BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

t L’S J UAl.l AN ANI) N.Z. CAB.’.E ASSOCIATION. A BOXING RING. LONDON, Aug. 12. A syndicate has secured Convent Garden Opera House for the boxing match, and is building a ring on the stage. The Beckett-McCormick twentyround contest takes place there on September 10th. THE KJDNAPPPED PRIEST. 0 BODY FOUND MANGLED. SAN FRANCISCO, August 11. The body of the Reverend Father Heslin, the Catholic priest (who, as cabled qn August sth., was kidnapped) has now been found buried in the sand on the Salada Beach. It had a bullet hole through the heart and the skull was crushed, thus indicating murder. The kidnappers did not receive the demanded ransom and it is believed they carried out their threats of murder. NEW YORK, August 11. A sensational development* is reported in connection with Father. Heslin’s ease. On August 2nd., an excited closely muffled foreigner called at the Rectory and induced Father Heslin to accompany him on a visit to an allegedly sick friend. Subsequently Archbishop Hanna received a demand for Heslin’s ransom. On Wednesday a mechanic named Hightower informed the police he had met : drunken foreigner, who declared he had killed a man, and indicated the place of burial, Hightower went to the spot, and on digging discovered Father Heslin’s body shot through the heart. He evidently had been dead only a eouplje of days after being held prisoner.’ There were several indications that a grave had been dug, the priest placed on the brink and then shot. ® The police aije holding Hightower till they can investigate the disappearance of his alleged informant. PARSON MURDERS A PRIEST. NEW YORK, August 12. At Birmingham, in Alabama, Rev. Edwin Stephenson, a Methodist minister, shot and killed the Rev. Father .James Coyle, a Catholic priest, because the latter bad married Stephenson’s daughter to a Catholic young man. FATHER OF U.S. PRESIDENT. NEW YORK, August 1. Doctor Harding, who is aged 7G, father of President Harding, who is practicing as a physician at Marion,, motored to Monroe in Michigan, with Miss Alice Severns, aged 53, who has been his office nurse for many years. The pair were quietly married by a Piesbyterian Minister. WASHINGTON, August 11. President Harding expressed surprise when his Secretary informed him that his father had suddenly married, as the.,. President had not been informed of his plans. His hither has been a wiodtver for many years TURKS CRUSHED. ATHENS. Aug. 1,1 It is semi-officially stated that the I reek War Minister reviewing the mili- / inrv position, said that the KemalisW 1 Turkish Army was totally crushed and was no longer of military importance. Regarding peace, lie said Greece did not want to repeat her past .mistakes. She would demand guarantees against the enemy attacking Greece again, and also secure the liberated population from further oppression. The Greek newspapers state the Greek General Staff have decided that the territories outside the delimitation of the Turkish Treaty shall be placed under an independent military administration and under Greek laws. PRICE OF PUTTER. (Received This Day at 5.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 12 Government have raised the price of butter 5s all round, making first graci? New Zealand 2625, Australian 24fis. ALLIED PROTEST. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11 The Allied and American Commissioners at Constantinople have decided to strongly protest to the Angora Government against the deportation, of Greeks and .other Christians from the const of the Black Sea. SPANISH CABINET CRISIS. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) MADRID, Aug. 12 Cabinet lias resigned. The King has asked Signor Marva to form a Cabinet.