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Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUBTRALIAN AND N.iS. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ASIATICS AND THE FRANCHISE. CAPETOWN. Jan. 10. The Moritz,burg Rrovim.-ial Council has passed an urilin.imv amending the Natal Township Act hy ’he total elimination of Asiatics from the township's franchise. Asiatics in .Natal do not possess parliamentary franchise, hut were hiuloma 1 iciilly enfranchised for the local hoard elections by what is known as the E-court Judgment of the Natal Supreme Court. The Administrator vainly urged the Council to await the result of the appeal which is now pending a- the new ordinance is practically identical with the one previously passed by the Council, and vetoed by the Govi rnoi'-Gemu'al. He pointed out that the ordinance would create intense feeling in India and embarrass the Union Government in its efforts to deal with the whole Asiatic question.

MT. EYE REST. ANOTHER EXPEDIT'D i.N. LONDON. Jan. Id. Arrangements have been completed lor the iorthcoming third attempt to conquer Mount Everest. Biigndiei - General Bruce will again he in command, and will be accompanied by Norton, Mallory. Somerville. Noel, Bruce, and Morns, who weie members of la-1 year’s expedition. The new memhers are N. E. Odell, of the Imperial Institute of Science ; R. lieclllnnt: A. C. Irvine, of Merton College, Oxford: J. Y. Ilagnnl. .Major R. Jlig-lnn and E. (1. Shell!. "are,-. Tile climbing party will he supplied with oxygen apparai its. which will be modified in tlm light oi l.r-i year'- experience. The expedition will leave Darjeeling at i!ie end ol Mareh. and will follow the Idl'd route via Loi.guk Valley, where they will re-e-lahlish the base camp at the end of April. They expect to renew the assault on Mount Everest at the end of May. THE SEPARATIST MOVEMENT ENQUIRY TO BE HELD. PARIS. Jan. In.

As a result of Brili-ii representations on the subject of the Separatist movement, it is annoiinrd that an enquiry will be made on tim -pot by the Rhineland High Commission. FRIENDSHIP FOR [.’RANGE. PARIS. Jan. 10. Mr Ramsay M:t 'Donald's expression of friendship for Frame inis created a favourable impression. The “Temps" says -“We shall do Mr .MacDonald's expressed intentions justice and hope he will do justice to those of France." The “.Journal Debuts” -ays: - “II Mr MacDonald perseveres in j lie sentiments expressed he will encounter the great goodwill of France, which is ready to .discard mutual recriminations and build up a sound policy." CHINESE POLITICS. PEKINC. Jan. Id. The House of Representatives passed the nomination of Sunpanenius as Premier, hut the nomination must go before the Senate which will probably vote on it on Friday, it is expected the present Lifting Cabinet will resign eu bloc.

AUSTRIAN ( LOTH FRAUDS. YIKXXA. January 10. The pOL" have ai l'e.tod two hundred foreign pedlars, mi .-Uy Italians, dis-gui'-ed as IP it I-h visitor-', selling a! high pri.es, bogus British cloths, alleged Vu live been smuggled into Aire,q well-known British firms, but all are shoddy. Many ' •!' • cl-.:-. d icrvant.am] the r or'-siut d' a lui.-crl. Ti.'c Vienna <;r:i'./ who s-'Jd the cloths to the pedlars are being prosecuted. MALE OF CREW RICKED UR. LONDON'. Jan. 10. Half the crew of the Italian steamer Tasmania have been picked up in the Atlantic. The other half is still dotting. liOOE C'OLLAi’SIS. LONDON. Jan. to. Thirty-two employees of the Bradford Mill were buried by a collapse oi the roof. I p to the present twenty have been extricated, injured. SUBMARINE FOUNDERS. LONDON, Jan. h”. Submarine L .24 is reported lost through a collision oil' Portland. MR BRUCE. LONDON. Jan In. .Mr Bruce has cancelled his visit to America, THE TASMANIA'S CREW. LONDON. January 10. The rescued members of the crow ol the Tasmania L'tl the vessel live hours previously in a sinking condition. There is no news of the other boat containing the captain, and the balance

of the crew. DISCOUNT RATE RAISED. PARIS, January in. The Bank of France lure raised the discount rale hy one hall percent, to live and a hall. LAUSANNE TREATY. LONDON, January 10. The “Daily Telegraph's" diplomatic {oi res’)oudel ll eat.her- taut the latdi{a lion of the Lausanne Treaty hy the three principal Allied Rowers is now pH blom.Tiicul. and France s attitude has stiffened. She will require stringent guarantees Irom the Turks regarding tiie Ottoman debt and the regime tor the .Flench school- in Turkey. A similar spirit is as-erl ing itself in Italy, when' Signor Ahre-olini is insisting on the fulfilment of the pledges regarding the interest- of Italian National-. Britain awaits reports from the l.cvan. concerning the Turkish policy and Id-mini,-tuition affecting British interests. Meantime, the new British diplomat's ropro-oiitativo in Turkey will he describe'.! as such, and lmi as an Ambassador or Mini-tor.

THE SHOOTING OF HEIXTZ. BERLIN. Jan. Kb Besides Llcintz. three other Separatist leaders ere shot dead and several people wounded at the hotel at Speyer by a. hand of armed men. Rive people wove killed in seiioire collisions between Separatists and the populace iu connection with the snoot\iij4 of Ileiut