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Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Th” Times” Service.] BRITISH LABtil'R. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 1. The “Daily Express” Labour correspondent -ays: “The much-boomed Big Four La hour Federations’ Conlereuee on Thursday is prn«ti":dly certain to finale out. and end in the embarrassment. of Mr Cook, the lire—eating disciple id Lenin, who is Secretary of tlu- Miners’ Federation. The Executive of the National Fnion ot Railwayman has decided to have nothing to <i< with an alliance. The Transporters "ill not support the scheme. and lieEngineers are divided. LONDON', .June I. The exe olive of eight Trade Fnion organisations met in London at the invitation of the .Miners Federation to discuss proposals for establishing a new Inline alliance for mutual proleetiou. Cook 111 the Miners Feileralion in an impassioned sj oe. h appealed for unit;., hur tin* speakers generally were cautious and reluctant to hind themselves. The meeting resolved to aj - l|uint a committee ((insisting ot two repi CM ulalive,s I rowi each group ol industries in eon-ider suggest intis to he stibniilled to the (■ n; r. m .STRIKE I’().■> ITT ON. (Received this day at 11.2. T a.m.) I'EKLV. dun.- !. There has heen no further stndetil demonstrations to-day. Students last night saw the vice-''hairina it of die Chanil.er (.f Commerce and urged a general strike, hut he advised against it. stating Oovernmeiii w. s doing all j ns--jiile to liriug about nil aniienhle scltlement of the al’fai I ’. Studcnls to-day villi flags in all main thoroughfares are trying to persuade shopkeepers I" agree to a strike, hut there was no diserder. ye-terdny or t>-day. Fmployit; at. A-sGi-e House and the Majesti - Hotel walked oat to-day. The strike is still spreading Iml a reaction aiming man.' workers is apparent. Ihe police raided and closed Seymour Road school. They found abundant Bolshevik literature. In other plaers vi-ited some arrests were made. The rioters are now concentrating on the strike movement wlibh a vast majority of the workers are endeavouring to evade.

TTIE CHINESE CLASH. PEKIN. June l

Replying to the Foreign Office Note rdiilive to tic Shanghai situation .the diplomats while deploring events say it was (mlv when the crowds rcl'us"d to nl.i'V III" order of the police and e.ltacked them and nt templed In assault' oil the polie" station, that the police resorted to arms. Ii tumid, therefore, appear that the responsibility ler the events which followed rests on the demonstrators. not the authiiril ies. The coni I'ssii-U li e diplomats declare that subsequently the same authorities gave preof llial thev were well disposed, and the mixed court licfnrc whom those arrested were .summoned ordered their provisional release mi bad. The diplomat- -tale while awaiting further information. that they hope ihe ( hiuese (iovornment will continue to envisage the unfortunate incident with the same conciliatory spirit inspiring Hie interested diplomatic representatives, to the end that order ami tranquility may b-re-established in Shanghai with Unicast delay. All messengers and practically all Chinese operators ol the great Northern Telegraph and Eastern (Extension Telegraph have struck.

N. Z. TRADE COMMISSIONER. LONDON. June A. Mr F,ln*.lie the New Zealand i rail" (. oiivnis-inner toured the North ol Engulml, Glasgow and Belfasl. where he found that the business men were, most interested in New Zealand aim must anxious to learn about her markets. Many decided to send out a represent a ti ve .u.r Elntslu,' toms llie Midlands next week and embarks in the RotoiT.it mi 2.;th September. TT RULE’S SELF-SACRIFICE. LONDON. June I. While friends were looking lor Tibbie to iiffer their congratulations on his self-sacrifice he again submitted himself for a hlitoil 1 1 aiislTisiou at the London Hospital In-day. MR BALDWIN AND HIS RIRK. (Received this day al J.O p.wi.) LONDON, June 3. Mr Baldwin, who is rivalling Sir J. .M. Barrie as the premier pipe smoker of Britain, leade interesting revelations when i ecciving the ireedum ol Dundee. He said: “I always found that pipe smokers had wisdom, raininess, outlook and breadth of vision which were denied cigarette and cigar smokers. Partly owing to my love ol the pipe and partly In mv Scottish ancestry Lord Haldane always keeps me supplied with tohaeeo which is labelled " Glasgow Presbyterian Mixture.” It is an admirable tohaeeo blended by the divine of the Scottish Church.”

PRINCE DE WALES. WONDER EC I, KNTi I I’S I AST 1C SCENES. (Received tins day at 10.20 a.m.) CAPETOWN. June 4. Amid wnnderlul scenes ol enthusiasm at Durban the Prince of Wales opened llie new (liivernment dock which nil! i.i I,ceforth bear bis name, lie snbsequeiitlv participated in a panic ol polo. ' |,EYERIII'LAIE WILL. LONDON. June 2. The late Lord l.everhulme wills his estate to the present Miscount, but sots aside 1011.1)00 €lO ordinary shares in I,ever Bros, as a Special Fund to pay lepacics and annuities to the people in Ids employ.

A speeial fund will he divided into 100 parts, of which ten will he paid to If,. Viscount l.everhulme for the time being, :tO will be divided between the , hainvan and a special committee of l.cvcr Bros, and 20 arnonp the directors of Lever Bros, and its associated eomproiies, 20 will he applied to the encourapement of art, and 20 to charities for commercial travellers, prorers. and chemists. The capital of the Special Eund will be distributed in 21 years after bis death to the testators of the lasi sur-

viving executor. All'll BEK OF SIRDAR. CAIRO. June 2. The men accused of the murder ol the Sirdar, Sir Lee Stack, arc the two brothers Knnynt, two railway shopworkers. a carpenter, engineer, taxidriver. and lawyer, the ex-Znglilulist Deputy. Shafki Mansur, and an official. Mahmoud Ismail. IHSARAI A.MKN'T NiM'W. LONDON. June L The disarmament note was presented to Germany at noon.

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