BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] EMPIRE FOODS. LONDON, April 20. Me have two and a-half million elementary schoolgirls. It is a wonderful chance for teachers u> encourage Empire cookery,” is the burden el the Empire Day Medal Associations new campaign. The statement adds: ”By associating Empire history and geography with Empire foods rather than Hag wagging and text hook learning, we hasten the Empire Kitchen.'’ AN ENGAGEMENT. LONDON, April 24. Vci'onca, second daughter of Sir James Connolly, is marryng in June. John Bethel I, eldest son and Hoi i* of Lord Bethel!. SIX-WHEELED MOTOR LORRIES. LONDON, April 23. The War Office announces it will pay a subsidy of £4O yearly for three years to all commercial users of six-wheeled motor lorries.

BRITISH POLITICS. LONDON. April 23. 'I he stage is now set for the fight over the Trade Union Bill. The Government's campaign in defence of the measure opened last night, three Ministers speaking In different parts of the country. Other members of the Cabinet will join in the campaign in it few days. Mr L. M (>rthington Evans announced at Colchester that the Government was willing to extend the strike clauses to lockouts. He commended to the notice of women voters Mr Ramsay Mite Donald's pledge to repeal the mease"- and he coin hided by saving: “We are prepared to fight this issue!" •Sir R. Iloriie. speaking tit Glasgow, said the Bill was the most crucial one before Parliament. He warned his listeners against the. assumption that the Conservatives’ majority was too large to he destroyed at one blow. He expressed the opinion that the next election would he the most vital one since the War. Though it was two years’ distant, the Conservatives must prepare for it now. The Government would he confronted hv both Liberal and Labour opposition to this; B ill. Every attempt would he made to inflame the electors. Nevertheless the Conservatives would enter the conflict without

misgivings. Meanwhile, the Conservatives headquarters have circulated two million pamphlets and leaflets explaining and defending the Hill as “The Workers’ Charter of Liberty.”

The second reading opens in the House of Commons on the second of May, and the division is due on the evening of the fourth of May. which is the anniversary of the outbreak ol the General Strike. LONDON. April 2m The Central Board of the Co-Opera-tive Union has issued an appeal to Britain’s five million co-operators to assist in every wav to set-lire the defeat of the Trade Union Bill, stating it is “imperilling the foundations upon which the associated democracy ol Britain has been built up.” The Daily Herald says that Labour’s plan of campaign against the Bill has been completed, announcing a Special Conference of Trade Union Executives on Friday. WELCOMED HOME. LONDON. April 20.

Cardiff team made a triumphant progress home. It was fare-welled by crowds at Paddington and from there railway men, factory workers, villagers and towns-poople lined the track the whole distance, including; thousands at Reading. A hundred thousand welcomed the team at Cardiff, and the whole city was decorated with the club colours. All business and traffic was .suspended from noon till evening. Aeroplanes flew over the route of the procession and there was an enormous concourse in Cathay Park. 'I he crowd sang (he Welsh National Anthem.

PRINCE’S VISIT. LONDON. April 2(3. The “Dnilv Express” Seville correspondent says it is definitely decided the Prince of Wales will not visit a bull fight. He said lie decided at San Sebastian last year never to see another. The effect of the Prince’s visit is seen in the tourist boom. Hotels are letting bath rooms and two liners moored in the river, have let all their cabins to visitors. The Prince’s knowledge of Spanish surprised several. PRINCESS MARY’S BIRTHDAY. LONDON, April 25. A heavy post hag containing many gifts and numerous cables and telegrams, arrived at Chesterfield House, Princess Mary’s town house, on the occasion of her 30th. birthday. These included a cable from the Duke and Duchess of York. There were no special celebrations, following the Itova practice, hut she _and Lord Laseelles departed for Newmarket for a week The “Evening Standard” stales: “Most* people were surprise! l , fo find she is 30, owing to her secludejl girlhood. Only recently has the public been interested in her doings. She has lost her former shyness and now welcomes company, though she still delights in the (|iiiot mistressshin of her Yorkshire manor, and the care of her two children. DAMAGES CLAIM. LONDON, April 20. Alleging he was improperly induced try vovage to New Zealand. William Edward Bennett, a gas engineer, is suing William Coward and Company, for damages. He gave evidence that Coward, acting as agents, offered him a five years’ contract with Nelson City Council at a salary of six hundred sterling and emoluments of two hundred. Bennett sailed with his wife and four children, and found no vacancy. The kindness of the New Zealand Government enabled him to return. He is at present, employed in Nigeria, from which ho is on furlough. The case was adjourned. PRESS UNION. LONDON. April 20. Lord Burnham, presiding at the annual meeting of the Press Union, welcomed the Australians, Fink and Knox. He paid a tribute to the former’s continued support and emphasised their hospitality to delegates at the Press Conference. The report stressed the value (if wireless if the rates were further reduced. Lord Burnham declared lie was optimstie regarding press assistance for migration. He will be Chairman of the International Press Conference at Geneva on Aug. 2-ltli. on which the Dominions including Australia, arc figuring. The Union’s office bearers are Lord Burnham (President) and Aston (Treasurer). The Council includes W". S. Robinson, of West Australia.