BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

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' .. -GRANT TO; AMUNDSEN; ,f ' ; ; 1 L’< ' OSLO; June 26. Cabinet to double the national grant to Amundsen) making it twelve, viiousand kiyiier, \- ! TYPHOON’S VICTIMS MANILA, June ,/28. A typhoon in central Luzon killed eleven people. Crops?.and property were severely damaged. . Portuguese ministry. ’ LISBON, June 27. Fdllqwing on a, sitting of Parliament at which the Government’s financial proposals were not accepted, the ministry resigned. . • RATHENAtJ’S .MURbER. ; ’ BERLIN, June 28. ’ . " Riiechenmeistcr, the • manufacturer ■ whoto motor car was rise# by tlie.ihur. dfa’er of Ratheiiau, tyas duquittOd. Another accused, brandf, /was .sen? fenced to four years’ iniprisoitinent for not informing . the authorities of the plot of which lie was .cognisant.

PROPERTY CONSCRIPTION. OTTAWA, June 20. A resolution, urging the. conscription of the nation's property Sand pow. er, similar to that..recently,.’presented 1 to Congress by the American Legion, was passed ,by the Great War Veterins’ Association, at their convention nere, following on ;i dfacussion on world peace. > ’A GERMANY AND POLAND. ’

BERLIN, J line 26. . ' Negotiations between the German hid Polish Governiueilts for a trade igreement have failed. In .'ephsepiencfc' the Goverpmen.t... of Ppland, lias issued a long list, ol articles, the niportation of which from Geimiany s forbidden. , The •German Government is preparing a coiinter-oft'ensive.

"DOLE”. REFORMS 'LONDON, June 28.

The “Daily Herald’s” lobbyist says: Cabinet is amending the Dole Bill. It will abolish the relief now drawn by the part-time workers, restore the six days’ waiting period, and generally strengthen the Minister’s powers to reduce the number of, recipients.

STEEL INDUSTRY. LONDON, June 26.

The “Daily Telegraph’s” parliamentary correspondent understands that Cabinet, while fully recognising the severe depression in the steel trade', has decided that its, application for a safeguarding of industries inquiry, aiming at a duty on imported steel, cannot be granted. The matter will be referred to the jiew Uonnmittee ph Civil Research, an ,advisory boay, : which will report. what action can be taken.

NAURU MANDATE. • f ■ GENEVA, June 25. The Nauru Island Mandate report fbi\ 1924, which the Mandates commission is to examine, says that the only lands in Nauru belong to State are the Government Station arid an,area required for a wireless, station, • ’ totalling approximately 100 acres. The German Government. aciquired ~ this area by purchase > from the native owners, and the area wad transferred to the Mandatory,, Tower under the Peace Treaty. It had been since then dealt with .as the property of the administration* ..

MURDER TN CHURC,H.? LONDON, June 26. The “Daily Evpress’s” Rome cor-’ respondent reports that an old man, who liad been gaoled, because .he had lived by extorting money frtnn ( his re. lative.?. sought out, when released,: a cousin who is a nun., - She refused to give him money. He iniagined tlffit Canon Capozza. was responsible for the refusal. The old man went: to’-'.a church where Jrn found Caiiou Oapozza praying at .the altar, and he faially stabbed him with “a dagger. He ;’Lso wounded a. woman who tried to prevent the niurder. CENTENA R TAN’S, DEATH. GENEVA, June 26. Jacob Gunziger, a watchmaker, whp celebrated his Htndredtli birthday a week ago, wefiised to leave his? bed, declaring that he had a. long journey before- him. and he wanted a long rest.be. for? starting; He died yesterday. Guuziger had suffered from consumption since his youth. He lost one lung at the age of 26. When the doctoift gave him only a year to live, Giuiziger declared that the doctors would,precede him to the cemetery. He studied the treatment of b’s malady, and took the greatest care of bis health. He followed his trade till a few years ago.

GR AMOPHONE COPYRIGHTS. 1 LONDON, June-27. Tlie House of Commons, by 223 votes to 30. carried the third reading of the Private Members’ Bill, entitled the Du’mittic and Musical Performers’ Protection Bill. The object is to prevent the production of unauthorised > gramophone records of performances to he broadcasted bv artists. The Government supported the Bill. Nir M. Conway explained that pt . present, it was not advisable-for firstclass artists to perform- for broadcast, because the performances could be ■ ta l-en down by a gramophone receiver, end a gramophone negative made, from which records could be produced for sale, which would result in the' breaking of contracts between the artists and the gramophone companies. The Bill would .help to improve the broadcast of programmes.