BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GOLFER. KILLED. (Received Tliis Day at 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 9. Douglas Edgar, a well-known golfer, was killed at Atlanta, being struck by an automobile. BRITISH ES'ITM ATE-S. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, August .■ A Select Committee on the EstiniaUs found in view of the present financial '"W*- stringency that the moment chosen to make large increases in salaries aas most inopportune, instancing the increase to the assistant Financial hcere tary of the "War Office to £*1,500 fr* m £2,300 last autumn. ■A PROTEST. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 9. Sir Robert Cecil in the Commons, questioned the sntisfactoriness of Lntish . delegates to the League of Nations belonging to the purely official . class. He declared Government’s action showed profound contempt for the League. The Speaker condemned 1m d Cecil’s remarks. ARRESTED FOR THEFT. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) ROME, August 9. Charles Grand, a Londoner, and Bernard Bruce of Sydney, were arrested " in Venico on charges of theft and che; ting at cards. The police believe they are wanted in England on a chav ;e of theft of twenty-five thousand sterling.