BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION, -\ V LAD IY< (STOCK THREAT. TOKIO. March 27. Aoeording to advice received here, the Soviet Government of \ ladivesteek Ims threatened to blow up the Japanese cruiser Nissliin. now in tint harbour. unless her captain stops nansmilling wireless messages for lapmec merchants. It is u title is to d that the Japanese Govenmient has ordered the cruiser to return to Japan in order D avoid complications.

BUILDERS LOCK-OUT. LONDON. March 20. The building employers have decided to j lost lock-out notices. operating from the fourteenth of April, so as to enforce their demand for an extension of the summer hours to -17 weekly, with a wngw reduction ranging from 5 to 10 per cent. The employers have issued a statement in which they sty that tiiey would always be willing to submit tile whole issue to arbitration. The workers’ representatives have refused such terms. There will he half a million con affected. LONDON, March 21). The “Daily Exi'ie-s" anticipates tint Mr S. Baldwin ((Ttancellrr of ihe Exchequer) will reduce the in< omo tax by one shilling in the £. and also Unit lie will reduce the beer and sugar duties. < DM-MERf f A I. (Received Hus day at A.Jii a.m.) LONDON, -Mareli 29. Butter stiles are slow, i wing to heavy supplies, especially Danish, mid smaller eonsumptioM and demand. New /cal',ml choicest. 182 sto 18Is; exceptional 18fls, unsalted 190 sto 1945: Australian 180 sto 182 s; tllisaltod 18 Is io 18ils; Danish |9!Js to 198. Cheese is easier. New Zealand M-Js ti> MBs; Australian 132 s to NOs. Bradford wool has a holiday tone. Prices are linn. LORD C'ARNAYoN. CAIRO. March 29. [on! Carnavim's condition is grave. The poison inl'ei lion has affected hiluags. railways; to strike. I.ONDON'. March 28. The National Conference of the Railwaymen's Union, after disen-.-ing for six hours the railway companies l-re-posal to withdraw al further (is 0:1 weekly from the railwavmen’s bonus and wages, imanimmi-ly tlecided upon resistance and instructed the Executive in the event of the ermpanms enforcing the demand, to declare a naticiiafstrike of all grades of railwaywhy men. air TR A NSI’ORT, LONDON. March 29. The Air Ministry ha- invited apphentiens from proimuer- to form an An Transport Company stib.-itltseil L'.v the Govenmient to the exenl of C 1 .1)90,991) spread over ten years. As the I'ouipany niav have tu begin operatens on \piil Ist.. 1921, the Mini-try reserves the right to accept any satisfacto; v offer by July 1.

CASE OF ARSON. PER LIN. March 3D An inquiry made hv German authorities into the fire at Wiesbaden theatre, cabled on the 20th. snows the lire was maliciously caused by Nationalists, objecting to the performance of French plays. AI ADAM E BERNHARDT. (Received this dav at !). I A ami.) PARIS, March 20 Miiilnim- Hoi rdianlt was ar.m-ded a public funeral ill fere l.a t liaise cc-ims-terv. A suggestion to hold a luueral service in Notre Dame or the Aladelaine was negatived, in accordance with the deceased’s aLb lor it to he held m her own parish ehttreh. Enormous crowds assembled in Rue Royale and Rue Mndeluintx the greatest since the armistice to witness Mernhardl’s funeral cortege, which was a kilometre long, including 50 carriages. It is estimated there were a million people along the route. Ministers and other representatives of the Government walked ill the procession. Diplomacy, literature. • art ami the drama were also represented by prominent figures. Magnificent wreaths were sent including many from English and American theatricals. WORKERS GET DEE. NEW YORK. March 20 Boston telegrams say that woollen mills throughout the New England district, employing do,ooo operatives, have increased wages by 12V per cent, ft is expected that- other mills will follow this lead and thus, ultimately, 250,000 workers will receive this in, crease. BRITISH SHIP HANDS. LONDON, -March 29. The Alaritime Board announces an agreement has been reached under which the basic wages of seamen, firemen and catering hands shall be reduced.