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Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1925, Page 2

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■ ÜBTBALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION* LONDON LOAN FALLS FLAT. LONDON, May 21. The underwriters of the London County Council loan are saddled with 73 per cent of the issue. Dealings commenced at about- If per cent of a dis-x--COUIIt A CANONISATION. ROME, May 21. Tiie Rone performed the canonisation of Blessed Father Canisius. BRITISH COAL SLUMP. LONDON. May 21. How badly extremists were routed is revealed by the official figures of tho voting at the Coal Miners’ Conference at Blackpool, which, by oi 1,000 votes'to ' 230,000 sidestepped a motion for the preparation of new wages demands. The Executive of the Federation throw its weight ill favour of inaction, no doubt as the result of the disclosure of the serious plight of the coal industry. An owners’ and miners’ joint conleronee will now further investigate a solution of the slump problem. The next interesting test oi strength as between the militarists and the moderates will bo at the Miners’ cure on the I ill June to discuss the revival of the Triple Alliance. IN PALESTINE. LONDON, May 21. The ‘•Morning Post’s” Palestine correspondent states; “Lord Plttmer s appointment as Commander-in-Chief here has given satisfaction in non-Un-ionist circles, and it is anticipated that his appointment presages a modification of the British policy in connection with the establishment ol a Jewish natioiial home. After Earl Balfour's visit to Palestine and Syria 120 members of the House of Commons, belonging to the Middle East group, bora mo active and came to the conclusion that a modification of the policy was essential in order to placate Arab resentment. This consideration impressed Ministers and Lord Pliimor was oll’ered the ]>ost. Ho will seek a. greater measure of Arab co-operation. UNEMPLOYMENT DISCUSSED. LONDON, May 22. Unemployment- was again discussed in the Commons. Mr Oliver moved tho second reading of the Labour Party Bill entitled, Preventing of Unemployment Bill, providing for tho estab- r lishmont of a- National Employment and Development Board with a State grant of three millions sterling yearly, the Board to consist of Ministers of the Crown, and to he empowered to make advances to Dominions or Colonial Governments, local and public authorities to he spent anywhere in the Empire on purposes calculated to provide employment. Mr Oliver said groat areas of land were in Britain. They could he used to provide much meat, butter, and sugar now imported. British craftsmen were going to America although there was -ample opportunity for them in the colonies. If the colonies developed as the report East African Commission showed, they should he developed. Mr Lloyd George declared nothing could l;e done under tho Bill which Cabinet were unable to do without it.

CAB FATALITY. PARIS. May 22. A motor ear in which members the League of Nations Malaria Commit--' tee were returning from a tour of Lo Bnnon crashed at a precipice. Doctor Lothian Kncry (Britain), Doctor Barling (United States), and Mademoiselle Besson (French Secretary) were killed and another French woman and Dutch doctor were injured. ’

SMALL SHIP’S ORDE.VL. SUVA, May 23. 'The Tonga li cutter “ Vugafniiiintu,’’ of 20 tons, arrived at the Lakeha Lau Group, Fiji, on May l(i. She reports that she was blown from Tonga in a storm. She grounded on a reel at Vatina Masi. She jettisoned her cargo of copra. She was refloated, eventually reaching Lakeha. There were 33 souls aboard, including ten young children. BELGIAN CRISIS. BRUSSELS, May 22. After their defeat in the Chamber, the Ministers met and forwarded their resignations to the King. LORD YRRKS. LONDON, May 23. The “Daily Express” states it is understood the Dean and Chapter of Si. Raul’s offers the internment of Lord Ypres in the Cathedral in the niche re served for Lord Kitchener, adjoining that o| Lord Roberts KURDS ROUTED. LONDON, May 53. Official advices from Bagdad report that fighting is going on in Mesopotamia. 'The Kurdish ehieltain s for- * ees attacked the Iraq Cavalry in the Kulaiinani district, on the Persian frontier. liriti.-Ji aeroplanes bombed and routed the Kurds with heavy losses. SEC UKITY Q U KtSTION. LONDON, May 22. 'The “Daily ’Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent understands that Dominions circles are surprised that the Fram o-British negotiations with Germany. regarding the security proposals have not yet formally been submitted to tin- Dominion Governments. The explanation is that tile German proposals are vague and tentative, and the views of the Dominions need not la- sought until the negotiutians have reached a i oncrete stage. BRITAIN’S TRADE NEED. “Britain must increase her markets in the United States, if she is to meet her indebtedness to the American Government, and maintain her position as America’s principal purchas- J or.” so the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, told the meml>ers of the Iron and Steel Institute. He added that unless England’s unfavourable trade balance with the United States was greatly reduced they would have to buy elsewhere, although the A United States and Britain were each other’s best customers, ’the latter’s imports were twice as much front America as she exported to the United States. THE PRINCE OF WALES. CAPETOWN, May 23. The Prince of Wales was welcomed at Umtota by a great crowd of natives. The paramount chief, Tembtis, on behalf of all the Bantu people, conferred on him the title of “ The Shining Sun.” and also presented him with six oxen with broken horns, as a token of complete .submission. The Prince wore the briliant scarlet uniform of the Welsh Guards, which greatly delighted and impressed the natives. FIJI TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. SUVA. May 24. The epidemic at Suva is subsiding. No new eases or deaths are reported.