BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] POOR LA AY RELIEF. LONDON. Sept. 20. The Labour Guardians at AVcstham, Limehouse. Popular, Eastham, Bethnal Green. Shoreditch and Stepney, at a secret conference decided to support the tight against the Ministry of Health’s reduction of relief rates. SUSPICIOUS JAP FIRES. TOKIO. Sept. 20. The residence of Prince Tokuzawa. President of the House of Peers, was destroyed by fire. The loss amounts to one million yen. including historic nil objects. Closely following the fire in the Diet, it leads to the suspicion that- members of the Association of Former Social Outcasts are seeking revenge for acts of the Tokuzawa shotguns. DE PIN EDO'S FLIGHT. TOKIO, Sept. 20. 'I he aviator. Do Pinedo, has arrived at Tamsiii. A GERMAN SEIZURE. PARTS, Sept. 20. The ‘‘Echo do Paris” states the German authorities of Erielmrg have issued ail order to prevent the French airman Le Costo loavjng Frieburg and | reluming to France. The French Government is dealing with the matter. The Germans seized f.e Caste's machine and dismantled the motor. THE COMMUNIST ALP. LONDON. Sept. 21. The Battersea Town Hall was packed to suffocation to hear Air iSalclatvala, the Communist ALP., protest against the United States ban on his entry to that country for the Parliamentarv conference. Hundreds tailed

to get admission. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. Secretary Davies has been advised by the solicitors at the Labour Department that Hie immigration law of i lie United States clearly specifies tiiai an alien of the Communist political faith may not lawfully, enter or iciitain in the l lilted States, and is subject to exclusion or deportation. The opinion made no mention ol the case of Mr Saklatvala, but it- bore directly upon the subject. It was made clear in this opinion that Air Salatvala, ALP., would have been excluded from the United States upon arrival if i la* Stall' Department had not slopped him in Loudon.

PI.VIXC OVKR UKIOMNY. PARIS, September 21, The French airman Coste (who with the pilot Thierry, set out to ilv to India, bill was injured by the piano falling in the Black I'orcst, causing the death of Thierry has been held up bv the authorities in Germany. LONDON’, September 21. Tiie "Morning Post ” states: TIIO French aviator Coste was arrested bj' German police as he left Freiburg hospital (and was only released on the payment ol 25.000 marks as hail), on charges of living over Germany’. This was in retaliation lor the \ ersadles Treaty's restrictions of German aviation production that Germany lorhn lo the tliglit over Germany of ally full strength Allied machine. Owing to this rule, Coste and Thierry had planned to fly by way of Switzerland, but they were misled in the fog, and thus crashed in the Black Forest. Germany’s dramatic action is likely to bo treated as a test ease. There may l>e serious repercussions, as the action taken threatens the possibilities ol civil at union and it may alfect tho All-Bri-tish route to India.

J. 11. THOMAS IIOAYLED DOWN LONDON', Sept. 20. Mr .1. IT. Thomas, ALP., attempted •to address a. meeting of the National Enioii of Raihvaymen on the Town Aloor at Newcastle, where thousands were present, but he was howled down by a section of extremists. The Chairman was compelled to close the meeting. PRINCE OF WALES. VANCOCVKR, Sept. 20. T b,- Prim e of AVales. who was mare ned iii Chile last week by heavy snow in the Andes mountains, arrived at. A'inadalmar. leaving later for the frontier on his way to Argentine. The weather has improved considerably. HIE T ARIFF AGITATION. LONDON. Sept. 19. The Earl of Clarendon gives an adi! re -on Empire food at the Grocers’ Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall oil T uesday. and. in connection with this, a display of Empire products was arranged at the last moment. The space available was most limited. Australia and New Zealand, however, have very creditable -h-. •s. including canned and • Iri- d frui, . rvc- . butter, honey, ami wine-. Several individual firms are also featuring Australian and New Zealand products, especially Australian canned fruits and New Zealand (■utter and canned tongues. T he Lord Mayor of London, at the inaugural luncheon referred to the Empire food campaign.

SPANISH MOTORIST KILLED. MADRID Sept, 20. In the fifth lap in the Spanish Grand Prix. the motorist, Torehv. crashed into a triH* and was killed. DE PINE DO’S FLIGHT. [Reuter Telegrams.] (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SHANGHAI. September 22. De l’iiiedo has arrived.