BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1923, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

BRITAIN AND FRANCE. [“The Times” Service.] tßeecived this day at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 29. The "Times," in a leader, says fTiat. it is the urgent duty of the British Government to safeguard British and European interests in view of the extraordinary situation which has arisen through the creation of what is virtually a new political economic unit in a wealthy region between unoccupied Germany and France. France lias chosen to carry out a policy, culminating in an agreement with the Ruhr industrialists,s in the face of emphatically expressed disapproval of Britain. From an Inter-Allied viewpoint she lias shaken the foundation of the Treaty of Versailles. The general question of reparations has obviously been postponed indefinitely. The French must accept the consequences of their own deliberate action. What no British Government can do is to forego her claims in Europe.

SICK PAY. ißeceived this day at 9.-15 a.m.) SYDNEY. Nov. 29 At the National Insurance scheme inquiry, representatives of all the friendly societies examined stressed the heavy calls upon them from the mining districts for sick pay. One stated these calls were so heavy that the Society was opening no more branches in the mining districts. BETTING l-'BAUD. 'Received this day nr, 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 29. Yon Geyer. Gadriner, and Jacobs, who were arrested on the fifteenth were remanded for a week. An official of the Government Printing Office gave evidence that a large number of betting tickets were found on the accused. They were imitations ‘ and were not printed at the Government Printing Office.