BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN ANT' N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AIR AKTHI’R MYERS. LONDON. Feb 15. .Mr Arthur Alveus. ox-Alavor of Auckland lias been appointed a member of the Royal Commission on local Government areas. SMYRNA HARBOUR. PARIS. Feb 15. ■‘be Temps” states Great Britain and France have consented to settle diplomatieallv the conditions under wbielt Allied ships may enter and remain in Smyrna harbour. Negotiations. iu which Italy participates, will lie continued at Constantinople between the Alii, d Commissioner-, and Adrian Rev. PERSIAN AFFAIRS. TEHERAN. Feb 15. 11l tlie absence of a Cabinet, which re, e, l ll v resigie'd. and has not yet been reformed, the public prosecutor lias suspended two newspapers, and exiled th . editor of' a third for publishing articles of an allegedly libellous character regarding the Shall of Persia. BANKING AAf ALGA AIATTOX. LONDON, February 15. Glyn ALUs and Currie bankers, amalgamated wit lithe Holt Company <4 Army agents of London. A NEW ROAVING BOAT. LONDON. February 15. Oxford intends to it e a new boat designed by Piofes.-or Odi-eri Bourne. ,' It is declared t • he a lahe.ur ol love I evolved after many experiments. The • principal feature i- the -'.might water-’ line. Her greaie-t beam i- at Hum- : her three, fimn wl-ieli she narrows to j almost nothing aft. which i- believed j will conduc e' to iiu reused speed and re- I sistance to bad weather only the how i stroke and numbers two and seven will ! sit in the centre and cithers. three inches out thereof. The boat is sixly leot ever all with 716 inehes waterline. The extreme henni is two feet, floplh 9j inehes. and the weight 280 ■ poll ad-,

AVIATION. PARTS. Fel, If,. Lcvniiilos aflaima.l a new record at .Marseilles. ,‘|e rovered four ■in nils of a four kilonieirc oiirse at an average of 244 miles hourly. If- < ovm-i d the first, circuit at the rate of 211 miles hourly, beating the record of 224 miles recently made in tie. Fnited Stales. LIBERAL BE-r\ln.\. LONDON. Eeb. 15. lhe Asquithian National Liberals have united for the purpose of the amendment to the Mldre.vs. The' "Daily Cluami,■!;■•' points out that this i- an import ant -rep inwards the re-tmioo oi the pari.v. COMM EXIST V. I. A li' >l' RITES. I.OXDOX. Eeb. 11l The Labour Party dir filed against itself in tile House of ('ominous to-nigm . .Mr Xewbnhl (the ('niiiimmist , after attafkincjj the L:tl>our Iknlv’s attinnlc in regard t«» ihr Uiilu. ilrrhnvfl . '‘Will'll tin* I ,;i hnuri I u*s inrm a (lov I'rnmiMit, the (omiimnists mnilii join thorn, if they a-copt our If they do not, wo will succeed I hem. i do not think mv support will altogether please vluit opporiunisi, Mr Neil MncLonn, who w;p forrm*ri\ ComimmUt Mr Miic Lean jumped up with clenched fists, and cried : “Come oui>ide- I’ll show you-” fie then attempted to reach Mr Xouholrl. hut ho was prevented hy other l.ahujirites. Some hitter - reeriminat ions follow, ed, hilt the incident finally terminated peacefully.

ENGLISH EXPEDITION. LONDON. Kcb. 15 In connection with tile Engii-.li expedition 1 lint is in seek for (lorn and fauna in Australia from Victoria to tile Ear Northern territoric-, the lender of the expedition, Mr Wilkins, imlieatcs that the objective i-. to no tain the distinctively Australian t\pos. lie said that hi- expedition would be completely staffed by Australians. Il will have its in adqua ! - tors at Brisbane, it will make a complete survey ot tile flora and fauna in Xm l hem (Ineensland. from Roma to Torres Straits. Ii was import tint that the British Mu-oum should obtain a t outp-elien-iv< collection ot specimens of d'-nuici types south of the Wallace hue, which divided tiie Pol\ Hi" ia n iimv and faut-a from the Australian flora and fauna, lie would pud,ai-ly sir-:-ed m '.binning entirely new type- of li' b tun I small mammals. Mr Wilkins addml ‘.lml be. . XT"* lion would have a station on t orlce Peninsula, where tin Australian natives were less hostile than at other places, though lie was i-irmiy advised two missionaries v. ere eaten by natives in this neigh,h urhood within the last few inont in.. A Lor ilivesll- - oil the luaiuia nd. tiie -mailer islands adjacent to (bo nu l .ni; :: 1 would lie expo, vd tor mammals, whose type had iiu-largoim a decided eh lingo during li i- h.i nn t •. u: 1 -o mainland. ITALIAN AF FA ill 8. POME. Ik b id With a view to aiding tin Laban ship-building imlm-i , y and jivvouloig the spread of unemployment, ilia (m----vernnient lias deoitled to grant a subvention of 150.69 v:m lire ton aft K • nip building for the period i'• s -<>: a!--’ shipbuilding will he exempted. li.cia i,. d : 1 tii - on ali laa’,-'' nil imported .inoiiuiing maehim •y. in addition to this, now shilis will he exempt from all taxes. .1 \P\XE.BE INVITED TO SOUTH AMUR ICA. TOKTO. hub U>. A vigorous propaganda movement lias been launched to induce Japanese immigration to Smith. Americ. lie Vice-President (M. Vamasshimi) ol the Tokio Chamber of Commerce, interviewed. said the President of Argentine and prominent Brazilians had invited Japanese farmers to emigrate. The anti-American newspapers, commenting. say this invitation lasts cheerful light Oil the future of the Japnn-c-e abroad, and they urge the Japam -e t„ „„ to Brazil and to Argentina.

where there exists no racial prejudices. nor anti-Japanese sentiment, and where the Japanese will he entirely free from all disabilities.

ASSASSINATION PLOT. (Received this dav at 9.30 a.nO LONDON, Feh. 16. ■•1 e Matin’’ reports that nine persons'were arrested in Munich, charged with plotting to assassinate M. Bauer a leading Bavarian i-oeialist Deputy. The chief accused is a school ! "’ y ' ' PARIS. Feh. 1(5. Bauer, the Bavarian Deputy (for plotting against whom several arrests have been made) twice escaped assassination in 1919. and was seriously wounded h v revolver shots in Lnm.stag in 1921. and was the ohjee. ot night attacks on three occasions.