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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 30 June 1919, Page 4

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| NEWS IN BRIEF, '■' London, June 26. The cotton strike has been, settled •on a basis of a forty-eight hour week and 30 per cent, increase in wages. New York, June 27. The Rockefeller Foundation announces. that it has spent £4,500,000 on i war work, and among the projects unj dertaken in 191 S were a campaign i against tuberculosis in France and co- | operation for improved public health in Australia in connection with the bookworm research. Melbourne, June 27. The Federal Government is establishing hostels in each capital city for the treatment of soldiers suffering from alcoholism. In the House of Representatives Air Watt stated that the Ministry was considering the question of negotiating with Canada and Nqjv Zealand, with a view to establishing trade reciprocity. London, June 26. The Australian Press Association learns that the Hungarians are carrying dut an offensive on the Danube against P.ressburg. The Austrians'are * concentrating on the eastern frontierin order to counter the Hungarian in- : vasion, which has -been planned to coincide with tlie Communist coup d’etat in Vienna. Bela Kun is --evidently playing a double game. At tennis in the Wimbledon doubles Fisher and Ritchie beat Walker and Barrett, three sets to nil. Rotterdam, June 26. In his .latest interview the cx-Crown Prince of Germany declared that he would soon be back on his estates, and living a quiet life as a landowner. Vancouver, June 25. According to advices from Paris the Crown Prince has escaped from Holland and gone to Germany. Sydney, June 27. The cruiser Brisbane, with one of the submarines presented by the Imperial Government, has arrived. Berne, June 22. The Bratiano Cabinet in Roumania has virtually resigned. It is believed that. M. • Jonescu will form a new Ministry. London, June 27. In consequence of the colour riots, the Government has decided to quickly repatriate aliens who came to Britain for war work, principally Scandinavian agriculturists and munition workers and Chinese labourers. The negroes, being mostly British subjects, cannot be deported, but will be offered a free passage and a gratuity if they consent to depart. Sydney. June 27. The State Government is granting assistance to copper producers with a view to facilitating resumption of mining operations. Paris, June 26. M. Clemenccau has notified the Germans that they will be held responsible for any unofficial support of the movement against Polish authority which has originated in Posen.