MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17016, 14 April 1923, Page 10

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

LONDON, Arvrii 13. As the result, of the intervention oi the Ministry of Labour. a building Moppuge lias been ..verted, ijenauiir arbitration on the Mutt at issue. In the Appeal Court, Patrick Hastings, appealed against the refusal 'of a writ of la boas corpus for Art O’Brien. Alter hearing Hastings’ argument, Mr Justice Banks granted a decree nisi m order to hoar the Crown'® arguments. The Lobbyist states that Mr Stanley Baldwin » planning to reduce the price of beer by a penny a pint. This means she loss of £14,000,000 from the Exand £8.000.000 provided bv tne brewers, in income tax owing w .'educed profits. The extent -depends upon whether Cabinet approves of hia.

■ . . . —oi nis proposed betting tax. Bishop Weldon said : “ Betting is not necessarily sinful. At beet it is the gratification of personal taete. 1 see no reason why the State should not tax it. as it dees liquor. If a tax would enrich the exchequer to the extent of rrom ten to twenty millions and at the isame time confine betting to narrowei Jirmt-s and raise, the character of the betting ring, it would be a most »de- %: table policy.” As the result .of the all night-sitting or the House of Commons, the Cor ton Industry BUI, which should have been lead a. second time to-day was killed. A conference of shiping lines reduced the freight on frozen rabbits to 90s per ton. and also reduced beef freight by |d per lb. Beef freight* will be recoil «iaered if the Australian harbour dues and other charges are not lowered by .November 1. BERLIN. April 13. Ihe Essen correspondent of the Vossische Zeitung,* 1 states that with the object of preventing the French from obtaining any coal, apart from that already brought to the surface the miners ol the Ruhr have began further to restrict production. They intern, henceforth to bring up only sufficient coal for the miners l own consumption and essential industrial purposes. No fresh supplies will be brought up for storing. A conference of employers and workmen ol all industries and shades of political opinion from the occupied territory. unanimously decided to continue their policy of passive resistance. They, declare that the starting point oi ;inv negotiations must bp a guarantee of complete evacuation, an indemnity for damages, the release of prisoner-*, and the return of person<s expelled. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13. It is reported that the Government, considers the French protest against che Chester concession as unjustified. The commissioner ot public works point® out that the concession to the French in 1914 was never approved by the Turkish Chamber. Consequently it is not legally bin-ding. SYDNEY. April 14. An appeal ha.s been lodged on behaii of Myerson against the verdict of the jury in the action against ‘"Smith’s VVeeklv " for libel. It i s estimated that the costs totalled £*12,000. The Federal Labour Executive met members of the New South Wales Executive and urged both factions to unite under the leadership of Mr Dunn. The executive suggested that- the disqualified leagues and unions should be.reinstated, to their former status. The New South Wales executive is opposing the intervention of the Fed- j era! body. The debate was adjourned j HELSINGFORS. April 13. j Papers report a new anti-Bolshevist | plot in Moscow. A number ot Soviet ! employees are implicated. A secret ‘ printing press and arms depot were j . seized, and 150 persons arrested. PARIS. April 13. Thirty-four Marseilles doctors have i been at tested for defrauding the French | treasury of £430,000. During the war they filled in voucher i i forms relating to imaginary sick and j wounded soldiers and this secured pa\ merits for treatment- and medicine i ranging from twenty to five hundred A number of chemists have al.*o been ’ charged with presenting fraudulent • vouchers in connection three . ■ thousand expensive prescriptions to; > phantom patients. ROME. April 13. j A Warsaw message confirms the j statement that M. Trotsky is suffering i ' from cancer of the stomach. Hi s ecu- j ( dition ig canting serious anxiety. \