BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Australian and n.z. carle association (TOUT CURRENCY'. CA I’KTOWN, May 18. Ollieial—South Africa to-day resumed the gold eurreney for both export and internal use, ATHLETICS. MAN I IT, A, May 18. In the Kar East 'Olympic games track anti held events Japan secured 05 1-3, China one third; China beat Japan at volley ball. Philippines beat China in the tenuis singles. THE SILK TAX. (Received this day tit 11.25 a.in.) TOKIO, May 18. A (•(•cording to press reports a i reirp.i commercial mission now in Japan is u"gotialing a monopoly ol all Japan.’-.c silks to Europe for avoidance of the i:cnv English tuxes.

HOEY YEAR CANONISATIONS. tiCecfeiveu this (lay 9.15 a.m.) HOME, May 18

All impre.s-.ive ceremony was peiTormed bv the Rope on the occasion of the first of the Holy Year Canonisations which will he made every Sunday dining flic next lew weeks. A I'iencii nun. Sister Thcrcsc of the Child of Jesus, was elevated to Sainthood in the presence of sixty thousand spectators. An electric loud speaker operated for the first time inside Sf Rotor's »'«l u carried the Pun till" s voice to the most distant corners of the basilica. I lie dome, facade and obelisk ol St 1 etei s were illuminated by thousands ol lamps and flambeaux, being the first time since 1870. AY MINING TO MOTORISTS. LONDON, M.ay 18. The Inspector of Explosives warns motorists to electrically earth their ears bv a metal chain when pouring petrol into the tank. He says that several fatal fires have been caused through friction, the petrol generating „ static spark, when the ear wa.s merely insulated against the ground by tyres. WOMAN'S WHOLESALE MERDERS. BERLIN, May 18. A sensation has been caused at Carlsbad through the arrest of a society beauty, Julia lCemicu, on charges of liuirderiiK' two husbands, her son and thirty-one lovers. The physicians have certified her sane.

BUTTER PRICES. (Received this da> at 11.25 a.ni.) LONDON. Mj‘>' 18 - Mr Emery. (Chairman ol‘ the Home Colonial Stores) states if there were a free'butter market (n-dny, butter would be sold at Is (id to the consumer instead of Is fid. There is no justification for the maintenance of high prices in view of the largo amount of butter in cold storage, which cannot I* released owing to the attitude of the Australian Farmers' Association and New Zealand Cooperative dairies. Mr Km cry’s statement has aroused newspaper controversy regarding the proprietary of holding up supplies in order to raise the price. One big wholesale buyer of Australian and Jsew Zealand butter says it is a game of “pull devil, pull baker.’’ between the holders of stock and buyers, and it remains to be seen who will win the tug of war. Some critics allege the action of the Colonial sellers is a direct challenge to the recommendations of the Food Commission.