BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

IT7BTBAUAN AND N 7. CABLE ASHOCIATION. TO RFBIFYK I'! i! ITIS! I TAX I’A VKB I.OXDOX. .fan. IT Tin l A-i.-ur iiition of tlw Flritisli Ciiamhf'j'.s of Commoree m a lottor to Alt' H;il<(in. T,ord Curzon and Air Xeviile Chamberlain. draws attention to the fact that Frame and Italy at present Hive Hot) million.', stealinn to Britain. interest on whirl] tit the rate of five per rent, would he equal to over a. shiliinp; in the pound of income tax at present paid in Britain. The repayment of the American loan h Britain of Bdd millions, cost TO mil lions yearly, this brine equal to Sid ii the £ of income tax. The Council o the Association expressed die opinioi that, in view of the adverse effort o the liieli taxation on the trade of tie country, the Government should eon siiler whether steps should imt he tak on to approach the French and lia! inn Governments nit h a view to -o ourin" payment. on account u| tin pending settlement ol debt-, on a la;: basis with lie ohieei ol relievin'/, tin British tax-payer. DOFBT TIX I’B F>SFD. BOXDOX. dan. FI. IJivil l lc operations in eomieei ion with th<‘ suhtnarine B.IM are delayed hv tin mill'll ueather. The an t hori i ies an upneertaiu whether the ohst ruction loca led is B.TB as there are severtil other sunken vessels near the spot, ineludine a German suhtnarine. KGVBTIAX FIFCTIOXS. CAIItO. dan. IT The linal K/yptian election results show that the Za.L'hulisU have won BV_' out of i'll seats. The “Daily Tele/rapbV' diplomatic eorrospil’denl, sr.s the results have occasioned little surprise ill Bondon. A Za/huli-.l vi.'torv was antuipatod. tlirou/h tin- s|V.e of the majority was not expoeted. Britain is ready to discuss with any Knyptian Government the four qm stioi's reserved under the British doeia rat ions, namely the Sudan, the defeuee of F.ptypt trom i xtin ual iiyyivs. sion. the protection of foreigners, and the salveuiirdin/ ol iut er-l mperial eouuminietitions. It r.SSI AN AFFAIRS. I.OXDOX, dan. 11.

'['lie '•Time.--' " Riga correspondent says: The attention of the Soviet Oovenmient Inis lieeii drawn to the popularity throughout Russia of the Patriarch Tikon. for whom church services contain prayers as head of the Russian Church.

Provincial administrators arc asking for instructions how to deal with persons caught praying lor Tikhon. The Oovormneiit announce that uhereas Tikhon stands accused ol criminal offences, demonstrative prayers for him must lie considered a - a crime. Tile local authorities must act accordingly. Wherever such prayers are not: deuioiist rat ive. they must he guided Inexpediency. It i- suggested that they may time the oU’euding communities from their churches, since praying for a. person whom the Cowmmenl ;>• - on -is |, of i-i-ooioal am-, h. i. 111 1. 1 1 ", -oi ic i to ci-n-mriiig the ( d o-erii men :. and likely to foment (listnrhunee.s and discredit Soviet authority.

NIIBW \V TO (to WET. Cl llt IS I I A NIA . .la 11 nary 1-1. The most important a mum menu'll t made in the King'- speech at the opening of the Stoi thing was the Oovr-ni-inenf’s- invention to repeal | roll ihi t ion and u-e the revenue from s] irits to envoi llic deficits front previous luulgcK THE LOST SEBMAIUNE. OBJECT NOT 1.2!. (Received this dav at .2 a.m.) LONDON. January lfi. A diver examined the object which was believed to have been the 1.21 and found it to lie covered wire sea weed and barnacles. The object evidently has lain there fo: a long time. Ihe minesweepers then wirelessed the message to Portland that ii cannot possibly he the 1/21. All craft then returned to harbour. Tin* search will tie renewed as it is probable that the 1.2! drifted with the tide. Prayers for the victims were offered at St. John's Church. Easllioiu no. Three members of the congregation protested again-t praying for the dead. Tile \-icar retorted that lie was shocked and invited the objectors to go to 111- lodgings to discu-s this doctrinal point, hut they declined. THE JAPANESE E \ PTIKIPA KE. PA I’TH'PIjAIts OP DAMAGE. (Received this day at n.to a.in.A PEKING, Jan. 1-T A radiogram from (l-aka lotions mx killed, two luiinlred injured, and si:; hundred houses destroyed ic A okohatuiii. while four wen- killed and twenty injured in the or. rthq it a kes whicli ravaged sonic of tho i", v to d trie's which v. ere devastated on the Ist. Sept. The report estimates a total oi nil killed and 3IM injured in the earthquake zone. A radiogram states the I "kin l loiac Office telephoned to Osaka reporting that the damage was slight and all diplomatic corps were safe. '|'l,ere were no casualties among the foreign residents.

TOKIO. Jan. I A

The extent of the damage of the earth,iqake is considerable, hut cannot he estimated, owing to the extreme diftienltv of communications, which increases’the fear that the vicinity of Odawara sustained the heaviest loss,-. The quake lasted three minutes, wlm-li proved the most severe -incc the Ist of Sept.-,,,her. The cable, telegraph and trait, service- have been stopped. East of Kodek a few small fires which Started immediately after the quake were quickly extinguished. The air servin' is patrolling tin* area and reports iurther tire-. Early advices state that the power station at Kawa-ki was demolished. The railroads suffered heavy dnm;i.go especially in the Cliigasnki and Hira/.iika regions where dozens ot train- were derailed, one rolling down an embankment into the l ga"a mioi ■ several other trains Innween Cntumha ■aid Tnkio were also derailed.

pit F.NC'I 1 ETNANCh

(Received this (lav at fU- r > PARTS, Jan. !■)

The fall of the franc has caused the greatest anxiety. The Commercial Exchange has suspended the publication of flftfikl m**

gar and oil, which is a stop only taken in gravy emergonciofi. It is understood M. Poincaro and Ministers conferred, and decided to prohibit speculation in future, coinhined with the puhlicatinn of one exchange rate for ctich country daily. Stringent measures are to ho taken against foreigners circulating of pessimistic report.*, regarding the stock exchange