominions lar- | ill's their limited pnpidalioiis atfoid an j insufficient. iinirkct to tie- goods which (Britain line t sell to :-'irp;n her popu--1 latino. | Western \nslraha - lr*!>• • - -tie h*- >.»- source' s ll Hii ivirt to :*'ippty the Enited Kingdom’s total r<-«jmnf* m i wheat, but before Western Austinlia can market such ipiainitios of wheat on file world’s market she must he ready to accept goods and service., in exchange and -he dors not possess a population like India. Argentina and Eastern Europe. THE IMPERIAL EXHTBITroX. TP-cived this dav at 10.39 a.m ) I.OXDOX. Eebraaiy 11. TAe special committee on the Imperial Exiiihitimi finalised u-, report, retain iin end in g ill.- lull adopti n ol mi .loyiisiin Hick’s report. Il also approx - ed nu amendment of the memorandum of the articles of association ol the exhibition to enable Mr I raver: e -C'l:ito be appointed Deputy Chairman amt a- member ol the Executive

i at an adequate salary according to the I Duke of Devonshire's letter. 'lbis rc--1 port will be submitted to toe Executive Council 10-morrow. A SHOCKING CONDITION OF affairs. LONDON. .Feb 14. In two wings ol Scutari barracks children are huddled without the least privacy. Three thousand mure are in l umhle-dowii stables, mo-t of them lying „n bedding, oft mi three generations in a. heap, Irving to keep warm. Tn cue rooiu. liiU feet square, 136 people are crowded. Some make a poor at tempi to stake out the rbr r spree by spreading the bedding on the wet stones of the Hour and placing a few boxes round, giving pi iracy eighteen inches high. Tn another stable, which i, really n manure store, "the ■anidito m are such that they cannot hr (Escribed in detail. All these people a fortnight ago ; were well to d> peasants enioving tobacco cultivation and ov iung i slide. The Moslems have got all their possessions. ; The correspondent s'.’.ys: ‘'l »aw a dead man lying stark on the manure i covered floor with toe living L'iniL i touching him all round. I aKc vae’ 1 - . eel a youth staggering out with a 1 hushed, h’b'trrrd g:,l on lie bn ~ v. bo was the latest smallpox (use. The unfortunates simply lie and wait tn • catch the disease.

j FRUIT TRADE. ; LONDON. February 14. i At a meeting ol the National Fedo- . ration of Fruit Trades. twenty-five i fruit ini porting concerns were represented Australian representatives being ■ also present. It was resolved to appeal to the Refrigerated Tonnage Committee to reduce the freight on apples ; four skillings a case on the grounds that the prospects for the coining Australasian apple season were now worse than when -the Federation mot the Committee on 13th. December, and tli difficulties regarding insurance and financing shipments were increased : also hectin.se after an exhaustive investigation and consideration of all the known factors concerning the actual costs, the Federation is fully convinced the industry cannot possibly bear a higher freight that four shilling-. Il was also decided to ask the tonnage Committee to receive deputation including Sir J. Cook and Sir J. All'll to present the case from the economic viewpoint and stress the importance of the reduction to the producers. while the Federation members will present the importer s side of the question.