BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AI'SITIAI.I AN AM) N.Z. CAIII.I-, AsSOni'MON. RAILWAY WAGE CUTS. LONDON. April tb The National Union of Railwav limn are renewing their threat ol a general strike if llie railway companies persist in their proposed abolition ol the remaining bonus of -ix shillings and sixpence a week oil the shopmen's wages. The Industrial Secretary ol the Union announces that such a reduction will lie followed by an immediate upheaval. A GREEK DEMAND. ATHENS April b. Two thousand Greek prisoners, reeentlv released, marched through the streets of Athens. Colonel ITa-l.vra-. in a speech, said: lour sole I-cling should lie one ol revenge. I ell all the Greeks of your sufferings. That Greek is a traitor whose heart is not ablaze with Hie sacred tire of revenge. AVIATION. PER LIN. April U The beginning of the daily air services between .Berlin and London will take place in the middle ol the month. It will mark the resumption of Germany's regular aii irallic. Other German ,-ervice-. embracing .Moscow and Riga, will also start shortly.

NEW END I NFS. LONDON. April ti. The IhitMi Air Ministry is engaged in the con; ruction of the world's most powerful air engine::. Each ex lindef develops 2;NI For-'! power. Probably they will be il.c meat, of cuistruet ing air lines, capable <;! missing the Atlantic in 2-1- hours. ORDERS DO TO AM ERICA. (Received tlii-, dav at 8.30 a.in.) TOXDON. April lb Owing to the Rhondda strike, orders for a nfillion tons of coal lor Dormany and Italy have already been diverted to America. PROMPT PAYMENT. (Received this tlay at 5.30 a.in.) PARIS, April d. The French Press is i oncerned over l.nueheur's interviews with British statesmen ami Dander, a Paris deputy lodged a notice oi iiiterpeilati in in the O'lmmher. The “.Matin ” stales that l.nueheur’s reparation view-, are not opposed to the' l ' oi ihe C abi net. I'ranee would tier pit a. reduction of the German debt in ( ; nsidoratmii for prompt payment instead ol thirty years, and the French Government admits the possibility of meeting the debts by a series of interim i iotial loans. ODER K ROBBED. (Received this day at 0.21 a.m.) I’A IMP. April fk A slot kin-.,k,0s clerk who van hanking ClO. (tin at the Bank of France wax robbed of the whole amount w hile stopping to tind two notes which a bys,| antler said he bad dropped.