MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

... .<£«*» UJSTRAIiIAN AND N.Z. CARRE ABSOCIATIO KING OF ARABIA. ELECTION OF FEI SUL 'Received This Day at 9.49 a.in.) CAIRO, Aug. 20. Tho .press announces the result of the \ rahiaii referendum was the unanimous election of Feisul as king. His accession will he celebrated at Baghdad on the 21st on a scale of magnificence recalling Arabian Nights. Three 1 hundred thousand have arrived to participate. Hostile tribes are testifying their submission and loyalty. THE UFLTF.F. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 21 The Berlin “Vossiehe Zoitung’s” correspondent at Riga states under the agreement between the Soviet and American relief administration. the army and authorities are excluded from the benefit of the relief, which is solely extended to invalids and children. The Soviet will pay transport from ports to the famine areas. X RAYS FOR THEFT. (Received This Dnv at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. The first ease of X. rays for diagonising stolen property in a human body occurred at Thurrock, Essex wh'-r© a woman was arrested for stealing rings from a jeweller’s shop and swallowed the plunder. The chief constable ordeied ail examination by X Rays which clearly revealed the rings in the stomach. An emetic harmlessly restored them.