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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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TURKEY AND SOVIET. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1-1. The Turkish National Assembly has ratified the Tiirt.-o-Russian convention which was signed at Paris on December 17 tli.

Tew til; Rusliid Bey. the Foreign Commissioner in a speech, declared the new agreement was the.' natural outcome of Turkey’s friendly relations with Russia, and it aimed solely at the maintenance of peace.

NEAY RADIO AfARTEL. LONDON, Feb. 12

The Post-master-Oonoral, in a communique. confirms a. cable cm Feb. 11th. which stated that the Rugby AVireless telephony tallied to New York from four o'clock on Sunday morning until 7.80 in the evening. The conditions were abnormally favourable. A'oicei OJi.sily were recognisable. He adds, however, that numerous to-bnieal difficulties must be overcome before a commercial servien can be established. 'LONDON. Feb. 13. The “Daily Telegraph,” under the heading “An Epoch-making Success,” dc-s; ribes a telephone conversation .successfully carried out by wireless between the Rugby Station and th-s Long Island Station, New York, nil Sunday. Tlv? conversations commenced early in the morning, and were continued in the evening. Those present at the Rugby stations declared that it was a.s though speaking from one end of the Rugby Station to the other on an ordinary telephone. In many instances the speech was actually clearer. Every inflection of the voice was reproduced with perfect accuracy. A percentage ol amateur listeners picked up the voices, thus proving that the problem of ensuring the privacy of radio telephonic, conversations is yet unsolved, though exports declare that this discovery is close at hand.

The results are beyond expectations, but have not been sufficiently perfected to justify public radio telephony. Nevertheless, the .achievement is of particular interest to the Dominions, sinor it reveals that, at no distant date, families at present separated by leagues of ocean will be able to tell the old folks at Home bow their pioneer sous and daughters are faring in the back blocks of Australia, or the prairies of Canada and in remote New Zealand.

BUTTER COMPLAINTS. LONDON, February 12

At n meeting of the Home and Colonial Stores, Afr Emery repeated the protest cabled oil Alav IStb. that Australia and New Zealand were holding up their butter supplies. Tin* commercial authorities attached to the Australian and New Zealand High Conunissioners' Departments slate Mr Emery’s complaints are not new, nor are they altogether true, because neither the Australian nor the New Zealand, Dairy Export Control Board is unreasonable in the withholding of butter or cheese. It is their policy to regulate .shipments in consequence of abnormal conditions following on the recent shipping strike, and to partly prevent glutting the markets and slumping the prices. They point out- that Afr Emery is charging Australians ami New Zealanders with holding up supplies in the hope of better prices, virtually admits that lie ieanying on with the minimum ol supplies and is accumulating exceptionally large cash balances in the hope ol the market becoming more favourable. Both Australia and New Zealand recognise the gravity of the growing competition from Latvia and Argentina. principally from the latter, where Mr O’Callaghan, a former Australian expert, has achieved remarkably high qualities in the butter made, although on a comparatively small scale. Tlie question of the holding up ol supplies was recently referred to the newly-formed New Zealand Dairy Board in Loudon, who decided that it was, not necessary to take any action.

CONFIDENCE IN BRIAND

PARIS, February 12,

In the Chamber of Deputies .41. Casals on behalf of the Radical Socialists, stated that their party has decided to separate from the Socialists, with a view to arriving at practical financial results in the interests of the country. Kor the first time since the opening of the financial debate in the chamber by M. Brinml made the motion to shelve the Socialist proposals in the Finance Committee’s Bill a question of confidence, and obtained a vote ot 32(5 to 183.

The result of the vote shows there is a split in the Cartel, some of the Radicals voting with the Government and some against them. The Socialists’ proposal was that the State he made a co-heir with all other legatees, the State’s share to vary according to the degree of the relationship of the heirs to the deceased. M. Briand, in supporting the shelving of the motion, said that they had reached the extreme limit of discussion, and that the necessary funds 'to balance the budget must be voted without delay in order that both Chambers might pass them by February 28th,

A BRITISH HERO. LONDON. February 12

A thrilling war story has been revealed by a newspaper advertisement. It was one asking for cx-Sapper Johnson. residing at Fleetwood, to call at a local hotel, ns Madame Khens wished to thank him. for reselling her children, ft appears that a force of Uhlans, advancing at Dicklebush in 1910. cut off Johnson from the British artillery, and at the same time set fire to a chateau. Johnson, hearing children’s screams, despite the risks of capture, dashed in and rescued the children. He emerged amidst the Uhlans. whose officer, witnessing his gallantry, gave Johnson an hour’s grace to reaclT the British lines. Johnson took the children to a neighbouring monastery, where ho left bis name and address. The monks at the monastery recently revealed the incident, which Johnson himself had never mentioned.

PREHISTORIC MEN. LONDON, Feb. 13. News lias been received from Cologne that Dr Zetz, of the Frieburg University. claims that be lias discovered, in the Witches’ Valley, in the Black Forest, tbi? habitation of a pro-historic man, who flourished 2*l or 30 thousand years ago. Previous resea relies made iu the same ueighl>ourhood have unearthed homes dating hack to the ice age, and also large quantities of prehistoric Hint Implements. A LEAgHTrOBLEM. GENEVA, Feb. 12. The Longue Council has fixed March Bth. as an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly to deliver an opinion.on Germany’s application for memberhhll>- BERLIN. Feb. 12. ■■A Breach of Faith” . is how Dr Stresemann’s newspaper ‘‘The Taglisehe Rimudschau” describes the proposed creation of new League Council seats, which is regarded as creating an entirely new situation, ‘‘flic Taglielie Uunudschau” which usually represents the official attitude declares that Germany would not hesitate to withdraw her application for League mebership in the face of such disloyal procedure.