BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

IUBTHALIAN AND N.Z. (.ABLE ASSOCIATION. OBITUARY. LONDON, Jan. 27. Obi tua ry—Lord G renfell. l-'OUND DEAD. AUCKLAND, January 28. A milkman on his morning round discovered the body of one of his customers, Edward Yaisey, aged 74, lying on the landing of tlie stairs at his home in Belgium Street, where he had been lying for several days. He had received medical attention

DROUGHT IN TOIvIO. TOKIO, Jan. 27. Unless the drought since the autumn is broken in a fortnight, Tolcio will he faced with a serious situation. The supply of drinking water will last c: ly two weeks. All the water services hare been curtailed. REPORTED DEAD. PARKIN, Jail. 27. A semi-official report states Sun ’’at Sou is dead. SUN ALIVE AGAIN! PEKIN, January 27. The latest report is that Dr. Sun Y.-it Sen's condition has slightly improved. FURTHER FIGHTING. PEKIN, January 27. Liiyiinglisiang continues to advance. Fighting is in progress around Soochow. Chihsiohyuan’s troops have partially evacuated tig l city. Chihsiehyuan’s himself, lias returned to Shanghai, and liis forces are also retreating to Shanghai. A “DAILY HERALD” EXPOSURE. LONDON, Jan. 27. The “Daily Herald,” in a special article, discussing Lord Yestey’s denial before the Food Commission that his firm controls the price of meat, ash.s: “Why do the representatives of Yesley's Trust and of the American Meat Trust- confer at 9.30 o’clock each 3.10111ing:'” The writer suggests that their | ur- c pose is to discuss the' market position, -41 and prepare for the next day’s market. The writer says: “Yestey’s do not control the market, but they take part in controlling it, alongside their . igger brethren. The Kmithliekl market begins at I o’clock in the morning, and a lot of business is done bv six o’clock. Immediately the position is gauged, telegrams and telephone messages are - sent from the Trusts to all their country branches, fixing minimum prices.” The writer condemns the sale and resale of meat, while on the high seas, or in cold storage, and declares that this speculation and changing hands is specially noticeable in the ease of Colonial consignments. It has been suggested that the cold storage is not used to hold up the supplies against a rise, but the writer declares that- this is exactly what it is used for.”

F.S.A. FLEET. VISIT TO AUSTRALASIA. VANCOUVER, Jan. 27. Rear Admiral Schofield, Commander of the Destroyer Force, announced at San Diego. California, that 24 destroyers. with the scout cruiser Ometha, and probable the lenders Altair and .Melville, will cruise to Australia next summer after the fleet manoeuvres cif Hawaii. The names of the destroyers are not stated. ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. LONDON, Jan. 27. “The Times” Fund for St. Paul's Cathedral restoration has readied £15)3.722 including over sixteen hundred church collections and individual gifts. General Booth sent £250 collected by tiie Salvation Army Headquarters.

A conference Co discuss the danger of St Paul’s dome appointed a committee to deal with the matter, consisting of the Dean and Chanter, the Trustees of the Fabric, and the Cathedral Arv’iiLcet, with expert advisers, one each ncing nominated hv the .Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Institutes of British Architects and Civil Engineers, plus' four men of recognised < uh’.ic standing. The Lord Aiavor of London interviewed. declared that if the grouting process were carried out, the present piers would last another two hundred years. There was not the slightest doubt that grountiiig would he effective. Vo one need fear that the dome would collapse if the work were expeditiously performed. HUGE LOSSES. LONDON, January 28. Foot and mouth disease in the year 1923-24 cost £3.325,000. There were 104,000 cattle 43.684 sheep and 48.000 rigs slaughtered.