THE WIDE WORLD.

Wairarapa Age, 17 May 1923, Page 5

THE WIDE WORLD.

CABLES FROM EVERYWHERE. (Press Association—Copyright.) The Mining Trouble. Sydney.—lt is understood that the Miners’ Federation Council has advised the miners not to accept the owners’ terms, especially regarding the right to engage and dismiss employees. Airship Companies. London. —The Chancellor of the Excheque? said that negotiations were proceeding in the establishment of a company to run airships, but he did not anticipate an early decision. Moral Barrier Relaxed. Stockholm.—Betting was permitted the first time on any Swedish racecourse at the Jagersro Rigsdag. The proposal has been discussed many times, but permission has hithprto been refused on th’c ground that betting is immoral. An Australian Boast. Sydney.—At the Australian conference of butter and cheese managers, Mr M. O’Callaghan, Commonwealth dairy expert, said Australian was the best butter. It was better than NewZealand’s best, but did not bring such prices because New Zealand butter was of such uniformity. Carpentier Fight Off. London.—M. Descamps has cancelled Carpentier’s fight against Beckett in London in June owing to Carpentier’s iiQured hands. He will, however, meet McTigue in America in July. Titles in South Africa. Capetown—ln the Assembly, Colonel Creswell, leader of the Labour Party, moved an address to the King praying him to refrain in the future from conferring any title upon subjects domiciled in the Union. It was defeated by 54 to 42. Offer to the Commonwealth. Ottawa.—Mr W. S. Fielding, the Minister of Finance, announced that if Australia would agree to an arrangement bringing her under British preference, currants and raisins would eiiter free, and all other Australian products would receive the same preferential treatment which British goods receive. The Church’s Responsibility. Sydney.—The Rev. A. Thain Anderson, the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, in his inaugural ad.diess dealt with the church’s responsibility in countering the spirit of modern unrest: New Zealand delegates, including the Moderator, received a hearty welcome. Rioting in China.

Shanghai.—Several persons were killed and a large number injured during anti-Japanese riots at Shan-yi, in the province of Hupei. A Japanese armoured cruiser has been ordered to proceed from Hankow at full speed. Icebergs in Atlantic.

London. —The “Daily Express” states that icebergs will stop ocean greyhound races this summer. So many have been reported that the transAtlantic liners have been ordered to follow an extra southerly course. Oddfellowship in Australasia.

Sydney.—The Grand Sire’s report at the Grand Lodge of Australasia of Oddfellows, states that the membership throughout the world in 1921 was 2,676,500. At the begining of 1923 the Australasian membership was 51,738. The report characterised the increase in the Australian membership as unsatisfactory compared with Nevy Zealand, where excellent organisation had resulted in an increase of 3164.