BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18320, 10 August 1921, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

SOET GOODS TRADE. BIG FALL IN VALUES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 8. A sensation has been caused in the soft goods trade, Messrs Rylands and Sons, Ltd., announcing a loss of £1,263,315 for the half-year ended June, owing to the unprecedented fall in values of the stock-in-trade and to losses under heavy contracts, all of which have been cleared or provided for.

The company is claiming from the Treasury the repayment of £1,200,945, excess profits duty, which would reduce the actual loss to £62,370. The directors propose to withdraw £250,000 from reserve and to pay a 6 per cent, dividend.—A. and N.Z. Chble.

CARUSQ’S WILLS. EXTENSIVE LITIGATION EXPECTED. ROME, August 8. Extensive litigation is expected to arise owing to Signor Caruso’s habit of making a new will almost monthly. It is reported that a will made at Sorrento, and dated a few weeks ago, which, was found under his pillow in the death chamber, has now disappeared. It is also alleged that before the officials arrived to seal his effects millions of lira worth of jewelery vanished. The story goes that mysterious people shadowed Caruso from the date of his arrival in Italy.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE GAMING TABLES. A COUNTESS’S LUCK. PARIS, August 8. (Received August 9, at 5.5 p.m.) The Countess of Cathcart had sensational luck at the Deauville casino. She commenced to play at 10 o’clock in the evening with 125 francs, and left the table at midnight with 17,000. —A. and N.Z. Cable. AFFAIRS IN PERSIA. DELHI, August 8. , (Received August 9, at 7.30 p.m.) All the British officers employed in the Northern Persia have been dismissed with six months’ pay. Although now denouncing the AngloPersian agreement, Prince Ferouz violentlv attacked the Mejliss for the part it played in an unsuccessful effort to unseat him.— A. and N.Z. Cable. KIDNAPPED PRIEST. NEW YORK, August 8. (Received August 9, at 7.50 p.m.) Archbishop Hanna offered £IOOO for the recovery of Father Hcslin, the kidnapped priest, and the police have offered a similar amount.—Reuter. »MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. BELGRADE, August 8. August 9, at 7.30 p.m.) Fifty-three Communist members ot the Jugo Slav Parliament have been arrested. —Reuter. LONDON, August 9. (Received August 9, at 5.5 p.m.) The Hamburg correspondent of the Morning Post says that ex-Captain Czcmkak, a Hungarian aviator, has been ar-' rested on a charge of murdering Count Tisza.—A. and N.Z. Cable. WASHINGTON, August 8. (Received August 9, at 8.55 :-.m.) The Immigration officials announce that they will ask Congress to amend the immigration law in order to allow the admission of more Australia! s and New Zealanders. Residents of the Pacific Coast have been asking for the admission of more Australasians on the ground that they make a fine type of immigrant. Only 50 New Zealanders and 271 Australians are admissible annually under the present arrangement, and the officials wish tne minimum to be 1200 for any nation. This increase will only add between 2000 and 3000 to the total annual immigration.— A. an 3 N.Z. Cable.