BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

—o lild-.SIAX I)Ii \K : X(;. ! "’l'm: Times" >i- n o g. ,deceived this day at M. 23 a.m.) BOX'DON. November 13. Tile •'Times'’ Riga euiTcspundeiit says since the Bolsheviks legalised the sale of <|t inking aleolml. which the Czxrist Government had totally prohibited in 11)11. an ext rant'd i nary number of taverns have opened, especially in tile lactmy di-triets. Moscow's taverns have already reaiTied the | re-war iigurcs. Although furmet ly there was. little beer drunk, it It: s now become the workers piineipal drink, instead of vodka. These trivet ns nflraet the Cniitmiiiiist.x from the (Tubs, thoruforo it iproposed to attirli a beet hail to each Communist Club, thu-- extending Communist intlnence among, the factory w orkers.

A TRAGEDY. ("Sydney Sun" Cnblcs). (Received tin- day at l.u a.m. I-ON DON. November 13. \ i lagotiy or’eov,itl in a West Ken smglon llal. Kaye, the prop: ieior o numerous London millinery .-Imps roll remod at the miii-appeai ancc at blank last of his nursemaid, Sadler, with lib children Sarina 3J. and .lean 10 munihs. went to the nursery and found the room full of gas ftoiti a ring place I in the centre of the in.mi. The children were dead, hut Smllcr is expected to recover. She recently wrote to a friend, saying she had found lile difficult.

Jt'STICE DARI.INC RFSIHXS LONDON'. Xov 13. Mr Justice Darling lias resigned his judgeship. TOBACCO H ROW IXH. (Received this day at 11.10 a.in.) LONDON. \o\. 13. A eominiltee appointed l.y (lie i reaNiiry to enquire into tohaeeu grow ing in Great Britain reports that though a limited number of agriculturists might henelit from a measure ol assistance to the tobacco growing industry, we unanimously do not recommend any furl her expenditure of the public lunds. beyond tin* help already given by Imperial preference. cor.NTKRFErnNn ciiarhe. (Received this day at 0.10 a in.) lON DON. Xov. 13. In the first, ease ul its kind at the Royal Mint for a century. Bowie, bead messenger, was committed for trial on a charge ol counterfeiting coins. Bowie, possessing a master kev to the shop:-:, used one of the Alim's presses to strike half crowns on stolen blanks. 1 he crime was detected hy a postal ollieial noticing the coins were slightly worn m appearance though dated R*23. CHINESE EiNANCE .MINISTER. PEKING. Xov. 13. Wang Kelmiug. ex-Hnvcruor ol the hank of China lias been appointed Finance Minister. I MF ( Ol ‘M l! BAR. CAPETOWN. Xov. 13. The sunri'ni" Court i! -Inert d an important decision in declaring that l in* colour bar in the Transvaal was repugnant in the general law el the land. The mat ter arose on I he application by the Attorney-'icneral asking lor a ruling in the ease where a mine manager was acquit ted hv a Magistrate in contravention of the mining regulations I;v permitting a native in have charge of II lm omul ive. on tie- ground that the regulation, was ultra vires, mainly because of it, inireasoiiablciies- and because it did not apply to ad classes alike. Judge Kra ii. -e in the delivering n!

judgment, m which other judges '''incurred. said the real noiiit at is-ne was whether the regulation wa> not ultra vires in that it discriminated between white and coloured person- at all limes. Whenever the legislation bad v'eii ill I" place restrictions on the rights "i loured persons it had done so in expressly clear words and in the absence "t such clear expression there could be no justification for dillerontinn. and :i would h" dangerous t > *’ •''! ii in b"’ absence of such a regnlaiion.