BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15091, 13 December 1919, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

'. ■■>-- "■. . ■ ••*,•.- '■:-?''■ --■?. .i ■■ ■■ h , "-.ii "' '.. i, lElec. TeL; Copyrignt-^Dnited; Press A'ssn.A^i»allai« and N.Z;(JftbU Association) " , .(Received Dcc^l3,9t4O a;in.) *, . „; : ' : ' '.>.":'■■. ' i f jEONDC)Of. Decrril. I nibfristeamtif Otinv^cblliiied ~with^; two Bteaniei's ' on the^fTliames. ! TlVe Gfcira was c'bnsidorablyV damag«dv on ', j-he star: board: side,; aboVe-Uthe . vraterline, v and subsequfeiitly welfit "Jashoreri m the mud m. the CrayfordnesA. ' ? ' ■ '"• - Tlie.Gorernmf lit 'of ; coppci' total f4,B67 ; ton6,,swsiteri 23,788 tons^ aluminium 8911 4o«s. f lead >59,9i2 tons, •nick^, % I^oo;,tbns/aiitiinony 2950 tons. ' '(Kec'elvdd De^.W3,V9.10 a.m.) ':, -■ •,,,••■■: f /LONPON, , Poc. 11. '■ A- milling 'expert- states' i'thdre'. is sufficient coal m East Lothian .and MW-| Lothian, districts -to " last -, five ' jliundreil? years, producing !six;millioh tons yearly. ' A BeX'lin' wireleas^message states that the Government, \y ill-request Switzea-land: to enquire w-ith Reference to the punishment of the Soapai' strikers, cabled on. Nov6mbe^ ; 28th, leixid. if true itiVill eanphaticallY protest at tlie gros&^'vdqlation. of the pfmcdp^esvoFMuiniEuidty. . • 3 > v ! , It is annouiic'ed; tll^if , a. q'uartetmaistep's detaclimeixt ■ -W|ill^beii; l fent on ].6th to disinter of 'American soldiers buried ; in '^Ein&land. .••*'■ ': ; NBW:^ORiS; D&. 11. The British %ri&Ssy has announced that Earl Qr^'jia'i.l^vjng- fot! Britain, on leave of absence." ' '•■'•■' ' WA'SHINGTO^, Dec.,' 11. ,< The National Cb^l iAssbciated Board estimates that the " ■Sqial strike i<esulte'd; m the loss of, ; 112 million dollars' to operators and' miners m .the industry. ';:':•'■;/; PARIS, D^c. 11. v 'Owing to tb,'^ depreciation, -ot the franc the. Cabinet .^as adopted the principle of importingv^bm Qernmny and other oountries, _jvhere , exchange "• is f a^orab|e . ak[^ sopn ; ? its^the pea^e * treaty .operates. ' ..^ -^^f i. ■■'.' ' ■■■■:■ ! ' 7 (Seceiv*d' Dec. ' 9.1Q i'm.) : ;.t: .}V:;- .->';:£ 3*ERpN",^Dec. 11. The official medical dala declares that fthe . El^nte's^^ b!6cfca(|iex:d|s£roye|i generations m the ranipfaign against tuberf ulpßls:r ' TaMng% ffijftl (situilftbih^; iii: . 1)913 as a guide, eighty-six thbusand.i' more persons- ofc* * tttbeßdulosia^/jiin the period! 1914-18 than.' .WdlttlHi Jb|tVe been expeated/Y .■ '■■■ ■■■.s■■[:<?£?s&■■< ' - '■ - - ' ■ "■" A FMr Volume^V&f German dbcunyjhtv relating : to event^ war; are publishedy *ob f ncerning the \ newsipaper }V:orwaei'tß^printa aiT ai"ticle' Kedded^ < 'fp4iby^4h^ra<^;^ God."; ; The. Vbrwa^rte- saysli^wh^e.vei^ reads the ■Kai^etf's "maa-gin^l remai'ks on the docunieiits"wilt liiaveMio Solibt that: irermany befbri^ v^e^t' y^hshU was next. ytQs.- a H ,mad^iaai. , -;Thfe paper ' desicribeS tMe^Volum^^s'fbti^s.to'nesort the fom^^^i^y^njnibn'ai'chy. " v - ! v 1