British & foreign Items

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1921, Page 3

British & foreign Items

AUSTIIAIitAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION DOUBTFUL GIFTS. (Received This Day at O.Jo a.m.) LONDON, Oet. 10. Sir Ernest Cnsscls bequeathed many gift to friends, but forgot to provide for. the payment of succession duties. Tile legatees are therefore paiiie stricken by the fear that the gifts may prove costly ,nnd have requested the executors to give mementos of small value. A NOTABLE I'iiODUC'/jON LONDON, Oet. id; Oscar Asdic produced “Cairo” at His Alajo.stdt Theatre. It’s sensuous, pasioitate, wonderful pagediitr? aPd kaleidoscopic' colouring, caused the audience to he taken by storm;

THE RAirfTTJON (Received This. Day at !M0 a.m.) .BERLIN, Oet. 15; The,League’s decision is formally ex. peeted on Tuesday when the Governments of Germany and Roland, will he requested to administer the respective .irons in Silcsid. C'onsitlernble pani<* prevails a mono; tho Gorman populace in Silesia, with a run on the hanks. Ahuiy Germans are migrating from the Industrial area. Business men regard the partition as fateful for Germany’s economic future. Mil BALFOUR’S WORK (Received This tkiv at hdri a.fit.) PARIS, Oet. 15.

Newspapers applaud Air Balfour’s work, ill connection with, (lie Silesian Problem, which Inci much to pieveiit what previously had threatened ti>..Vriously affect Polish-French relations. There was something approaching a note of triumph when the political frontier muler the f.e!tf'ii*’’s scheme leaked out, but a closer analysis is causing some French publicists to realize that tin 1 political sovereignty, of Rol.'fnil may yet bo subordinated to the economic sovereignty of Germany, who with her greater experience, resnurevs and efficiency, will be pi-neti, ally master of the Polish area.

COTTON PRICK FALL. it’s TI-1.1- II . i Uei-i'i-. rd This Day at 1t.5 a m.) I.ON’DDN. ()■ 11 ■! m' i 15t h. (‘nab’" anlln'-iicv a fi i t’■ *'i all rorud reduelioii in the nines of eottoli and thread. a'-proxiniatelv (me penny ;■ r fo'ir liiiiidreil yard |,rj. which iioiie"fnrth will In- s clit-lb 'CIli Ft I'll F s' ! 1 |\. (Revived This Pa.v at 0.10 a.m.) BARIS. ('■ tobfr !st!i. Foliowirig 111 on a suc-i-s.fi i ai r’ I I'Xpliu at iin of the S-,|i:>r-i. : 1 •.;- • ’ : ai.'ot l*t linl: up N<e:i!ie n Vh-rria with tin- Nej'i - i-i i—. fI * - -1.11. |.\- mee’e: of calei pdbii- heeV'l motor oar-, wliieil it i- lioiievi'd \iili | e ail!*' In cover IS!i() miles in a fortnight. Reti-'l tanks have been specially , (instructed to prevent evaporation, and ears have been subjected to the severe 1 1 tests, including the climbing of hotel stairs will! live passengers, itirnihg at inn and coming dowii

\ i STRIA’S FIN ANTE. 'Received TUs Da- a- N :v 1 \ VIENNA. O, t.*!,er 15 Guertler. the mw Alinii-ter of Finamr, s|M’akiitg at the Nalieliiil Ass- eihly outlined ;l f::: •:eaeliiiig | rogriimne', and nil elt’ort to restore the linam i.ik sit nation ill Austria. lie nroposes lo gradually reduce and abolish the I'm d subsidies and lo reorganise the administration by ieducing the Humber of ollieials. Th,. State is also to take a share in export industries ami to issue an internal loan oil the basis proposed by the League of Nations. It is Imned these, with minor measures will bring hack note printing presses to a standstill.

KITCHENER’S TRAGEDY. (Re cited This Day at S 'id a.m.l LONDON. O.toher 15. The Film Coy. engaged on "Life of Lord Kitchener" stales it ha., obtain. ' n eireiimstniitial account of his betray,l trom an ex-official formerly associated with him. An attractive woman mimed Roceker fre'inenl ing Wi-t End rctanrants, overheard (diners mention his impending departure for Russia, and communicated with Germany. Rncrkrr was siibscijiiciitly detained in Holloway I ’riiou, lint no evidence against her could lie found. She now lives in Berlin. SPAIN’S UNBURIED DEAD. • lio'oived This Day at. 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, October Hi, The "Daily Express” .Madrid correspondent reports that Spaniards on entering Zelunii after driving the Minns out. found four hundred bodies of Spaniards massacred at the end of June, lying as they fell; .Men. women.

children and soldiers manv horribly mutilated, and all dried by exposure to the sun. They were in tin* streets | and courtyards. The citadel when* the last stand was made res«*mbl<*d a catacomb. EM PI R E SETTLE.M EXT. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON. October Hi. | The ‘‘.Morning Post*’ discussing Km- | pi re resettlement, says a sound scheme t of emigration should disclaim any ] idea of dumping paupers. The basic principle should be that the* Empire wishes to give every citiy.cn a lair l clumcc in life. The writer favours it | community system of settlement, sonicI thing along tin* lines of the Wakefield settlement in New Zealand with modifications necessary to meet the political susceptihilites. A STATUE Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) Paris, netoiier hi. A lironv.e statue of Emperor Frederick which was overthrown when the French troops entered Metz in HMS has been melted and the material utilized for a statue *»f the famous Nationalist Paul Deroulede, which was unveiled I to-day. VK SI 7, K.M)S I NTENITONS. 4 VARTS, October Hi. M Venizelos sailed to-day from CHierJioiire lot United States, ire reiterati ' ed bis intention to retire from polities.