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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1925, Page 3

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All) KOR MARRIED AYoMKX. CKXKVA. May 18. A telegram says the Swiss municipality ol Hack’ll has decided to give free medical nursing alteutin at accoiivhements to all married Swiss women who have lived at- least a year in Argovi? ('anion, BKRGLAIi KAI.I.S IX I.DYK. GKXEYA. .Mav 13. The young and beautiful wife of a wealthy tradesman named llugano. when she awoke, found beside her the following note. written in Italian: “Signorina. last night I visited your Hat when you were asleep. As I had not the honour of a personal invitation I entered the window, frankly, in order to rol» you. Yon w ill notice I collected your jewels and valuables, which I intended to take off. hut saw you sleeping peacefully. I fell in love with you. I .sat ten minutes on the bedside devouring your beauty and I became ashamed, so therefore [ restored them. Your humble admirer.”

ZI NOVIFEE LETTER AGAIN. LONDON, May 17. TJii' “Daily Herald” says the- Gene rat Council of the Trade I'nion Congress has approved of the report of their delegation to Moscow, declaring that their investigation of the C'oin- • ninnist international's confidential archives provided convincing evidence that the famous /inovieff election letter was a fernery. The Conn-il do (lares the matter cannot lie allowed ti rest, and it will probably demand facilities for a Labour Investigation of the Korcigii and Home t'dices; also o 1 nhlic imipiiry. A ERICA X SECESSION ISSUE. (Received this day at. 11.‘do a.m.) ( A I’KTOW'X. May IT. The Xationalist. organ, ‘‘(lns A rilerhtncl.” rel'errinn to General Hort/.og’s (Premier) statement in the Assembly on the 28th. April regarding secession, ■says: “There "as no m-ccs.-ity to break the promise given to the Labourites, when the part, between the two parties "as made, not U> raise the recession i-.stte for live years." Ihe paper points out the .Nationalists’ struggle always has been tor the realisation of tin ir ideal ol absolute sovereign independence and it sees no reason to describe Britain r« our greatest enemy, hut does not see why she should he referred to as our best friend, a phrase which causes pain to thousands ol Africanders, to whom England remains the conqueror of our nationhood and our sovereign independence. Me wish to regain that indepndenec and "e do not propose hiding our purpose.

STORKS OK SECRET ARMS. son a. .May w. It is officially announced that the police have discovered a large secret store of arms and explosives, supposedly intended for an armed insurrection, and the blowing up of bridges and railways. A considerable sum was also foilml, and several arrests made. Ml XL DISASTER. BERLIN, May IS. So far thirty-four bodies have been recovered from Dortslield mine. EMPIRE J’I’tIDI’CTIOX. (Received this (lav at 11.2 b a.m.) I.OXDOX. May IT. .Addressing tile l Diversity Conservative Association at Oxford .vlr Baldwin enlarged upon the desirableness ol improving the productive capacity ol the Empire and (o-ordinating the scientific! work done in the dilleretiL parts ol the ■Km pi re, not only as regards production hut also health and sanitation. liesaid that we have allowed the Km pi re too long to proceed along on hapha’/.ard lines and he hoped that the appointment of the Karl of Ihilfour to the Presidency of the Council would he regarded as an earnest of the Government's intention to see I hat l lie alorcinentioned matters should lie regarded as the first work of a man who is supremely (|Unlilic(l to undertake it.

THE SILK TAX. LONDON, May 18

W'liat is described as tin 1 most inllut'liliul textile deputation ever organised, rcpi'eseiitiny; tlie whole of the Yorkshire wool mid Lancashire cotton industries, saw the lion. Winston Cliurcnill and ]>rotested against the silk duties as the tax was on important raw materials. It was pointed out that the mixtures of wool and artificial silk and cotton had grown increasingly popular and the trade in these floods was helping to tide over the worst depression ever known in Lancashire, 'l'he tax would gravely interfere with that trade and throw thousands out of

employment. The Yorkshiremon pointed out that half Bradford’s looms were now idle. The deputation also showed samples of competing artificial silk produced on the Continent, in India and in China, and declared that the trade was looking forward to the discovery oi a now svnthetie silk which the duty would s title.

.Mr Churchill asked the deputation to choose a representative to discuss rebates on silk exports, hut Ihe deputation rejected the suggestion and demanded that the tax lie dropped. LONDON, .Way 10. The Opposition to the silk tax is strengthening, 'flic Sunday papers ot all shades unanimously condemn it. 'fli t , “Sunday Times’' docs not think the tax will survive the destructive criticism pouring in upon it, and declares .Mr Churchill thought he was taxing a luxury, hut lie now knows he is taxing a vital raw material. LONDON. .Way 10. The ‘'Observer” says that every friend of -Mr Churchill hopes he will abandon the artificial silk tax to the advantage of the Budget as a "hole. Artificial silk is no more a proper subject for taxation than cotton cm wool it is a part of Lancashire's raw material. YESTKYS’ MOTIVES. LONDON, Mav 17. The Blue Star Line owned by Yestevs whose intention is to replace the steamers on the Afgentiiie-London chilled meat service with an up-to-date fleet of express steamers, Sir Edmund Vestey said that patriotic motives had induced him and Ins brother themselves t„ pay out 11300.001) more than the cost of the steamers would have been if built on the. Continent. They were of the opinion that the present onesided free trade which enabled damaging competitions to eomo trom the Continent resulted in cruelty to the British workers. Bair trade should replace free trade across the Union Jack. UNION’S DEMANDS, fllecoivcd this day at ?■ a.m.! LONDON. May 17. The National Executives ot Engineering and Trades' Unions eonfei on Wednesday to consider the employer’s proposal, cabled on April 23rd. It is understood all the unions, representing half a million workers, have instructed their representatives to decline the offer and re I use any compromise on hours and conditions, anil at the same time press for the Union’s original demands.

REPORT DENIED. LONDON, May 10. Sunday papers deny emphatically the report that Mr Austin Chamberlain contemplates resigning,

WHEAT PRICKS. I.OXDOX. May 16. AYlumt cargoes are steady owing to smaller shipments, but the demand is quiet. Parcels are steady at hue rates. Kx-Atinawed. on passage, sold at Hull at 01.2. Liverpool futures. May 12s Lid, July 12s dpi, October ils'ojd. HKLGARIAX plotters. BKLGRADK. May pi. The police announce ihe dis-over.v of a conspiracy against lie liven ( 1 the King and .Ministers. The conspirators possessed detailed plans lor Mowing up Ihe Royal I’nlaie, Government. Parliament and oilier public buildings:. Seventeen Bolsheviks who recently arrived in order to eminlelc the plans were arrested red-handed at the secret hcadqmirters in a suburb where they were found studying the plans for carrying out the plot.

G KRAI AX I’RESIDENT'S SALARY. this day at S a.m.) BERLIN. May 10. The Reichstag Budget Committee adopted thi‘ Presidential Estimates, providing for an increase in the President’s annual salary to sixty thousand and expenses to 120 thousand marks. Communists opposed tile proposal and Socialists abstained from voting. A MIXK EXPLOSION. <Pr.. eived this day at. S a.m.J I.OXDOX. .May Pi. A terrific explosion occurred at Portsmund. v. here five hundred were employed. The explosion was due to the blowing tin of the explosives st-.n and the released gases penetrating the pit. Most of the employe;!* succeeded to scaniug. So far live are dead and 2d injured have been recovered. Thirty

K.MPIRK W'KKK TURNED DOW X I.OXDOX. May IT.

I,ally Galway, head of the Women's section at Wembley, has arranged demonstrations and lectures on the cooking of Kmpire foods lour times daily at the palace of industry. The lion L. C. M. S. Amery (Colonial Secretary) in a message to Lady Galvva.v says that he hopes this will stimulate the demand for Umpire foodsl nils and increase the British market for Kmpire produce. file “Daily Graphic” states that Lady Cowan, wife of the ALP. for .North Islington, is finding the greatest difficulty in organising an Kmpire Shopping Week. Aery few towns consented to show only Empire products. The Army and Navy Stores consented, and this was practically the only London simp to do so.

The “Graphic” adds: “The women forget their patriotTsm when they go shopping: md even lor one week in the year can the heart of the Empire forego its foreign goods 1 renc'ii clothes. German toys and American tinned foods. Nevertheless. Lady Cowan is undismayed and is organising u hall in Ilydo Park with a. supper entirely composed of Kmpire foods.”

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I.OXDOX. May IT. The Wembley authorities have rejected II scheme for a matrimonial bureau for the purpose of bringing into contact the domesticated luahloinf Britain with colonials. The promoter of the scheme undertook in erect dancing marquees and even suggested that oversea:' visitors might select wives for friends unable to come to Wembley. lie also simulated a percentage of the profits, pointing out the. scheme would result in an enormous attendance .and thereby wipe out the exitihil ion's debt -.

KENTUCKY DEI! BY. NEW YORK. May 16. \l Louisville. Flying Ebony, ridden I,v Earl Sands won the lifty thousand did Kir Kentucky Derby. Captain Halo was second and Son cl John -third. Seventy-live thousand people witnessed the race. Tin- favourites were outclassed. FRENCH GUINEAS. (Received this day tit 10 a.m.) PARIS, May 17. The French Two-Thousand Guineas resulted. Knrawny 1, Ptolemy 2. I res,ig 11 v2. Six ran. Win by halt a length. SHOCK FOR GERMAN PUBLIC. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON. May 16.

The “Observer's diplomatic correspondent says the Allied note on ilisa'mamciit "ill shock Cerimiii public opinion. It will he a long document, containing a formidable list of demands which must he carried out before the Allies lire satisfied that Germany 1 u« fulfilled the disarmament clauses of the Peace Treaty. Therefore, before- Cologne can be evacuated, British official circles state. Anglo-French agreement must be virtually reached on the subject . Kid (IT LK.IUOIt SHU’S liEE'l • NEW YORK. May 111. A dozen newspaper men who have concluded a four day cruise from Nantucket Light to Atlantic City under coastguard auspices, report that only twelve liquor ships, manned by dojeeIcil crews, arc left out of eighty odd. LABOUR AND PREFERENCE LONDON. -May 17. The “Daily Chronicle" lobbyist says the Labour Party is still wobbling, in its attitude towards Imperial preiercucc. The Labour Commonwealth. group which is concerned in anti-tree trade propaganda, obtained an attendance of seventy at its last meeting, including .Messrs Henderson. Shaw and Wheatlev. Recent developments indicate that there has been a considerable break a wav on the question. BALKAN TURMOIL. LONDON, May IS. The “ Daily Express ” Sofia correspondent states two thousand troops are engaged in repressing the activities oi the armed hands operating from political motive, each of Sofia. Sharp encounters have occurred at several places where many bouses were lutind pillaged. RcinfoiVoments arc guarding the main railway line bridges in consequence of the discovery of a plot to bold up the Orient express.