BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND *.«. CABLE ASSOC,ATION. OVERSEAS EMIGRANT'S. LONDON, Oft. There were 108,364 ex-service application* for free passages receive'! b> the Overseas (Settlement Committee, ™ II T i T I II T grind individuals. Although tlm applications close on December 31st it is anticipated more will be dispatched next venr than this. Applications of «- servicers approval since. April, total 12,409, including Canada ;,03o; ; «s----tmlia, 4,822; New Zealand, I,OUI, South Africa 992.

CHILD EMIGRATION. LONDON, Oct. 13. Tho Child Emigration Society is despatching a contingent'of boys and girls to West Australia in February. UNKNOWN WARRIOR’S GRAA E. LONDON, Oct. 13. At Westminster Attusy on Monday, General Pershing will lay a Congressional medal on the tomb of Britain’s Unknown Warrior. This will lie. followed by a short service. Maliv prominent soldiers and Americans will be present, THE sllesLwTsettlemenT: LONDON, bet: 13.

The League of Nations explains that the delegates from Belgium. Brazil. China and Spain decided the Silesia problems, which could not be solved by drawing a lino based purely on a plebiscite or’economic considerations. Therefore it was decided there must be adequate safeguards against the disruption of existing economic, conditions. The scheme includes the impartial management of railways, water, and electric light for a term of years, and the abolition of customs duties on such products as coal.

SIR JOSEPH tVABO. LONDON. Oct,. 1 I Sir Joseph and Lady Ward are leaving Southampton to-morrow for New Yorlc, going thence to New Zealand, via San Francisco. They mav velum early next summer to England. GIRL DISAPPEARS. LO'- M. LI The authorities are searching lor .Miss Pamela Beckett, an I'-;.••ar-oM society girl, who mysteriously h-a’>-I war ini from her West End home two days ago, when she went out shopping.

LOSS OK MEMORY. LONDON. OH. 11. Miss Pamela Beckett has been found. She was at f’upoley, a llertiordshire village, ’2O miles from London. It transpires that Miss Pamela is suffering from a loss of memory. She had wandered aimlessly in the district for two days, and then she asked a motor cyclist tor a 10t, tints disclosing her identity. REMORSE FOR A (RIME. LONDON. Oct. Id. John Richards West ley, a farmer, was charged in the Stratford ( ourt on his own confession, with stealing Vtkt t belonging to the .Adelaide Soldiers Land Settlement Company. Accused had a revolver in his possession. 1 was also charged with attempted *""- cide. He had hied three rounds at his head, but as lie was drunk. Hie shots were not effective. Accused was remanded.

A lU'MOHR. /Received This Day at RIO a. in.) I‘ARIS. Oi-toln'r 11. Tin- “Petit l’nrisioitne’’ publishes a statement from Rome that Count /acharia, an Italian who returned from Siberia where lie was imprisoned for three years, affirms that the Tsar ami I'sarevitcli are alive and have tnkttit refuse in Japan, where they are living under the Mikado’s protection. THK AUKTRA A I.SI AN DELEGATES. WASHINGTON. Oct. Id.

In reference to the announcement of the appointment of New Zealand and Australian delegates to the Armament Conference, there is a feeling ol satisfaction manifested here, and their reception will lie the warmest. Nowheio in America is Australia’s position hotter understood than in U.K..-V. o'lcial quarters at Washington. While Senator Pearce and Sir John Salmond f-te not personally will -!y known, jt is pointed out in the case ol Senator Pearce that he is t. e man who nominally has lieen occupied with toe supervising of Australia’s defence, and is thus particularly suitable to participate in discussions respecting the limitation of armaments.