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Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1924, Page 3

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\UBTEALIAN AND N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION MeLAKEN’S FIGHT. HONGKONG, June 30. McLaren has arrived, t • GENERAL lIKRTZOG’S cabinet. v (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) ' CAPETOWN, June 30. General llortzog has formed a Cabinet as follows: General Ilert/.og- Piomier and Minister of Native Affairs. Mr Tielmanrees—.Minister of ,lus--1 tice. Doctor Malan - .Minister for the Interior, Public Health and Education. Mr Crosswell—Minister for Defence and Labour. Mr llavenga —Minister of Finance. Mr Beyois— Minister of Mines and Industries. Mr C. W. Malan Minister of Railways and Harbours. Mr Grobler— .Minister of Land. General Kemp—Minister of Agriculture. Mr Boydoll Minister for Post and Telegraph and Public Works. VICTORY AWAITS PREFERENCE. A LORD’S OPINION. [“The Times” ..Service.] (Received this day at !) a. in.) LONDON. June 30. \ iscount Long thinks that immense encouragement can be drawn by the champions ol Empire Preference from the House of Lords debate on Preference. In a letter he stales: “We have only to keep oil and work .steadily. i'crtain victory awaits ns.” RUSSIAN HARVEST PROSPECTS. LONDON. June 30. The Riga correspondent of the “Times” says the Russian harvest prospects are exceptionally black. Most alarming conditions are reported from many districts particularly the Volga territory, where the peasantry are selling cattle cheaply in attempting to purchase and hoard grain, tearing a repetition of the famine in 15)21. SHIP CAPSIZES. COPENHAGEN. June 30. The Thor, of 210 tons, carrying sixteen passengers and eight of a crew, capsized without warning near the entrance to the harbour. Ten are missing. NAVAL RIVALRY. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at !) a.m.) LONDON. June 30. Thirty-six Liberal Commoners have signed a manifesto opposing the Government’s construction of live cruisers, pointing out that since Purlinmen sanctioned the building. Japan, Italy and Franco Imvo announced increased naval programmes. Britain must not lie driven along the old road of rivalry by any power ur group of powers: least of all by America. MATTEOTTI’S DENUNCIATION OF FASCISM. (Received this day at II a.m.) LONDON. June 30. The “Journal of Fnglish Life” contains an article contributed by Mntteotti before bis murder, charging the officials of the Mussolini Government with treasonable corruption and disgraceful robbery in connection with the laud concessions granted to the Sinclair Oil Coy. Tile article declares that many leading Fascisti conduct a widespread levy on private and semi-public enterprise for the purpose of maintaining the Fascisti newspapers

and other organisations. He concludes that the Fnscisti's public actions tend to make Italy infamous throughon the world. DOMINION FOOD-STUFFS. LONDON. June 30. Tn the Commons .Mr MacDonald in reply to a question. Mated that ho had nothing to say regarding Mr Baldwin’s suggestion that the Dominions’ foodstuffs .exports should be brought to liil'taiii at cost price and sold at the lowest margin to cover expenses. He added that the Government was in eoiiiiiiunieation with the Dominions regarding the establishment of ail Kconolilio Committee. ITALIAN MINISTERS RESIGN. ROME. June 3D. The King lias accepted the resignation of the Ministers of Public Instructions, National Economy and Public Works. On Mussolini's proposal the positions will be filled by the appointment of two new Senators and one Deputy.

CABINET FAVOURABLY REGARDED.

CAPETOWN. June 3*l. fleneral Hert/.og is the only Minister with previous Cabinet experience. Five of tin, new team are lawyers, two farm ers two (Boydell and Dr .Maliiii) journalists. The latter is the editor of the Burger Nationalist organ. Mr Crcswell is a mining engineer. The selecting is generallv regarded favourably.