BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1924, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

(“Sydney Sun” Cables). ITALIAN POLITICS. (Received this day at S a.in.) LONDON. Nov. Hi. A Rome message states that debates in the Chamber during the past week have been curiously unreal, owing to the deliberate absence of the whole opposition party as a protest against the dictatorship regime. ’fhe debate on the foreign policy concluded yesterday with a motion of confidence in Mussolini, this being carried by 315 to G. There were twentysix abstentious.

Mussolini declared that a long peaeO was necessary for Italy. Her foreign policy, heretofore, had been conducted via Paris and London and sometimes Athens. He did licit intend to ask for the permission of Paris, London, or anyone else. At the same time there was no intention of hostility to any

power. Ex-Premier Ginlitti caused a sensation by announcing his intention to vote against the Government on the ground of flic press restrictions. He demanded that the Italian people should not he treated a.s though they were umvorhy of the freedom they enjoyed in the past.

MOSCOW WANTS CREDIT. (Received this day at S a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 10. A deputation has arrived from the Moscow municipality to endeavour to negotiate credit for the purchase of three hundred motor omnibuses, two hundred taxi-cabs and throe hundred lorries; also for the possible construction of an underground railway in order to solve Moscow’s traffic problem, which, with a population of two millie,ns has become acute.

A M rSUNDEH,STANDING. iKeeeived this day at S a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 10,

It is officially stated that the reduction cd' the Manchester ex-servicemen was due to a misunderstanding. The men will receive full payment.

DEBTS DUE TO BRITAIN. LONDON. Nov. 15

The “News of the World” says that Mr Winston Churchill intends to press the Allies for the payment of interest on their debts to Britain.

ADMIRAL BEATTY TO RETIRE. (Received this day at 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 15. ’fhe “News of the World” paper understands from a high authority that Admiiai Beatty will resign at tin* end of the year and will probably he succeeded hy Admiral Brock.

THE “CAT” BURGLAR. DARING THEFTS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, November I<>. The latest of a series of daring burglaries is attributed to a man known as the “Cat” burglar on account of his methods. It was discovered on Saturday that a thief had called at the front of a. house in Kensington and during the night entered the bedroom through an open window and stole jewellery valued at three thousand while the occupants were sleeping a lew feet away.

Tbe police lately have been keeping a special watch in tbe West End for the thief, who is. apparently, a skilled climber. His method is always the same. AY lit K LESS PROGRESS. LONDON, November 14. Air Butch, the Managing Director of tbe British Broadcasting Company, in a book just published, declares that the public affairs of tbe Empire will sooner or later Ih? debated within the Empire.

fsYDXKV TO LONDON. LONDON. November 14. Last night, within a mile of Snd-bury-on-tho-Thainc-s. the birthplace of Air Fisk (the wireless expert in Australia) clear signals were again received from Air Fisk's station. Koine, at Sydney. The calling of “I.C.C.Af.” and messages sent out to the station ‘‘V..I.L.” were also received by Martin and Air Hunter, two Australian radio engineers, who state that excellent results have been obtained by using Alls tral inn-made valves.

I’BENCH POLITICS. PAULS, November 13. The llerriot Government secured a narrow majority of 20, 101 to l.’lo in Senate against an adjournment providing that reinstatement of workers under the Amnesty Bill must bo optional, since the Government lacked the legal power to compel private eotnpcnies to reinstate men. Al. llerriot demanded unqualified reinstatement, leaving the Government free to secure the best arrangement in negotiations with the companies. ’I he late of this section ol the Amnesty Bill was regarded as entire! from the Government viewpoint.

GENERAL BOOTH. LONDON. November 10.

A wonderful reception was given Cm >ral Bramwell Booth by a largo gathering of Salvation Army workers at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate tbe General’s jubilee of oHiccship. General Booth, in a reminiscent mood, referred to the days when the Salvathin Army was not only little known, 1 but disliked, and when his fondest* dreams could, have embraced the liopo that the Army’s llag would fly in 70 to si) countries as it is to-day. I here wtTo many speakers irum overseas.

I)I'KK OF YORK. (Received this day at 9.23 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. Tbe Duke and Duchess of A’ork will sail from England on December dth from Kenya colony, in Africa. They remain there nearly six months, returning in April next.