BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 March 1920, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.Z. Cabla Association./ lord eraloTT’s ESTATE. (Received this day at 1.25 p.xn.) upNDUJN, i>ourua*y 2/, — sev’s estates are valued «.u steeling. '. r ' : .•' ' *“ NEW ZEALAAJJisxi’S SUCCESS. LONDON, Febinary tbhard, of Dunedin, has passed the inst Lute ox Acturies December exajuiuat.on in part four. - FEDERAL NOTE ISSUE. MELBOURNE, This Day .—The note issue (amounts £57,039,000 and, the gold reserve to £23,657,069. MINISTERS’ STIPENDS. BRISBANE, This day—The Methodist Conference adopted a resolution increasing the allowances to ministers by ton per cent. ARMENIAN MASSACRES. LONDON, Eeb, 28.—Official— The Peace Conference ~, has discussed the reported massacre of Armenians in Galicia, and measures have been taken to deal immediately with the situation; ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. LONDON, Eeb. 26.—Wilkin; a flight has been abandoned. He, is selling his Kangaroo at Crete. He visits Australia before joining the Capes Antarctic expedition, the start of which has been delayed until 1921. FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE. PARIS, Feb., 26.—The railway strike is general. The Government is protecting the lines and organising* motor and other services. Thestrike threatens .to render the Lyons - Fair, at which the Dominions are ‘largely represented, a failure. / . WIRELESS TELEPHONE. LONDON, Feb. 27.—A telephone wirele;is experiment is proceeding, Chelmsford attempting to speak to America and Australia. Already telephonic messages have been picked up from Spain. The apparatus costs £lO. ' s - AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, This Day. Although under the Federal proclamation the coastal provisions of the Navigations Act operate to-morrow, it is understood that the regulations will not be enforced. A further proclamation is expected at an early date, suspending operation until the 30th June. ■ • f- '

AVIATOR’S FREEZE. - NEW TORE, Jh V .2B. At Dayton, "Ohio, Major ■ Schroeder reached the world’s record in auiatfo plan© reaching an altitude of 36,020 feet. His eyeballs froze and he fell five miles, but the pilot then recover ed control of the machine and landed uninjured. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, Feb. 29. —The wool sales closed firm. 145 000 bales were offered and about 138,000 sold. The withdrawal’s were chiefly lower crossbred;. Competition w's well maintained throughout. Good greasy combing - < merinos averaged about seven and a half per cent, a 1 over the January level. Fine crossbreds were slightly below January. Medium and coarse wiere five per cent. | e!ow Fine scoureds and slipes were tar to seven and a half per cent, .below.