BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Tjiv Times” Service.] INDIA AND LEAGUE. GENEVA, Aug. 11. The Indian Government in a message to the League of Nations, states that it is forced to tiie conclusion that tic Peace Proctoeol would be inimical to India’s outercstx, as it would, in the peculiar circumstances of Asia, mark her down as a nation whereon the League, under the Protocol, would ordinarily call to apply immediate sanctions against any recalcitrant State in the East. This would he a heavier burden than India could bear. AN AUSTRALIAN’S EXPLOIT. LONDON. Aug. It. George Gray, alias .McCraig. described as an Australian horse breeder. was committed for trial on a charge of breaking anil entering a house in Clarendon Place. Hyde Park. Gray appeared in Court on crutches. It i, alleged that, he made a cat-bur-glar's climb to a balcony, am! v.a> found asleep on the step on Sunday morning by a parlourmaid. V.'hen discovered, Gray made a wild dash lor a window and then jumped over the balcony railing a distance of thirty-five feet into the area below, breaking Ids leg and four of his toes, and also sustaining internal injuries. \ SPEEDY TOUR. LONDON. Aug. 11. The aviator A. 15. Richards has just achieved one oi ihe greatest aviation triumphs yet rccirch cl. tic* visited six capitals in 39 J flying hours, his averspeed being 121) miles per hour. IMMIGRANTS FOP, NKW ZKA LAND LONDON, Aug. 11. There are 2'3 emigrants embarking hero by the A) Iconic- fur New Zealand, including forty domestic servants and iwentv-lwo more Public School boys. A BANK M ERG KR. LOXDoN. August M. The “Times’’ commenting cut pending merging of the Colonial AngloKgyptian Banks and the National .Bank of South Africa, with Barclays, says: “The War revealed that there is less scope for hanking c :-nporation between the various components of the Umpire than between Britain aiql foreign states. There we re no central hanks outside Britain. This defect has been remedied, in part, by the creation ol reserve hanks in Smith Africa, India and Australia. It is expected that new hanks will .lie established, or that institutions will he evolved in Canada, New Zealand and elsewhere. A\ hat the Bank of Knglaml succeeded in elsewhere effecting in the field of central hanking, Barclays are seeking to achieve in the realm of commercial banking. “The Times.” in an editorial, emphasises the importance of Imperial economic unity.