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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAHLK ASSOCIATION.

TAI.I.OW SALKS. LONDON. Kehruary 10. At the tallow sales 1211 casks won oll'ered and 801 sold, with an average adenine of sixpence. (Millton 17s 8d to I Is. beef 17s 61 to 18s (Id. Will iL CONFF.It KNOK. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) LONDON. September 10. Delegates at the Wool Conference at Bradford spent the morning inspecting the Snltaire mills. Considerable time was spent in the hurling department in a discussion on the methods of eliiuinal ing blemishes which the trad- 1 contends should nnd could be pra-lieally avoided by growers. Mneb interest was also shown ill the proposed wool pack with which the trade hopes to replace the jute | in k. It is pointed out that jute fibre unavoidably becomes mixed with the wool and cannot he detected until the finished cloth appears, requiring a large staff of hiirlcrs to remove the blelilisiies, as jute is not affected by woo’ dye. It- is hoped this difficulty will he avoided by the use of wool packs .substantiallv.

'I he delegates were entertained ul luncheon at the Town Hall hy tie* Lord Mayor. Replying to the toast of tho guests Mr Colebaeh (West Australia) referring to Dawson’s speech of last evening. Imped that England would he wary about adopting a policy of throwing obstacles in the way of leans lor the development of the Dominions, thereby retarding the ahsorj lion overseas ol Britain’s surplus population. LONDON, Sept. It).

Alter luncheon the wool growers conference was resinned to enable the ventilation of some points which were regarded as 'insufficiently discussed.

Mr Aykroyd, the president. stated that a verbatim report of the confer once should he issued to the pastoral ists of the dominions. ■Mr 'i'lilhnach, secretary of the Bradford Chamber, said that experiments witii new branding bad hitherto proved satisfactory in the Highlands and in the la bora lory, but a further year’s experiments were being made hy one of the members of the Bradford Committte oil his own sheep.

Mr Mieliiiellian. South Africa, asked about the suitability of the tattoo oil used in South Africa.

Mr Aykroyd replied that this brand ing had nut been examined and nu his request Mr Michnellinu promised to send a number of lleeees marked with the tattoo oil to Bradford for chemical 1 rcatmeiit. Speaking subsequently Mr Aykroyd stated that French societies were preparing a pack made from paper. The Conference then terminated. EMIGRATION. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 10. Increased nominations compel the New Zealand .Migration Department to send six hundred hy the I’akeha in November and six hundred hv the I loro rat a in .lanuary, besides full complements by the ordinary liners. NKW YORK SKXSATION. MILLION.'.IRKS' SONS SKNTKNCKD FOR LI I r.. [ R BUTKItS TELEGRAMS. 1 (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. Ml Leopold and Loch were seldeneed ti life imprisonment. SPANISH SFCCKSS. MADRID. Sept. B). It is nll'icia'ly announced from Mor oeeo Ihal three Spanish column-. do fealed an cuein,' lone tmar Kaln, v.illi the en-njieiation ol artillery and (torn planes. The enemy sullcrcd bein' casualties, and the Spanish losses were sixteen Spanish troops, and lourteeii native levies.

GREAT ItASUTO GATHERING. CAPETOWN, Kept. 10

Unusual interest it attached to the great Basil to I’itso, or National Assembly which was opened to-day at Masemit by Karl Athlone. Over .10,000 natives were present, many having ridden miles over the hills. This is said to he the biggest Pitso on record in Basutoland, under Imperial rule. No Kuropean is allowed to own land in the country which is also under stricter prohibition regulation than America. DUCAL DIFFKRKNt KS. LONDON, Sept. 10 Malrinmuial dillcrenees between the Duke and Duchess of Westminster were revealed before the Vacation Court to-day. when a motion on he half of the Duchess for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Duke from ejecting the Duchess and servants from Bourdon House, London, was dismissed. The Duchess in .I line filed a petition for divorce which was served on the Duke, in August, since when counsel claimed, the Duchess had not been allowed to live at Bourdon House. TIIK DOMINIONS’ ('ONFKBKXCK. IRKLANI) NOT AGRKKAIII.F, (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 10 Ireland is delaying the Dominions CunT.-renee. I’.very Dominion has accepted Mr Thomas’s invitation, except the Irish Free State. Australia and New Zealand are agreeable to October or November, preferably October. South Africa suggests February, Canada and Newfoundland are agree-, able to any time because they are within reachable distance. Tim reason the Free State is hesitating is that it is more immediately concerned with the boundary question, the pending decision of which it does not favour participation in inter-im-perial affairs. The Colonial Office strongly emphasises that the purpose of the conference is only consultative, and restricted solely to foreign affairs and to prepare the basis of a report to he presented to the next Imperial Conference. which will probably he m 10-O.

the police TBOUNCKD. LONDON. September 10

Tint the police should not interro-,,-Uo wives regarding their husbands’ alleged crimes without the husbands consent, was the opinion strongly expressed hv 'Recorder Wild m giving judgment in a ease in «!m-h a 1 ost Office official was charged with theft. The evidence ,showed that t u official’s wife was arrested for shoplifting and was found to possess a number of postal notes. When questioned as to where she had got them, she confessed that they had been stolen by her husband, who later acquiesced in her confession. Although lie sentenced the husband to a year’s imprisonment the Hecordei declared that the interrogation of wives without the husbands’ consent was absolutely contrary to the law and officialdom should he taught this, was more important that the confidential relationship between husband and wife should he retained than a epjrnn n|v>u|4 fcft