BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 March 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.& Cable Association.) (.A Rft. 'Si' Luifl-r- . !> ■ , SOCIETY WOMAN COMMITTED. LONDON,, March 25. : Mrs Lubbock h'ii&.Jieen committed for itrlaPori charges-of ’ 1 ! 'BRADFORD'WOOL LOSSES; L I //ft. (ft. I ( J ft-LONDQN,.(March- 25. ’ ; '-The ‘‘StaF^-’estirithtcs-that the Bradifbdd wwl’-trlidh/'bAving .to the slump, 'has- lost -nine millions Aon, the., stqck .purchased' in} 1924/-S , ‘ft / , ■ ft / i EGYPTIAN CRISIS; ' ■■ ■'• ■■ i»’ " '■'' •‘LONDON,; March 24/ft i "Mr -it, McNeill .-(Assistant Fomgn. ;Secretafy)-‘kaid .that-the Qoyernntent .‘was taking no action’ in the Egyptian ;political crisis. . 1./'../. i DESERT'BANDITS, ftftft i ~.-BAGHDAD, ,March .(25; ■ ” ThA robbers who/attaeked, a .Flinch ■ Motor convoy have been wo : hundred, miles ..from . the of the outrage. 1 '\ : ft >ft . ! .PENNY POSTAGE. , : b ; ;LONDQNft;M arcII 25. The lihperial Cahridirhieations Committee (of . the'' Empire ; Leag"ue adopted a resoiptidh, Ttrgihg:'Che'eaidj r I rerestablisl ment of Imperial on sen. timental and' comrirrircial. grounds. KURDISIi”ftF,VOET. i - LONDON, March 25. “The Times’s” Constantinople correspon d ent, say ft ■ theft htl W has extended few.'a month. martial law over al! a/eas affected,, by. the Kurdish revolt. ' The General Staff 'has issued a manifesto to the inhabitants.therein, warning them of the imminence of.suppressive action on a large scale against the insurgents. . .’/ftft KING’S CRUISE. ft' . LONDON, March'2s. 'The “Times’s” Rome says : “The ‘comments, of ; tl|ft ltalia.n Piess on King George’s Italian « coast critise are most friendly tdfiea. “Gidrhale D’ltalia” flatteringly draiy.s a comparison between ,thb quiet unostentatious manner in, which King George is visiting the, Mediterranean, and. the pomp . and. circumstance ' accompanying thp Kaiser’s pre-war visit/to /Italian port’s. . " . ‘, / '" TAXI-DRIVERS’ OUTBREAK. - PARIS, March. 24. A decision by the authorities that chauffeurs responsible for accidents should be deprived, of their licenses/ angered the Parisian cabmen.: As a protest, one hundred cabs drove madlyalong the ,at- piidnjgftt, blowing their motor horns at .full blast? cursing the. Goveyn.ment? and..ignfritig every traffic regulation. Finally,'a/dou., ble line of police, with levelled revolvers, stopped the.mad .career. .

’ ‘ UNIONS AND RUSSIA. I ft- ' , ; LONDON, March 25 f ) p Tlie General Council of. the.,Trade {Union Congress passed a resolutiQn Ic'alling on the Government'’to reopen' negotiations with a ‘view to establishing complete diplomatic ' rricogtiition of the Soviet, and encouraging AngldRussian trade by the application, of. trade facilities and overseas trade Acts. The resolution emphasised the importance of including Russia in the family of nations- in order ,to ensure peace ; in Eastern Europe., : ■ 1./,;/:.'EMPIRE'S PARLIAftIEN'rXIiIANS LONDON, March; 25. * Tlie “Times’s”‘political-coh’espond-ent : Special-interest attaches 'to Thursday’s meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association.. Mr... Baldwin is expected vieyr of the (■xbvernmentis ,large< inajprity,to m.embei's being spared from their Parlia,meritrity duties' to visit the Dpmiriicihs, .ip.qrdei". to: learn the.,problems and become acquainted with public meh.; Mr. Ala/Donald will also speak.,. Ift-is known that he strongly favours such interchange of, Parliamentary. opinions.

! MIGRANTS' LOWER TARES. . ?" • LONDON,,. March’25: “ ■ The New jZe'aiaiiq. ihigraiioir'agree©-, meh,t, has bebn. signed, and*will’'become, effective o.rij ApHli for three /yifarsrtjft provides that'juveniles between'l7;and’ at'present payhig I'o/, will travel ; to' New) Zealand free;’except traVelliiig- with 'iheiy p'di’b'nts.j VptW, reductions’ aret and' .married couples'' without faftiilibs £l6‘ 'lo7;each, to SllAachu)jMe.’itferf; over 19, ;j616 15/? >!ast year’s figure? jmeans an additional cost to Imperial Government '^S^OO.^' lijneiM ; ; 1 CANADIAN BUDGET. OTTAWA,. March 24. The Acting Finance Minister, Mr Robb, in delivering, the oßiidget today, did not announce. any details «'f a Canadian-Australian Commercial Treaty. New tariff changes increase the revenue, by a million..dollars. I Mr speech particularly with the national railway deficit which, out bide the War., loans, is Canada’s greatest tax burden. There are thirty millions sterling Arrears in. interest, and no present, chance of earning it. The Dominion expenditure during the year is estimated at four hundred million dollars. The revenue show a drop of ten million pounds. ).,

NAVAL LIMITATIONS. . ... WASHINGTON, ..March 24.*/

President Coolidge has' suggested tq Mr Kellog, . Secretary -cdU State, that certain definite preliminary . stejos . Lm taken. towards preparing tlie way a new naval .limitation conference.‘The work, .as the President sees ■ it, consists of determining the technical aspects of further limitations/ 1 , and sounding informally the alher Powers towards another conference. Some of the President’s. yd* risers believe that air; craft'- lufritk; tion offers' new Opportunities in view of . the air craft, developments ~ rinco the naval . limitations treaty was signed. A.