BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

CABLE NEWS.

iUSTBAUAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. NEW MARRIAGE LAW IN ENGLAND. LONDON, June 11. The House of Commons has read for a third time the Marriage with Deceased Brother’s Widow Bill. BRITISH FINANCE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) r ; LONDON, June 11. Supplementary estimates provide-to" £15,060,000 of which nine millions go to liquidate the railway agreemen and six millions for coal importations •> maintain utility services during, strike. AMERICA AND HOLLAND. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) V WASHINGTON, Juno HThe State Department has published a note in reply to the Dutch Government. America refuses to recognise contention of Holland that American interests applied too late for perm ssion to participate in the exploitation of Dejambi oilfields, Sumatra. SALVATIONISTS MARRIAGE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, June 12. Two thousand Salvationists, including representatives from Australia, New Zealand, and thirty other country, attended the wedding of Genoin Booth’s son Bernard to Captain Jas. Howthcr, formerly of Sydney.

LEIPZIG COURT

(Received this day at 8 a.m.) LEIPZIG, June 11. The Court acquitted Max Randohr, charged by the Belgian Government with imprisoning and ill treating Bel„ian children tft Gramm out, in 191/. The Court declared the evidence was not conclusive. The witnesses exaggerated and contradicted, one another.

DE ROUGEMONT’S END

(Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.V LONDON, June 12 De Rougemont died under the name of Louis Redmond. He suffered from an internal complaint brought on by a tube accident. For some years, be had been living quietly in London. He had a large circle of. friends and maintained an extraordnary mental vigor till the end. During the war he invented a patent food to take the place of meat.. Part of his income was derived .from the proceeds of this idea. He mairied in 1915, the widow of a French stockbroker. The newspapers lengthily recall his career and refer to him as the world’s greatest liar.

JOHN CALVIN’S GRAVE. LONDON, June 12. Eugene Speyr, the last descendant of a Swiss family, lias revealed to the Council of the Protestant Church at Geneva, the exact spot where John Calvin was buried in Plainpalais cemetery. The information was handed down from father to son for generations. The church is undertaking excavations in the hope of recovering his bible and • ring. RUSSIAN DENIAL. (Received This Day at 10.4 U a.m.) LONDON, June 12. The Russian delegation in London on behalf of the Soviet Government, declares the alleged treaty with Sinn Fein is a pure invention. GREEK ROYALTY. (Received this day at 10.20 a.m.) ATHENS, June 12. The King, and Crown Prince have left Phaleron Bay aboard a cruiser for Smyrna. NEW GOVERNOR. LONDON, June 12 McMillan has been gazetted Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia. A ZEPPELIN WRECKED. ,Received this day at 8 a.m.) ROME, June 11. A gale completely wrecked a Zeppelin which Germany handed over to Italy in accordance with the Peace Treaty.

BOKHARA TYRANNY. (Received this day at 9.H1) n.mA LONDON, June 11 • Refugees from Bokhara, Turkestan, arriving at Peshawar tell a story of tyrannic ill-treatment. Bokhara Bolsheviks are making a levy of nine tenths of all produce, and are forcibly circulating worthless notes. The Railways are entirely used for the transport of troops and munitions to Waziristan. The popularity of Haji Abdul Razak lh waning. Money and ammunitions are running short. He swears on the Koran that the British will evacuate in five days, but the tribesmen are sceptical. „

hope of coal settlement. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.l LONDON, June 12. Week-end reports from the coalfields are optimistic and suggest the' men are anxious for a settlement. It is generally believed the voting on Wed- , nesday will strongly favour acceptin' ] the Government terms. The opposition is most likely in South Wales and Scotland, but even here a majority are for peace. It is hoped it will swell.