BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1925, Page 3

BRITISH PARLIAMENT

[.Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. LONDON. Dee. 7. Tn the Common* Mr Bootliby. Conservative for Aberdeenshire) asked if it. were possible to .summon an Imperial Economic Conference with a view to * the discussion of the development of Empire trade. Air Baldwin pointed out that the Imperial Economic Committee appointed at the beginning of 1112 b included representatives of the Dominions, India and Colonies. Mr (iarrow .Tones asked whether in view of the fact that nearly nine weeks elapsed since initialling the 1.0-earno earno Treaties, if Mr Ainerv had received :i definite answer, enabling him to amplify the reply (cabled on <>cl. IlOth.) relative to the Dominions’ ratification. Alt' Ornisbv Core said eominiiniciitions were still passing, and it was premature to make a statement. ~ BFRWa.N ITEMS’ [Australia A- N.Z. Cable Association.] THOUSANDS LEA VINO THE CHURCHES. (Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) BERLIN, December 7. - Thousands of people are renouncing their membership of the churches as the result of Communist propaganda. This is causing consternation among the religions leaders because the people thereby evade payment of the church tax, amounting to ten per cent of income tax. BRITISH £ FnpnnH wrw«? — [Renter Telegrams ] BURIED WITH HER CAT. I.ONDON, Dee. 7. Alnria Seymour, a wealthy widow of Devonshire, directed in her will that her eat .should be poisoned with prussic acid fhy a veterinary surgeon and limbed in the same coffin. The instructions were carried out to-day. COST OF WEATBLE V. LONDON', Dec. 7. Chartered accountants in a statement of accounts of the Empire Exhibition say that so far as is ascertained, the financial loss is nearly sixteen thousand sterling. The immediate liability of the guarantors is fixed at lbs in the £. CHESS. LONDON. Dec. 7. Bogoljulov won the world’s clic-s championship by drawing with Lasker in the filial match. LONDON DOCK STRIKE. (Received this day at 1.0 p.in.) I.ONDON. December 7. The strike has extended to Tillhurv owing to the diversion thither of the Alaloja, which was originally intended to discharge at King George Dock, where the trouble originated in connection with the Largs Bay. Work began on tbo Alaloja yesterday jfJiy tlie Peninsular Company’s own labourers, who have no connection with ,tl:e stevedording contractors, whoso employees are striking at King George Dock.' To-day the Alaloja’s workers declined to continue to discharge her and refused to work on other steamers, including the Ayrshire, which has just arrived with a large refrigerated cargo. The strikers and employers conferred this afternoon and though the result is not announced it is believed there is 1 the prospect, of work being resumed tomorrow. Tt is understood the trouble on the Largs Bay arose from the use of eleeggpbe bogey trucks to convey meat along the (piayside to the barges, thereby on- ' aiding the employers to reduce Iho men employed by fifty per cent : but electric trucks are not employed at ; Tilbury. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. GENEVA, December 7. Sir Austen Chamberlain and Af. Brianil have been jointly awarded tlie Nobel Peace Prize for lllllb in recognition of the Locarno Peace Pact.

DISARM AM ENT HITCH. (1 EX KVA, Dei-. 7. Owing to Britain objecting to the League of Nations controlling tlu* size and disposition of Inn' licet, a liitcli lias occurred in connection with the work of the disannament sub-eoininit-tee engaged in drawing nj) the 11)2(5 disannament programme, which includes the determination of the extent of armaments each country will contribute to the I.canoe s lorces in war-time. The committee reported the situation to the Council ol the League. Another deadlock occurred when the Belgian Socialist, M. Dehrovcekere moved a motion declaring Belgium refused to accept a plan for the reduction or limitation of armaments unless the plan was of a specified nature, and the promptness of assistance, which a nation, when attacked, can expect to receive. The British delegates expressed the view that it was not a proper time to discuss such a proposal.