BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18674, 2 October 1922, Page 6

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

TRAINING DOMESTIC SERVANTS. Press ijgaosiatkMt—By T«loßraph—Copyright LONDON, September 29. The Government is subsidising a scheme for training domestic servants. It has contributed £50,000 towards the training, for 15 weeks, of girls who are paid £1 weekly while taking the syllabus, which includes hygiene, infant welfare, general knowledge, physical exercise, voice modulation, and singing.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. LONDON, September 29. Mr Edward Cecil Moore has been elected Lord Mayor of London. —A. and N.Z. Cable. JAPAN WITHDRAWS FROM SIBERIA. TOKIO, September 29. It is announced that the Japanese evacuation of the mainland opposite Saghalien has been completed and the civil administration has been withdrawn. —A. and N.Z. Cable. POOR FRENCH WHEAT CROP. PARIS, September 30. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that the wheat harvest shows a deficit of 24,000,000 quintals owing to bad weather and the reduction of cultivation. This will necessitate importations.—A. and N.Z. Cable. RULES GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL WARFARE. WASHINGTON, September 30. (Received Oct. 1, at 11.5 p.m.) The State Department has announced that Mr John Basset Moore will represent tho United States at the meeting of the Commission of Jurists authorised by the Washington Arms Conference to consider changes in tho rules governing international warfare. The first meeting wall be held on December 10 at The Hague.— A. and N.Z. Cable. AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION. NEW YORK, October 1. (Received Oct. 2, at 0.20 a.m.) Mr Reginald M’Kenna, head of the London Joint City and Midland Bank, who will address tho 48th convention of the American Bankers’ Association on reparations and international debts, arrived hero to-day.—A. and N.Z. Cable.