BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. 1

CHINESE FOREIGN COMMUNITY, PEKING, April 11.

Concrete evidence of the growing desire of the foreign community in Shanghai to meet the Chinese in the matter of local grievances is contained, firstly, in an almost uuliiiimous resolution of a meeting of ratepayers in favour of admitting three Chinese as Councillors, secondly, in a statement by the Chairman ol the Municipality that the Council favoured n rendition of u mixed court to China if efficiency in carrying out justice was not. impaired; thirdly, the Ghairmau’.s promise that the Council would consider the admission of Chinese to the Foreign parks. A resolution regarding the Chinese -membership of the Council requires the sanction of the Powers before it can he effective.

.MISSING SPANISH AIILMEN CAIRO. April II

Aircraft jure still searching for 'Estevez, the nursing Spanish airmen. The opinion is expressed that there Is no need for anxiety as Estevez knows Arabic and is traversing grazing country, where ho is likely to encounter friendly Arab shepherds.

THE NORGE AT PAULS. OSLO. April it The airship Norge has arrived.

AN- AERIAL AGREEMENT. PARIS, April II

According to “Quotidian,” a FrancoGerman aerial convention has been signed authorising French aeroplanes to fly over Germany. Consequently a number of important air services will he opened in lime including lines between Paris, Cologne and Britain, and between Cologne, London and Copenhagen, Hamburg anil Cologne, while it will, he possible to fly to .Moscow from J 'll rift via Berlin.

AMERICAN HUSTLE OUTDONE. LONDON, April U

A party of American hotel proprietors, who have been visiting London l'or the purpose of seeing how an English hotel is rim, admit rlmt they have been outhustled by the energetic: Londoners. .Many have called a halt boinn unable to keep up with the English programme. They declare that London keeps late hours and after a round of banquets and receptions finds itself breakfasting at midday, hour spent to-day in bed. They say that London is most fascinating, but American hustle is unable to keep pace with London's constant efficiency. I’ll I NCR Ob' BACH Ml. Oils. LONDON, April 11. Bachelor Commoners uro worried whether the regular secret dinner should include Miss Wilkinson. Seine tiro frankly opposed to the presence of women. The organiser, Sir James Uai finer, thinks Miss Wilkinson must he admitted under the category of a bachelor maid, One of the principal toasts will be the Prince of Bachelors, the Prince of Wales, PISA IIMAM ISN'T II fill I! ESS KNTATIVES, LONDON, April 14, Til the House of Commons Sir Austen Chamberlain slated that Lord Cecil, assisted by the Foreign Office, Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry advisers, would he the British, representative on the preparatory disarmament committee. The Dominions Governments would not he specifically represented oil the committee, hut as usual ull developments would he coiiiiniiiiitiated to them and special steps would be taken with the object ol associating them with the work of the sub-commit-tee of Imperial Defence which has been appointed to advise on the question connected with the preparatory committee’s work. BRITISH TRADE RKTCRNS. LONDON, April 14. The Board of Trade returns lor March are:—‘lmports £106,8(1-1,000, exports £66,500,090. Imports increased by £10,009,000 and with exports by £3,58(1,000 as compared with last year. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. LONDON, April 11. The report that Germany and Russia are negotiating a treaty did not surprise British autlioritiative circles m •London. It is understood that assurances have been received ill London and other European capitals that any such treaty contemplated will not contain anything inconi pa table with tl.e Covenant of the League or the Locarno agreement. CAPTAIN -WILKINS INJURED. VANCOUVER, April 15. A message from Fairbanks, Alaska, states: Suffering from a wrist slightly sprained and, an arm badly bruised, Wilkins said to-day:—" l will not take the air again until my right hand has healed.” The member was injured on Saturday when the leader was caught in the running gear under the machine Alaskan while guiding it on tlhe lagoon on which it alighted at Barrow on returning to Fairbanks. Captain Wilkins piloted the craft with his left. The Alaskan left four hundred gallons of gasolene at Barrow where other supplies are stored. The plan is for Eilsen and Wilkins to fly out over the Arctic with one ’plane, leaving the other in columnnd of f.ampler in reserve to return to Fairbanks a week after the hop off if no word is received from the explorers.