LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 December 1925, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

J. . In support of the petitfdiF bgain’st the'ffiansfei- qf thp Tljmeh “Hofei license, A. S. Whyte, 20. years ;|i ; stewdore, said that, an hotel pn tl)!e 'waterfront would doji|)le. the stevedore's ankiety, ; as meh could not ;t?sist hotel right unjier their‘hoses,Awhith they could being ihissed.

:pfecenißer 3. Mr Andrew Fletchgr was ed by lhe Exhibition that hg'has given 12 ■'pupils'" ' apd 1 |ng WWea - of tpe Miramar School, a free'trip to Dunedin. ' ' , ’>

SYDNEY, '3.’ The actions for alleged slander, aijd libel by Walsh anji Johannsen, separately, against Mr. 'Lamb and' Mr k Bavin,’ have' been alloWed ' to- stand, ovjr/ as the two plaintiffs ap§lin custody ’as the result of prpceejlings under 1 , the Deportation Act. ' ' I '

. SYDNEY, December 3.‘ Tlie manning of British ships is <ybstffil'iiflg so many strikers, ships had sailed wStlioUt tlfat only a few wj'll fie ieft.wjuipnt ivoi‘k, Oyer 250 niejr so far '; have (been absorbed', filling the vacancjbl; paused by niembeis of the original crew not being available. No proceedings, will pfl taken against those l>qsted as -deserters. . '• ••'

PARIS, December 2?.\ , M. Briand's new Government wilj' face two crucial votes in the: Chamber to-night• firstly when, .f>;L ■ mands the postponement of all- interpellations on his declaration of policy until after the vote on M. Loucherls so-called Inflation Bill, and secondly on the Inflation Bill itself. The latter provides for the issue of seven and.Jihalf milliards in new bank p'otes. snx.. . milliards of which are required for Treasury purposes, and the remainder to meet commercial requirements. also provides for raising six imill'ards francs by new taxation, the collection of which will re-absorS six millions'pf the inflationary issue. The'Bill 15 unpopular, but may scrape through'ph the ground of urgent necessity. SYDNEY, December. 3. The breach in the State Cabinet 'is widening.'A section of ■ Labour 1 suj£ porters is now accusing a prominept member of the Party with havihg fabricated the story of the bribery plot, with the object of damaging a certain Ministers and. geyg|gl mem-' bers of the rank and file in the eyes., of the Labour movement. The. cleats’ age will probably lead to the re-of-, . gap|sat|qn of pi the canons, convened for. to-night; will attempt to ascertain details of the alleged bribery plot. - /- ASHBURTON; Dec. S. ; - , A conference of representatives of the whedt jpgfs ft ' Uniqn, Wheat Board', of Tradh, and millers syps held to-day to consider wheat prices.' -]JIK X’ president of the Mid-Canterbury executive of the Farmers’ ' "presiding over an attendance of fifty. It resolved, with four dissentient voices that, the Gdyprnmppt 1?P halted tp tpke ’control of the 'marketing ij| ''192£ : 26 of ! crops at 6/5, 6/7, 6/9 f.0.b., with an appropriate monthly increment from March 31. R

SYDNEY, December 3. The City Council approved the principle of a Greater §y<piey scheme, whereby the City Council will absorb a large number of suburban municipalities. The Cojipcil will ask the Government to introduce a'Bill providing for the formation of a Greater Sydney Councjl. ■

MELBOURNE, December 3.

A proclamation, issued by the Federal Government, removes the provision in the Immigration. Act, ■■ prohibiting the entry of Germqn and pthqr enemy subjects Into" Anstralia. Internees who were deported or repatriated from Australia, sull .-require to obtain special permission .before they are allowed to return. The.(prqclamation did not apply to Papua, Norfolk Island or the ■ mandated'territory in New Guinea. . .. ,! . .

CAIRO,' December 2. ; Following on appareqily-' friendly comyersatonsi with M. de Juvenal, at present in Cairo, nienibere ••> of • the Sy rb-Ralestinian Committee - petitioned him demanding the withdrawal; oi the French from Syria,' rtlie' abpliti.eu of the mandate and this 6stablishnien.t of a Rational gbveriuiient, /‘ :M. de Jouvenal .- rejected ■ the a de? mands, pointing out that (Frando. had not the slightest intention” ot, renouncing the mandate, and Commitee th<it their .f calculated seriously to aggravate- the'.'Syrian situation. ' ' A..’:

LONDON, ■ December/ 2. ’ A. C. Maclaren-urges the Mmpiediate appointment of ; the - test •• cajjwp and the ’tentative seleftW team, based - on tire .captain’s • ' He recommends the suspension f of ? W county championship in 1926 to vent over-working of Bowlers s and batsmen, and enable the. development of the dashing style necessary, to W tests. ‘‘The Australians-’mastery strategy may prevent'. us ', from nihg. * We haye Jn/jthe past because of our mistakes,:/principal! v in Mipdielding. ./ ' I-ilunk/xWe shall win it our materiM is properly inanaged, hut' it _is time f'jto/ivstatt nbw.’ - * ’ /’■ '’ '‘ij