BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1923, Page 1

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION LONDON. March 4. The wheat cargo market is inactive, but values were fully maintained and parcels wire in fair request occasionally at enhanced rates. El RETARDS. LONDON, -March 4. In the amateur billiards championship limit AlcLeod 3001) heat Graham Symes 2807. BYE-ELECTION. LONDON. .March 4. East Willesden bye-elect ion vice AI nihil »y Dei.ley. win: resigned, resulted:—I larcourt Johnstone (I iboral) ... 14.812 lion. G. E. Stanley (Con.) 8.348 This is a Lihural gain. 1 lie widest interest centred mi this and Alitchani elections, both members resigning to provide seats for .Ministers. Ihe ri - suits of the latter in which Griffith Boscawen was opposed by an independent Conservative Asquithum and Labour candidati - w ill lie declared to-morrow . lion Stanley uncle a strong appeal on the housing question, also guaranteeing a square deal to ex-service men His defeat and the huge turnover ol votes was totally unexpected. REPLY TO I,LOAD GEORGE. LONDON. .March 4. Sir 4. Simon, in an important vigorous speech at Oeellu aton replied to Air Lloyd George'- spr.ih on the Liberal reunion. He said Mr Lloyd Oeorge omitted to mention the only qiialiiii ation lor political life that commended public coutidoiiee was the quality of Groking what you really believe not (in.aging the political destination wit!: every wind tbivt blows, unity by some dramatic gesture. A secret conclave or historic handshake was too romanticand pictorial. It will not do l.ibcrnlism ally good to double the membership a! -the expense of halving its energy. What the Liberal army wants: is not s: much political strategy in mam cav. 111,1 more men to line the trenches and m, liver the top. ORITFARY. LONDON. .March 4. Ohi 11m ry.. Lord Sea lort h. HILL READ A SECOND TIME LONDON, .March 4. in the C'Ciimoi tf: private measure •! mg I, gitinuile, children horn out of '.vetHoek hv parents subsequent mar , reige. ’was: triad a second time without I division. PRINCE ON FORESTRY. LONDON. Ala r>'h -I. ' The Rrinee of AVnlos at the a.iiiiua: . meeting of the Empire Forestry As-o- j (iatie.n said during the past three j wars lie had iinrival! d opportunities j of realising the Empire’s vast rate oi j consumption would produce a serious j titiihci- shortage uitiiin twenty tear-.: No time must lie losi in carrying out i i <’!,la n i ir:g to replace .the wars ctevas- j tat ii.-ii--. In view of the Empire's tini- ‘ e ri".oiuves and climate it was mi I satisfactory that bulk of Britain’s; eimsuni])tioii came from abroad. He ! hoped the forestry section of the Km- | pirc Exhibition would be a clearing | house for inter-Empire know ledge and , popularising the use of Empire grown j timbers, bold Novar emphasised the' need of scientific development of cm- j pire forests. The Duke of Devonshire promised to try to include forestry ill j i lie Imperial Economic Conferences j agenda. ;