BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1920, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.]

CHINA’S PREMIER. PEKIN, August 10. —General Ohinquupcng lias been* re-appointed acting Premier. The personnel of the remainder of the Oauiuct is not yet announced. JAPS IN CALIFORNIA. WASHINGTON, August 11.—The State Department reports that the Japanese are acquiring large tracts of land in Mexico close by the Californian boundary, presumably as a provision against the contingency that they may be barred from holding land in California. UNION’S APPLICATION. . SYDNEY, This day.—The Arbitration Court refused a union’s application for ;i variation of the award which was asked for on the ground that the men were threatening to strike unless the demand was granted. Judge Curlewis staled that ru future any union that asked for its case to be taken quickly on the ground that the men intended to strike would have its case put at the bottom of the list; otherwise the law abiding unions would bo delayed. COMMERCIAL CRISIS. SYDNEY, This day.—A solicitor who lias returned from Japan, referring to the recent commercial crisis there, states that it resulted in _ a collapse of most of the companies formed during the boom. The losses were enormous and in three months there were fifteen hundred suicides among Japanese merchants. RESERVED JUDGMENT. SYDNEY - , This day.—\ full court delivered its reserved in an appeal on behalf of the trustees of the Norton estate against the decision in the claim against the Union Bank cabled on April 14th. The Court by a majority verdict found in favour of the trustees and entered a verdict for the trustees for £17,378. TROUBLE OVER MANDATE. MELBOURNE, This day.—Mr. Hughes is being urged to abandon his proposed visit to the mandatory territories in the Pacific t« enable him to attend a meeting of the League of Nations in November next. It is considered probable that trouble may arise over .the mandates and other ouestions including Japan’s claim to the recognition of social equality against which Mr. Hughes previously rAad.e such a good case, and that thrr*. fore Australia's representation at the League meeting should be as strong as possible. ,