BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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[Reuters Telegrams.] •LAP MAY DAY. TOIvTO, May 1. During the May Day Demonstration in Osaka, thirty thousand workers, including Koreans, paraded the streets under the dose vigilance of* tho police, hut it. terminated without a serious clash. STEAMER ASMOKE. TDK 10, A lay 1. The .steamer President Vanburen went aground ofi' Suma. near Korea, hut it is hoped to refloat her at full tide to-morrow morning. ayah debts. FRENCH HEPEDIATION POSSIBLE 1 TIN DON. May A. Sir F. Bradbury, at Manchester said that there was no il-mbt- whatever that France could make considerable contributions towards the payment of her debts to Britain ami America. Franco hail a product ion in excess of consumption far greater than any nation in Europe. France, however, pleadetl with a certain amount oi reason that there were moral considerations which should induce her creditors to treather favourably. It was possible that if we put our demands too high. Franco would find repudiation would suit her better than an attempt to meet her obligations. DEADLY NEW SHELL. LONDON, Alov I.

Sir .1. Hadliehl announces that a long-cherished dream of armament experts and metallurgists has been realised. He claims that his firm has perfected an armour piercing shell for Britain’s sixteen-inch guns.

ACADEMY PICTURES. • Rec" ; vcd this day at S a.tn.) LONDON, May .’). Au'tdemy pictures are fewer and smaller than last year and naturally attention is attracted to Sargent’s portrait of the A!archioness (iirum of Kcililetim under which laurel a wreath has been placed. This is one of tho lasi pictures he painted. The most discussed picture is Sir William Orpen’s • • Man Versus Beast.” showing the interior ot a booth in which a man is vanipiished bv a hoar. The most prominent figures are a tamer and a mon];ev. but the beasts appear idealised as compared with the man and women spectators who are portrayed as the real beasts of the scene. It was difficult- to get near the picture yesterday, ... - hut the oeuernl comment was that the Lear was tlie most decent thing in tho picture. .sir AYilliani Orpon declared the picture was intended to convey only "hat it portrays. LONDON. May 1. The Pacific Cable Board notify that contracts for the A'ancouver-Fanning Tshuid-Fiji cable have been placed with Hie Telegraph Construction Company, embodying the new Siomen invention conferring an unprecedented traffic-car-rying capacity. The contractors are building a special cable ship to carry a remi'd weight. The work will ho completed by August 102(5. PRINCESS ROYAL ill. LONDON. A lay 1. The Princess Royal. Duchess of Fyfe, had a severe gastric hemmorlinge yesterday, followed by considerable shocks and weakness. She had a restful night and regained some strength. ” SIP, EYRE CROWE’S SFCCKSSOR. LONDON. May 1Sir William Tyrili lias been appointed in succeed Sir Eyre Crowe at tho Foreign Office. THE. WF.M BLEY OTAR ANTED. LONDON. May I. The House of Commons passed tho third reading of the British Empire Exhibition Guarantee Bill. MOROCCAN TROUBLE. PARIS, May 2. It is reported from Rabat that Morrocan troops penetrated the French zoinbetween posts northward of O'U'eghu. in tin' direction of Benizcrgual. It appears Abdel Krim launched a regular offensive during the piast lew days. Necessary counter measures have been taken. MEAT INTERESTS FIGHTING. LONDON. May 4.

The directors of the English and Dutch Meat Company, referring to t.lio sharp fall in the company’s shares and debentures, explain that the conflict among the leading interests in tho meat trade has caused such a vise in \ rgenline cattle that it is impossible to ship Argentine meat to Europe without. considerable loss. The company was not participating in the conflict and was reducing shipments to a minimum. hut would resume a soon as conditions were normal, which could not he long delayed. NEW CABLE SHIP. O N DON, May 4. Tlm Telegraph Construction Company of Greenwich is building a new Y esfiel to lay the* cable' trout \ aticouvor to Canning Island because none are long enough to transport, the length of cable ref) u i red.