MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(.VSTBAUAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. lazy peeks. LONDON, February 26. An official return shows 189 peers out of 1922 never attended the House of Lords and 222 attended less than ; ten times. ; APPfCAL FOK I.M I’Ll! IA I, UNITY. (Deceived this dav at 10.20 a :n ) LONDON, Fc'h 27. A deputation from British Empire Producers' Organisation waited on .Mr Joynson I-licks and urged it should he made obligatory on every Government i Department and public holly to buy only goods of Empire origin, and cm- ; ploy British labour exclusively. .Mr' Benjamin .Morgan .said the Govern- I liient’s attitude towards Imperial trade 1 had caused a. daep misgiving in the j Dominions. Australia in 1921 gave Britain tariff preference totalling eight | millions, while Britain’s taritl preler- j dice on Australian goods did not amount to three hundred thousand. I New Zealand, in addition to giving tar-| iff preference accepted British tenders j at ten per cent, above foreign. Not ] long ago the War Office passed over j Australian, and New Zealand meat j tenders and bought a million tins Irom . United Status. When the Dominion : tenderers sought the’ reason, all inlor- j mation was refused. Similar happen- : jugs were reported in connection with j municipalities in Britain. Unless something was done there might he a great revision of lending in the Dominions and colonies against continuing prefercnees in favour of Britain. .Mr Joynson Hicks said lie and hrLloyd Graeme had full sympathy witli the deputation’s object. Ihe matter was being carefully considered, especially by the Cabinet committee on unemployment. Government could nut impose conditions on municipalities. Tho representations would lie given full weight by Cabinet. LORD NORTHCLIFFE' S EXIAH-.. LONDON, February 27. Lord Northedilfe’s will was proved at £3,250,000. The death duty approximates £1,300,000. DIVORCE APPEAL. (Received this tiny at 9.30 a.in.) LONDON, February 27. John Mitford. brother of Lord Redcsdale, is asking the British Divorce Court to uphold the decree of nullity granted by the German courts to tho daughter heiress of von Fnedlanderfold the German coal King, whom Alitford married in Germany early in 1914. Mitford cites ns co-respondent Richard k von Kuhlmnnn, secretary of the German Embassy in London, when war broke out, whom Mistress Mitford married after obtaining a German decree. It was stated the German law permits tlio nullity decree to a spouse who is mistaken with reference to the othet spouses personal attributes. The respondent obtained the German decree, a few months after marriage on the ground that Mitford was addicted ti masculine indolence and unbearable selfishness. The hearing was adjourned.