BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. 1 BRAN IS II DIRECTORY ABOLISHED. MADRID. Deeemebr 2. The abolition of the Spanish Directory and the substitution of a Civil Cabinet, with General Rrimo De Rivera as Premier, i.s expected to follow a mooting of the political leaders and the Ministry of War. over which General De Rivera presided, with a view to preparing for the handing over of the logins of power. .MADRID, December 2. The Directory will resign to-day, and will he replaced by a Civil Cabinet headed by Director De Rivera. IU’DYARD KIPLING. CONDITION WORSE LONDON. December 3. Air Kipling's condition is worse. BRITISH PROTECTIVE TARIFF. HEATED DEBATE. LONDON, Doc. 2. In the House of Commons there was i vigorous debate on a motion to apply ilie Safeguarding of Industries Act to cutlery, gloves, gas mantles, and wrapping paper. Air Philip Snowden demanded tho presence in the House of Air Baldwin,' contending that these new duties were a violation of his pledge not to introduce protection by the hack door.

Alter (Sir P. Cunlilfe Lister had defended the new duties, the debate became heated. The closure was carried by 257 to 134 ; hut the Opposition continued tho discussion of oilier amendments, which wore defeated by substantial majorities. A Labourite, Air Neil Ale Lean, drew Hie Speaker’s attention to the presence of strangers. Under the Parliamentary rules, all strangers, including tho press were, directed to retire. 'J lie debate was then continued in secret. A BETTING TAX PROPOSAL. LONDON, Dee. 2. Lord Newton in the House of Lords submitted tt motion in favour of a l etting tax. which, lie said, would lie tho •Means of easing file taxation on many people, tie estimated that live hundred millions sieriiiig was spent on l>etLing annually, mostly off the racecourses. Here was a gold mine at the Chancellor's feet. Lord Liverpool mentioned Unit he mid personally observed the totalisator in New Zealand. It had not increased betting. Lord Plymouth declared that the legalising of betting was reverse of the policy in operation for seventy years past. It would lie a shock to a large section of the public. His opinion was that the tax would not yield more than three millions annually. The motion was amended to one urging the Alinistry’s consideration, and was then adopted. SIR 0. LODGE OX “GENESIS.” LONDON, Dee. 2. Sir Oliver Lodge, lecturing on tiie evolution of the world, said that to regard the first chapters of Genesis as scientific fact or an attempt at scientific fact, was an unlettered illiterate blunder. “\Yo must regard them as poetry,” lie said, “and dig out tiie inner meaning by getting below the superficial skeleton, wherein they are framed. Some declared that the process of evolution did not require mind or plan, hut they were in opposition to the inspired writing, and were not rational in going lieyoiul anything they know. Things did not come into existence instniit.cou.sly, As trees are grown from seed, and a (lower unI'ohls from a hud. so> the process of evolution was gradual not sudden. Science did not deal with origins, even poetry had to close its eyes and could only murmur the words “in the beginning, God created the heaven and earth.”