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Hokitika Guardian, 10 January 1924, Page 3

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(ÜBTIULIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. SOVIET SPLIT. LONDON. January 'J. Curious messages continue to arrive iron: Russia. A diicd , able from .Moscow has I een ie,l ived by the “Dally Express", slating that M. I rot sky lias l-eeu ordered by his doctors to rest tor at least two month-, and to leave Monde,'.. A bulletin signed by six doctorivLi :iit"m!i'i.l M. l.eiiin, stabei, M. Trotsky'- hrom id >1 '.ls ie - are enlarged, folio,' ing on an alia -k of intliielizi. and - I'lnplete ireeiloin lioui duties is at ,--iibiM ly n-.-ee-saiy.

Il i-..staled that M. I >j* r-hinsky visitc-: M. Tiotshy. and said that he. f I hie lu-ky: would arrest and even remove | roiuilient Eoi-licvi.'. lenders in the inteie-ts ol the Central Commiuee. This is regarded a- a threat against Trot-ky liim.-elf. v. ho lias been v.iit-i-ig articles accusing friends in the (,7ui eminent (f ea :eh ictowards the

M. Djer.shin-vk.v told M. Trotsky that ids attitude was cursing tie- disintegration of the Ooveiimmi;t. and advised him to change his vivas. M. Trotsky leiu-ed to do so. and. declared that, ho milil rather resign hi-, public ofiices. The “.Muming Prat's" Ru.s-ian cor- -( '| on lent, says thai the Soviet press in - be: u iorhldden lo iii.-<■ 11 -the pai tv dilfi-n nei-s. and that further aitieh-s by M. Trotsky are ais-i tin hidden. , ■ ('< i-O I-El! ATI YE MARK KTINt.. LONDON. J;11111:11 \ lb The Linlithgow nrt adds that nothing can emit i I'nilo Heir-' to -oein! it ii: (- -1 and instability than tin- approlelision,Ielision, iioH'-ver groundless. that exploit m ion is rile in I lie distl ihllt ion of food. The i-i-oper itive urge ni-.at ion of the fannies .should he cm niliaped. The Rriii-Ji fariner is iulen-ely individualistir bin hi- isolation i' in; idly van. is! ing. He can no longer ignore the forces around 1.-iin. It says that ainhii inns schemes for the eu-operal ivc markiting ami distributing of produce by tin- fanners to the eoiisHtuers are fraught with wur-ideridde ri-k and should very eautioii lv he applied. It is better to aim -it a co-ordination of the activities of the societies with [he existing distributive machinery.

It silt's that tie- hi cadres! ing of market prices would h- an intelligible means of helping farmers, and wi roles--is clearly a development. of the higtiest importance. Tin: PORT WELLINGTON LA I'NC! I ED. LONDON. Jan. si. Me-srs Workman. ( larke and Company. have hiuneiiej, at Relfa-t. the twin screw -t.eanier P'ort W'eilington for the Cominoim ea It h and I -111 ill !■ i: i Line'- Australian service. She has a grins tonnage of eight thousand and the holds will he arranged lor i Iren mage of meal and general cargo. The vessel will be ready for se, vivo -,i Fcbrunry. PROPOSED DOCK. LONDON, Jan. m Civile trustees obtained Government assistance lo provide a new dock at Glasgow. It will be the largest Britain and will cost, two million sterling for construction eomnieumn - irnniediaielv.

El N A NCI A L EXPERT-. (Received this day at 10.1." a.m.) PARIS. Jan. Dawes, a young American, a meinher of the Expert Committee iur|iiinng iulo German linanees. made a stilt.'meal pointing out lie had enine a- a private citizen, with preeouis iivd plans, de.elaring the rommitl: e "ors should ho oondueted will) all i• 1 h-• Hlion. The Finance Minister hra- yeai submitted a so)-,cum to O.ih'i'ft aiming a count i■ii It g the fall i u t In- 1 1 a"--comprising mostly a more rigorous police regulation to suppress the campaign in favour of the side ol Government si eun 1 ie- ; secondly, a revised system of (imitations on the Bourse; thirdly, the weeding out of undesirable.'- and heterogeneous I renm-nters o! the stock exchange market : I'ourthlv, stricter supervision ut hankers 1 x - change epi-rat ions ; fifthly, an endeavour to cheek the practice of certain exporters leaving toreign money abroad. BETTING REPORT.

(“Sydney Sun" Cables). (Received this day at H) a.m.) LONDON. January 0. The Belting Commit tec’s draft report stales the committee is of the opin’jui that betting is ingrained in the- Anglo-Saxon character and prohibition is impracticable. The report states that it would not he giving imprinialure by registration or taxation. On the eontrai.v, taxation would assist in deerea-iiig many evils i>f the practice. A tax of two and a half per cent, would produce probably (ivr million- ye.nily. a porlion oi which might be used In en-mirage hor-r-hrec.'L ing. Tnlnlisatnrs and pan mutels sbonhl ia legalised on raemi mises. 'Phi" report emphasises that '•treat bookmakers inn-l be eliminated. The CommitU'c declares the streets in tmvo arc infested by bookmakers’ agents leading to a continual breaking ol the law. the demoralising of character ami weakening of respect pir the law. Industrial districts are permeated with illegal hefting homes. ke| i under the eni.se of small businesses Mich as hnir-

confecl immrs. [Lick-makers have also e-tabli-bed a. system of canvassing stri i-ai; householders during the absence of a husband, inducing the "['men u> let, which is ino-t pormciou-. because it can he done only on housekeeping money. W< im n u.-e children surreptitiously In carry helling slips, leading lo betting mi their own acueunt. 1111 entailing a great moral dinger to the rising generation. Street bookmaker have perfected a system, giving them practicallv immunity under the existing

’I lie report says few cl the polite are equipped with the mentality necessary j'q, the detection o! belting, while they hate the work as they lmt themselves when oil' duty. Betting i* inerea-ing ttinong women, notably d'amestic textile workers. There is hardly any work in tile country emnloviiig twenty hands n nd over, which is not sup] lied with a bookmaker-' agent. The betting committee's report >ays a large section of the public will not consider betting is a crime, or even morally wrong. L put- the yearly turnover ol hotting Iraiisaetious ■“ two hundred million sterling, Irma which the hook inn ltd' prolit- arc two million. It is only by State emtio that the evils ol belling ran be ear tidied if muddied. l! ados ilia! i-e present state of the law i- emit used and inconsistent. A rich man can let to any extern, without peiiahe l.ecattsi of hi- ability to obtain credit, but n poor man is liable to mi,ml Penalties as i- the bookman."'. This inequality produces a strong ice! iug of resentment among large numbers of the population.