BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1927, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

i_SY TELEGHAPU- -PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) PRINCE OF WALES. GAZETTED KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK. LONDON, June 7. The Prince / of Wales has been gazetted a Knight of the Most IllustriousOrder of St. Patrick.

IRISH ELECTIONS. LONDON, June 9. Polling in the Irish Free State elections is taking place to-day. There -

are 375 candidates for 152 seats. The election is being hotly contested. The “ Daily Telegraph’s ” Dublin correspondent states: The Government Party expect to he returned with a gain of five seats. The return of Mr Blythe, the Minister of Finance, is doubtful. The Irish Labour Party probably will return stronger. Mr De Valera’s party will probably return considerably weaker.

AVAR PENSIONS. LONDON, June 8. Summing up the position of the British war pensioners up to the end of March, it is disclosed that Britain has spent £725,000,000 on their pensions. There arc 1,665,000 beneficiaries, including 46,000 who are living overseas.

REQUEST BY GERMANY. GENEA r A, June 9.

The German Government has been, endeavouring to upset the Article in the Peace Treaty which provides for only English and French tests of the Conventions. The Germans have proposed that the League Labour Office should prepare authoritative translations in any required language. There has l>een much opposition to this proposal on the ground that, apart from introducing new language, there was obvious danger in the reconciling of the texts in various languages with the English and French texts, with the risks of malinterpretation, and consequently of varying methods of carrying into effect the provisions of the Conventions.

AA’hen a vote was taken, there were 58 in favour of the German proposal and only 42 against it. The Australian AVorkers’ delegate voted in favour of the German proposal.

ROTARY CONFERENCE. (Received this dav at 8 a.m.) OSTEND. June 9. The most important decision of the Rotary Conference was the adoption of a system of area administrations for the purpose of removing any idea of over-much Americanism and contrariwise tending to the development on the lines of each country’s methods. For example the Portuguese almost seriously suggested that the American practice of calling Rotarians by their Christian names might create a revolt in his country. The scheme retains central control at Chicago. AVORKERS’ DELEGATES. LONDON. June 9. The Australian Press reporfs: At Geneva Culley said he was convinced the selection of future workers’ delegates in Australia should be in the hands of unions instead of Prime Ministers. This has become a burning question.