BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

4 '[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] RAILWAY LOSSES. . LONDON, May 27. The gross losses of the four railway companies due to the general strike and coal strike are £6,490,000, according to the Railway Gazette, which points out that prior to Ist May eacih Company secured receipts for the current year substantially higher than .the "corresponding period of 1925. Returns for the week ending 23rd May show these increases have been more than wiped out for the year. ROYAL RECEPTION. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, May 28. The King gave an audience to forty delegates to the international Parliamentary Commercial Conference, Ilis Majesty recalling'the 191.8 conference, when only eight countries were represnted, said he thought the present encouraging increase indicated a general

desire to assist in reparation for the p*. injuries the war inflicted on the world’s commerce. His Majesty picked out from the conference’s agenda the production, and distribution of coal, shipping law and custom, which lie declared of vital importance to Britain and doubtless other countries.

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► ('Received this day at 12.25 p.m,A LONDON, May 28. A Downing Street semi-official report states that the Government is Imping for individual coal settlements, because it cannot disregard, the normal machinery of negotiation, although the parties are wide apart. The Government feels it has exhausted every avenue of approach and is therefore waiting for the parties to reconsider the position before the offer of a subsidy lapses on 31st May. Meanwhile householders are 2’ationecl, fieinp; allowed one hundredweight a fortnight. Hopes were built up on the chance of the miners accepting an eight hour day without a reduction of wages but the miners unanimously turned down the separate offer on that basis, PRINTER S’ SETTLEMENT. LONDON, May '27. The Federation of Master Printers’ and Newspaper Society to-day agreed to n national settlement with printing and kindred trades federation, providing for a continuance of the agreements existing prior to Ist May. The .settlement contains provisions for the prevention of lightning strikes and stipulates there is to no interference with the contents of newspapers or periodicals published by members of the employers’ organisations. MOTION DEFEATED. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) GENEVA, May 27. The International Labour Conference defeated by 77 to 23 votes, a resolution proposed by the British employers’ delegate u behalf of the employers, challenging the competence of the conference in the matter of emigration. PHILIPPINE WARFARE. • (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) MANILA, May 27. A large force of constabulary massed at Tuytiga continues to attack Moro forts. Three constabulary were killed, four constabulary officers and nine privates wounded. The Moros were hen'- - ily entrenched but one fort was crpture. A Moro attack was repelled by f--. i;-,o constabulary. The Moro losses were not ascertained but are believed to be more than two bundled.