BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 April 1924, Page 1

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION PRINCE OF WALES. PARIS, April 18. The Prince of Wales left this evening for Le Tocjuef, where he proposes to spend Eastertide. Tho Prince frequented Mont Mar Ire during the past few days, and became an instant favourite with liabittues as well as popullar throughout Paris. One afternoon paper comments: “Edward the Seventh made the Entente Cordialc. His grandson has done more in the past five days to patch it up than ail the iuter-Allied conferences.” A SUNKEN FLEET SALVAGE. LONDON, April IS. - The huge German submarine dock which was surrendered to Great Britain will be used to salvage the German fleet at Scapa. It will he cut ■ n two and each part will he fitted with a big limiting workshop, from which the cruiser Hindenburg will ho raised after all the holes ill the vessel have beeii stopped- and the water exhausted. The Hindenburg will then be used as a pontoon to raise her sister ship, the Seydlit.z Tho work will begin next Wednesday, when tugs will tow the dock from Qneenslwrough to the Orkneys. It is expected it will take nine years to raise the seventy-four sunken vessels. OVERSEAS SETTLEMENT. LONDON, April IS The Overseas Settlement Committee’s report shows that the net migration in 1923 was i 198,000, compared with 196,000 in 1922. During 1925, 75.860 people went to Canada and Newfoundland, 31,583 to Australia, 7198 to New Zealand, and 86,031 to tho United States. This migration had not yet counter-bal-anced the not natural increase, so there was no prospect of migration reducing the population of Britain in a manner injurious to posterity. There were 41,209 migrants under the Empire Settlement Act smeo the beginning, of which 31,235 had gone to Australia, 6839 lo New Zealand, and 01.95 to Canada. Of juveniles of both sexes, 550.000 had ccine upon the British labour market yearly, which prompts the committee to commend juvenile migration under proper safeguards. Public school hoys of a suitable type who were prepared to engage in farm work overseas should be granted assisted passages to tile Dominions, where they could he placed in agricultural colleges or training farms. Family migration was the most natural and the happiest form of salt lenient, and the majority of women settlers would proceed overseas by this method. Group settlement also deserved support. ’flie Empire Exhibition might well exercise a great influence on the progress of overseas settlement. THE LUSITANIA. LONDON, April 18. The “Daily Mail's” Berlin correspondent states tho seventh volume of the German naval history of the war, iust issued, reveals that Captain Schwieger commander of the U-boat- which torpedoed flic Lusitania did not previously know the name of tho vessel, thereby confounding the former official German contention that the Lusitania was torpedoed because it was known she was carrying munitions. Schwiegcr describing the torpedoing, says there was great disorder aboard, and many boats filled with passengers descended with the stern or how in the water and were swamped. Tim ship blew off steam and tbe name “Lusitania” was then seen in gold lettering.

PRINCESS’S THEFT. COPENHAGEN. April 17. Princess Olga Boslooski, a fugitive from Russia, was sentenced to eight months for stealing money and jewellery from society people who sheltered her. STINNES’ FORTUNE. BERLIN, April 18. Herr S tin nos left his entire fortune to Ins widow. PREMIER ON Ills PARTY. LONDON, April 18. Unusual interest is centred in a speech bv .Mr Ramsay MacDonaid in connexion with the annual conference of the Independent Labour Party at York. Mr MacDonald declared that since January Labour had become bigger, oof in size but in mind. Ike party and Cabinet were boll) doing weii. He denied the tlicium that they "wore in o.Tico but not in power. The Premier alluded to the conference with the Russian representatives in London following years of misunderstanding and mischief which had not iM’odiued a brass farthing to Bus sin’s creditors, but bad produced unemployment. and poverty for hundreds of British families. He asked, “Is Singapore stall being pursued." and declared, “Wo arc in office with the power e.f government. 4\ e have got to grips with the housing problem, an a sthenic is being drawn up to, provide houses that will he a pleasure for people to live in.”

WEM BLEY EXHIBITION. LONDON, April 18. Great efforts were being made to complete the final arrangments for the Empire Exhibition before the 23rd . The New Zealand court will not be completely ready until the end of the mouth owing to a delay in. supplying electric current for refrigerating chambers, which will form a striking feature. When the electricity is connecte three days will be required to test the temperatures before the meat is displayed. The current is generated at the power station in the palace of engineering. Engineers are hastening the work completing the underground cables connecting all parts of-the Exhibition. The main hall of New Zea land pavilion already contains tourist and sporting attractions, including tho finest collection of deer heads ever shown, reproduction of Maori carvings on pillars, archway and lintels, mural decorations by New Zealand artists, a complete collection of New Zealand birds, timber, tree ferns nikau palms, fleeces and every grade of wool. Cinema Hall was also delayed by new building requirements, but the Maori and Samoan houses and gardens around the pavilion are nearing completion. .