BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

] [Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] WIRELESS OPERATORS TO R ESU.ME. LONDON. February ID. | The Secretary of the Wireless Union | states the wireless operators will resume work at the reduced rates of pay demanded by the employers, namely a reduction of twenty-two shillings and six pence monthly. The whole of the matters in dispute, including wages, will be subject to negotiation after a r■‘■sumption of work and if no settlement i„ reached the disputed questions will be referred to arbitration.

BRITISH INDUSTRIES. INCIDENTS AT THE FAIR. LONDON. February IS. During I heir Majesties tour of the British Industrie-- fair there was an amusing incident. A Salvationist lass begged a donation for the self-denial land. 'I heir .Majesties stopped smilingly. felt in their pockets and purses and thru looked helplessly at each other and discovered that, they were penniless. Members of their entourage came to the rescue with a handsome contribution. lhe King purchased a fountain pen. insisting on a hroad nil). Becoming interested in a mechanical race game flu* King backed a white horse find the Quieii a black one. Others hacked on different colours. I here was loud laughter when the black won and the white came last. I heir .Mam-ties watched the nianiilaeture of tennis balls, and were delighted to learn talit British halls were m-ed at the Cannes tourney.

THE KING OBJECT*. i EON'DOX, February IS. ■ \\ bile the King was inspecting tin exhibits al the British Industries fair lie was informed hv the sole Britisl typewriter exhibitor that Hie typewriters in the Government offices wen of American mate. Turning >;i r J>. I Gunliffe-I.ister, the King asked: “If other Governments can buy British machines, why eannol they he used in our own offices T’ Sir P. Cimliffo-Eisler. taken by surI prise, replied that lie would have the matter inquired into. The King pressed the point, whereupon he was inlornicd that the salesmen acre British ox-service men and that if a Government order was received, it would mean the employment of one extra for every machine sold. The King said that he would see that the matter was looked into immediatelv. be Daily Mail ” has a leading article expressing strong disapproval of the Government for using foreign tvpewriters. If points out that CSfiJlOfl worth ol British typewriters were cxporled in ID2o. mainly to the* Dominions. whereas Britain imported I'SOS.OO;) worth of foreign ones. TURKISH I.AAV. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feh. IS. The Assembly at Angora has voted oil bloc a new civil code, of over nine hundred articles, regulating civil life on western lines. It notably deals with the status of women, who acquire divorce rights equal In men.

he code is based on the Swiss legis-

t abolishes polygamy, t prohibits the marriage of..Moslem non with Christians.

FRANCE AND TURKEY. I LONDON. Eeb. ID. Reports from Const ant inople affirm that, M. Do Joiivenal, the French Commissioner in Syria, has in negotiations with Angora, settled the outstanding questions affecting France's position in Turkey and Syria, by ceding Turkey that section of the .Baghdad railway forming the northern frontier of Syria, with the railwnv station of I’ayas and seven villages in Ibe vicinity. Tile reports are not continued, hoi the Turkish newspaper ‘‘Vakil.” sillies Al. Joiivenal is. wailing h> sign an agreement. The Fnmeo-Turkisli Treat v of 1!)2I fixed two hundred miles r.f the railway as the frontier of Syria and Turkey but the poscssion of the line has since been a subject; ol dispute. Ibis railway will be the most important means ol a cess to Iraq when a small incomplete portion in the Mosul region is finished.

MORE GREEK ARRESTS. ATHENS. Feb. 18

ft is spmi-nffieiully stated that further minor arrests have been made. All those arrested were taken during the* evening to one of the Greek Isles, where they have every comfort.

A special tribunal has been appointed to deal with persons charged with being concerned in subversive acts, and it is inquiring into their activities.

General Pangalos, in a statement in regard to the arrests, says the temporary removal of the arrested persons is necessary because alarming rumours have recently been circulated, involving the name of Af. Papannstn.sious. .Al. Mondolis and others are of the opinion that the rumours are baseless. but if it be proved, tie arrested persoiUs .reality ,intended to disturb public order and the work ol the Government, they will be excmplarily punished. General Pangalos sees 110 danger to public order. He stated those arrested would be taken to the Island of Santoriau. The rumour of a naval meeting is contradicted.

'LONDON. Feh. 18. The ‘•Morning Post’s” Athens correspondent says; The traffic police are being supplied with poles live feet long, .studded with large nails, wherewith to punctuii? the tyres of motorists driving at an excessive speed. ELI I FRUIT FOR NFAY ZEALAND SUVA, Feb. 19. The Hunters' Association has requested the Fiji Government to call tenders for a steamer to run between Fiji and Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin, carrying fruit, with a monthly average output of twelve thousand cases. The contract wouhl lie for a year. It is estimated twenty-five thousand caws are available monthly at present. MODERN YOUTH. ■•LONDON. Feb. 18. The “Daily Mail” comments on tho criticism of the young people ol the present day by Dr Russel, the West End neurologist-. who says the modern child is out of hand, the present day tendency being to study a child’s whims an pander to them, thus allowing children to do as much as they pleased, was responsible for much harm and hygiene l of body and mind was greatly needed, when children were permitted to read baneful literature at will, and to spend hours in kiiv?mns. The “Daily Mail,” commenting on Dr Rusell’s criticism, states; “It i.s preposterous to treat- a few dope fiends, dance maniacs, and- cocktail girls ns typical of England, which is full of girls following a normal existence, with healthy minds and bodies.” WONDERFUL SURGERY. VIENNA, Feb. 18. A doctor saved the life of a woman who was .stabbed in a drunken brawl, by stitching two wounds in her heart. He subsequently transfused blood and injected common saTt into her veins.