BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 January 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.Z Cable Association.) . WINTER UNEMPLOYMENT ' ' . LONDON,’ Januarjr 1 13. ' The unemployment .iri Britain? has jumped again. Last : Week tfife. number out of work Was’ 34„000 above the out of work was 34,000 above the, FREE STATE-ARMY.; ~ ? . ' ? DUBLIN, January 14. It is officially stated that the Free State army is now-., comprised of 14,623 men and 1,080 officers, representing a ' demobilisation'?.of forty thousand in eighteen months. -. :■ > •. a*t - • t-., ■ FRENCH POLITICS? .. PARIS, Jan. 13. M. Painleve has been re-elected. Pres-ident,-of the Chamber of Deputies by 313•‘-to 24 votes.; . The Opposition abstained from voting?' ’ :

M. -Herriot; for :the• first/,.time: sipce his illness, attended a Cabinet meeting, at - which-- M. 5 Clemente!, made .a statement dealing with the process of the Finance CmifCTence?’ M; Herriot subsequently, .attended. the Chamber. TARIFF CRITICS? OTTAWA, January 13. Various groups in Canada continio to send protests to the Government against the enactment of the Trade Treaty with Australia. The latest is from a group of the Manitoba primary producers, who suggest that the enactment ; 'of' the Treaty should be delayed until the benefits therefrom are clearly demonstrable to Canadians. \ ? . BRITAIN AND VATICAN > : / . ■ LONDON, January- 14, Replying to a suggestion ‘ from the United Protestant Council- tfiat ißrj?’ tain should follow the* examples >of France and Argentine, and? withdraw s from the wartime expedient-ot rhav-; irig a British 'legation at ''iWe the Foreign Office states that the Government decided dt ..would\not, .at- x present, be in. the 'public interest to interrupt existing relations. ? ? \ PACIFIC CABLE BOARD LONDON, January 14. ■ The Pacific Cable Board’s- annual report as at March 31, 1924? shows the nett surplus over expenditure amounted £154,082, which .the j is of opinion should be devoted to the Reserve and Renewa) Fund. This ribw exceeds two millions, which, it is. expected, will be adequate to carry out the scheme of duplication. The total international ?• traffic was 11,200,000 paying words, which?is a record. . .

FIGHTING ?N MOROCCO. , PARIS, January 14.

Inter-tribal fighting in_ Morocco is reported. A telegram from-’Feai' that Khmes attacked and the Riffs westward of Sheshuan, killing' a hundred, and taking three hundred prisoners. Abdel Krim, leader of/the Riffs, immediately despatched; a-force under his ablest lieutenant to punish the tribes. . -.'/?•/

“Le Petit Parisien” - declares /that the struggle between the-Riffs and the Khms, challenges the position- of Abdel Krim. ’ v .;

TUT’S TREASURE TOMB/ ’' ■ ? . Cairo; Jan. 14. Mr Carter hopes to re-open.Tutarik-", hamen’s tomb on February 25;; His license is substantially 'the ,saifie> as ’in; 1924, but. the : Egyptian' .Goyefriment ' hasl now undertaken', to allow Allhina; Countess of Carnarvon, a choice .of. the" duplicates found in the tomb/ pro-' vided (their .abstraction does hQt qapse scientific damage. If the Government decides to. remove Tutankhamen’s mum. my to Cairo, it will do the work itself, in order to avoid. criticisms levelled against Mr Carter.,. , ?

AUSTRALIA

(Austnlian add N.Z.Cable AMoriation.)

• HEAVY RAINFALL SYDNEY, January 15.

Reports from numerous country centres record exceptionally heavy rain. At Albury 680 points fell, in forty hours. Much of the town'' is under water. Iri‘ ! one * storm of - forty minutes,' two - inches f$U. Trains; are runhirig’ irregularly . owing to the lines being; covered. Exceptionabfloods in the Lower Murray are 'inevitable, i as the rivers and creeks aje rising rapidly. One bridge was washed away. Some crops, where stripping had-just commenced, will be affected. The damage- to roads- will-be-extensive. A cloudburst at Tarcutta, nearWagga, “caused 3J inches to fall in half an hour? ■ | j