LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1925, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

LONDON, December 1-

Mr. Cosgrave had a long consultation wjth Mr. Churchill and permanent officials. it is believed that a solution is being sought upon the lilies of either suspending or legislatively abrogating the Boundary Commission’s finding, and preserving status quo,; subject to financial adjustments, which both Irish Governments are demanding-

TOKIO, December 1. . A bill, increasing the tariff On woollen fabric, will be introduced next session in the Diet. The Press forecasts an increase uf 25 per cent., but ill official quarters, such a large increase is not expected-

SYDNEY, December 2

The Assembly accepted the Council’s amendment in" the Forty-four Hour Bill. This is the first contentious measure where the House has shown a tendency to compromise with ihe Council.

PARIS, December 1.

Professor Jominek affirms that electrocution is only apparent 4 ea <th, as the victims can be revived by artificial respiration, if persisted in for two hours, and special apparatus used.

SYDNEY, December 2. Premier Lang - delivers his Budget speech on Thursday, when he will announce aii increase in‘income tax, and 1 the exemption of annual incomes from personal exertion, from £250 to £3OO-

SYDNEY, December 2. A meeting of seamen decided to defer consideration of any opposition proposals to the deportation, until the outcome of the High Court proceedings is known. It is known that the delegates commissioned at the previous meeting to inquire whether kindred organisations would strike if one were launched by tliq. seamen, as a protest against the deportations, have submitted a report which makes it clear that the responsible union leaders were opposed to. taking any . industrial action on behalf of Walsh and Johannsen. It is pointed out that certain extremists are anxious for a strike, but it, is added that, these people could not be considered seriously, as they admitted the unions they Represented would not even consider, She question of striking.

, MELBOURNE, December 2.

Following the decision to return to work, 250 seamen marched through the city and returned to the ships. < ■