BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 March 1922, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ) 1 I MADRID, March 7 The Cabinet has resigned, in consequence of the withdrawal of the support of -the Liberals. KINGSTON, March 7. The Jamaican Legislature has adopted a Tariff Bill giving preferenct to Canadian and English goods, including fodstuffs and textiles. LONDON, iMarch 8. I Sir r. Connolly (AVestralian Agent-' General) visited Bradford, and interviewed the principals of Hird and Sons, with reference to establishing a woollen factory at Albany. NEW YORK, March 8. A tornado at Aiken, South Carolina, killed six persons, and in4O. There was also a big loss in property. LONDON, March 7. In the House of Commons Mr. Hilton Young, replying to questions, sard that the British Government would not. undertake to introduce legislation providing, reciprocally, that residence in any part of the Empire should go towards lite qualification for the old age pensitns. HELSINGFORS, March 8. Newspapers state that owing to famine, anarchy has broken out in several divisions of the Crimea. Alobs of hungerstricken peasants at Sebastopol, Theodocia and Kertch wrecked houses, shops, and public buildings and seized food. WASHINGTON, March 7. Senator Whitehouse has announced that President Harding will maintain a “hands off’’ attitude towards the Senate fight against the Pacific Treaty. The President believes the Treaty is the best that can be negotiated, and does not intend to lobby, duplicate, or admonish the Senate regarding it. LONDON, March 7. According to records of trade in quivy agents, 1160 traders failed in the United Kingdom since January Ist. A feature of the failures is the shrinkage of assets, owing to the ruinous realisation of stocks bought at the top of the market. In numbers o£ cases, dividends will not reach Is in the £, the record being that of a boot manu facturer, who paid one-fifth of a penny. LONDON, March 7. In the House of Commons, on the miscellaneous war service men’s vote, Air. Ceci] Harmsworth stated that the Government_j,vas paying about £145,000 annually, making a total of £11,00,000, in support of the wives and families of Denikin’s forces. He said It would be a great advantage if the League of Nations, with financial support, could take over* the problem and secure the placing of these families among Balkan countries needing population.