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Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1925, Page 3

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[IIEUTEI’.S TKL.ECBAMS.] I.OIII) MILNE!!, tltoee'vcd this day at 3 a.m.) LONDON. May 12. A bulletin -late.- that Lord Milin-r inut quite --ii well ti - morning. NO At TION PIP iBABLE. [“Tun Times” Siatviot..] {Received this day at 11. In a.m.) LONDON. May 12. The '•Time-'' correspondent -ay-, en qniries among Conservative (-liiliiin:er; ((infirm the belief that there ilittle likelilio.nl of the recommeiidaticm of the Food Commix-iun's majority relent Icing carried out. It is argued that the evidence dc.es met prove the existence of profile',’ring, justifying the estahli-limeiit of a .statutory Food Conn il. It is claimed that the first effect of Mich action would he to hand fond mere linn is together in defence (.1 their common interests, with an inevitable reduc tiou of competition, whic h has gradually been reus-erting itself since tin- abseil e of State Control. The general belief is that the mallei will he quictlv allowed to drop.

BANK NEGOTIATIONS FAIL. (Received this day at f 1.25 i.m.) LONDON. May 11. The '‘T imes” Paris correM.(indent reports negotiations which have been proceeding for the past .'! years lor the formation of a Franc o-lliis.-iaii hank in Pari-, have been broken oil'. Sovieters proposed that the hanks capital should he two hundred million I'raiic.s contributed equally. The French rejected this declaring it was too large. The Sovieters eventually agreed to reduce it to twenty million, hut. no French Bank was prepared to guarantee even hall o! this comparatively small sum. Negotiations c<ciixe(|Uei>tly broke <lowu. BUDGET Dl'Tii-.S. LONDON. May I'd. In the Commons, Air Churchill announced with regard to til* 1 present scale of .silk duties, that not all the details were absolute or final. Immediately the Budget resolutions were linidie passed there would begin a discussion with the real and artificial c-df. trades. Government merely asked the lle.u-c to assent to Lite* principle 1,1 the tax after which all the parties, including the Got eminent, would he free to revise the present scale- 11 was impossible tu tax real silk an leave artificial silk free. Roth must he treated equally, silk taxes weic an essential part of the Govern men l policy of broadening the basis ol taxation. Labour amendment.- post! oiling the i,eration of silk duties from July Ist to' November Ist. and omitting the Customs duty on artificial silk, were rejected.

\ resolution authorising the ensUnm excise duties on silk "as carried by ;>;>;) m KiO thereby comnleting the report stage oil all the Budget irsoliilions, after which the Finance Bill, founded thereupon was introduced end read a first lime.

A NOTABLE FI'XKRAL. (Rowi.'ed this day at !) a.m.) LONDON. May !-. Lord Lcverlmlme was buried beside his wife in I’m't Sunlight churchyard. The funeral was a remarkable tribute his personality. Vast crowds lined the roads and guards of honour were ii. j I in)! licrs Imisi t sitK'ii liirino'l f»y 1 1 •Hid .service* men of iSirkcnlicnd ♦ <‘ J| Scouts and Boy Scouts, while the whole gruss si nice in the churchyard was reserved for thousands of Sunday-school children. The mourners included representatives of politics, art. commerce and philanthropy. The funeral of Admiral Stur.lcc _ at Frill,lev wa> most impressive. The colli a "as coven- a Hag Hewn in Die Falkland Islands battle. Lord Jellicoe and Beatty and all the leading Admirals were present. AT WEMBLEY. LONDON. May 12. The takings at the New Zealand Court, at Wembley on the opening day were double those on 1021 opening day. There was a record crowd and all emphasised how much the display had improved. They were especially impressed by the Diormas. PARIS, May 1.2, Obituary.—General Maiigin. THE RIFF WAR. PARIS. May 12. The newspapers are prcoceupied with operations in .Morocco. While suggesting that Abdel Krim lost his head m consequence of his success over the Spaniards, they declare he hoodwinked French observers thoroughly and prepared the ground by intrigues among pro-French tribes employed in the "inter in building roads, bridges and telephone lines. PARIS, May 12.

A report published from Tangier states a Herman submarine several times landed war material on the Moroccan coast and disguised Hermans conferred with the Kills.

nri caiman corin' martial SOFIA, May 12

Tim court martial of Communists accused in connection witli the. C. atlmdral outrage Inis concluded. Nine mi hiding Sacristan. Zadgorski and I- ried--111:111 were sentenced to death, two were sent "need t*> six years and tlnce >l.ll imprisonment respectively and bye others sentenced in their absence. .In addition seven persons, including Friedman were lined a million leva each. Zadgorski a quarter of a million leva, Da ska roll’ and Kam.hounolf thirty mid twenty thousand respectively.

AIRM AN’S CROCK F.SS. DKI.III. May 12. Dtduincdo has arrived in Calcutia. IMPFKIAL TKADF., LONDON. May 12. Imports increased hv £2-1. KM ,J exports decreased by 21 .080.7.08 and re-exports increased by ...tidd 2;H). 11 principa, increases of imoorrt are .Tain and Hour £I.OSK>.:CU. meat £d.- (!!>",) .V2S. tiou-dul iahle food and * 1 111 ' £!.i)28,0’.).V. raw cotton tr.114.-fja-Deereuses in imports dutiable lood am drink £2.1711.237). exports ol «<*=' fi1.781.8(i-L Sl'N A TYPHOID OI’THIM'.AK. SPY A (Fiji). May 12.

T’he typhoid outbreak is abating. The average eases since the hist o Mav is 3.o 'daily. The haetenologieal examination of the Suva water supply discloses no bacillus.