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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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ITALIAN LA HOCK AGREEMENT. HOME. October l>.

An agreement lias been signed between the industrial employers and the Fascist Labour ConfederaUnns whereby Midi recognised Ibe other ns the solo representative of employers and labour respectively. All their business relations will henceforth he handled by the organisations they establish and the internal committees in the factories have been offieiallv abolished.

POOR LA.W RELIEF. LONDON, Oil. 0

The West ham Hoard of Ounrdiuns rejected the Ministry of Health's oiler of a loan to enable the Guardians to carry on their functions, provided they, noreed to a reduction of the maximum scale of relief. The guardians bad previously rejected an amendment that a hallol be taken at the relief stations to ascertain the will of the unemployed and till in receipt of relief.

ARCTIC SHIP AlAl'D. SEATTLE. Oct. C,

Amundson's exploration schooner Maud. which sailed from here on .'June flnl. of 1922 in the hope of drifting in the Arctic ice across the North Pole has returned. The ship was ordered here by Amundsen to he sold. The crew have dispersed. Although the Muad drifted and shouldered her wav about 2,0(X) miles west of Nome, the currents carried her tint little in a northerly direel ion. It is for this reason that Amundsen ordered the expedition tu he abandoned. The coldest temperature exerienced during the drift was SI degrees holnw r.e»u, WHAT ( O.NCPRNK RRITAIN. (Received this day at 9.A0 a.mA I .ON l)< in. Ooinhcr The " Times " in a hauler declares that it is the Rhineland Government alone which seriously concerns liritaiu. Heyoud that, we have, and can have no possible commit men! s. The "Times” adds, although I'Vaiico Inis Pastern Puropean eommitments she may he persuaded to subordinate them in the more valuable achievement of the Rhineland Pact. Alter all a j guaranteed pome in the West will greatly lessen the danger of serious trouble in the Past. PRP.VCII OPI'IGPRS RPVOI.T. (Received this day at 9.A0 a.m.) PARIS. October (i. The newspaper " Soil - ” draws attention to the sensational revolt o! ollieers of the Rollon garrison when volunteers wore called to form, a draft for Syria. Six hundred poiius volunteered, lint not a single ollicer responded with the exception of ('omneanda lit ( hamonoux. Thereupon a mimlier ot ollieers were named, including Captains Herman and lirav. lioth refused to go to Syria, preferring to resign tlieii commission. The troops subsequently hooted Herman who is believed to beinliileneed hy a newspaper campaign against General Sarrail. The walls at Hell'ort Were placarded with a denunciation nl Herman’s conduct. It is announced the Government has ordered an inquiry into the Syrian opeiations. ARRPSTPI) ON lIONPV.MGON. llpl! UN. October fi. Huron Vim S’endeu who was departing on his honey moon was arrested and charged with six others, with being concerned ill a political murder in I WO. when the body of n young man, Pannier. was found in a wood at Spundali. he being believed to have been the victim of a Royalist vendetta. The fact that the members of tin- ” Mack Army” were sworn to secrecy made the investigation protracted. A SCOTCHMAN’S RAIfOAIN. I.ONDON, Deb. (i. tu preparation for the closing ot the Wembley display the New Zealand Controller auctioned two slum Corriedale rams and three wese. A Scotsman got the lot- at Hie disappointing price of 27(1 guineas.