BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) EMIGRATION. GENEVA, Aug. 31. Australia in the early future is likely to become a spacious asylum lor tho reception of over-crowded peoples, particularly rural settlers from ,Soi.. and Eastern Europe. The decison of the United States to forbid extensive immigration may divert to Australia, as many migrants as can he absorbed. This passage occurred in a paper written by John Gregory, formerly Professor of Geology at Melbourne, and was read at the World’s Population Conference. Gregory expressed the opinion that the United States quota of restriction was arbitrary and unscientific, and it

should have been based on the density of its own population and supporting power of the country of origin. There is no biological support for the idea that the inter-marriage of Italians with the northern, eastern ami western European produced an inferior progeny.

the EARTH’S MOVEMENTS. [“Sydney Sun” Cables.] (Received this day nt 11 0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 1. . ’J lie “Gazette” says as the result of recent fears that the of the earth s surface on tho Lothian Green theory has been accelerated the obsevatories at Greenwich, Australia, New Zealand, Paris, Berlin, America, Algiers and Shanghai began oservation October to discover movements using time signals on wireless of a different wave the lengths reception of which from three points on the latitude eight hours apart in l’ongtitude is expected wicli has now received data from al? hut three observatories revealing the earth’s crust has not moved a fraction. CONFEREXCE POSTPOKED. LONDON, ugust 31. The International Cold Storage Con ference arranged for Rome in September has been postponed till April 1928. A RIOT. SHANGHAI. Aug. 31. A serious riot occurred at the far eastern games while a football match was in progress between China, and tho ni,inines. The largest crowd in the history of local foobtall assembled and the Chinese heckled the visitors, the early stages of *'■« game, lining marked by several brawls. Finally a free fight started anieng all the players in the centre of the field. The crowd stormed the players and’attacked the Filipino’s with licit-ties and knives, several being injured. One Filipino was stabbed seriously. The . police finally cleared the ground with bayonets and the game concluded with the mliw guarding the boundaries. China won.