BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

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NO ELECTION YET. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) ROME, Feb. 5. Despite six ballots, the Pope has no been elected. A huge crowd was watch iiig throughout Sunday. J ortunatel St Peter’s square holds one hundrei thousand without overcrowding. JTu military aeroplanes flew over the Vati can. The newspaper “Osservatoro” complains of disturbing the serenity of the Conclave. Cardinal O’Connell from America, is expected to arrive oh Sunday evening.

b GALE DISASTERS; 'Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) r LONDON, Feb. 5. s During a severe storm on the Brest i Coast, the sloop Georges was sunk in - the Brest harbour, and the schooner ; Desire Marie dashed to pieces at the . mouth of Guimper river. Both crews i were saved. , ALLENBY’S FAREWELL. i CAIRO, Feb. 5. ) At every stopping place to Alexan- • dria, General Allenby was the recipient ! of remarkable demonstrations. He alighted at the platform and shook hands. All said they hoped Cabinet had confidence in him. AN IRISH CONFERENCE. Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. An important conference on tho Irish question was held throughout Sunday. Collins, Duggan and O’Higgins reached London, and met Hon, Churchill and Lord Birkenhead, and discussed the boundaries. The general opinion in Dublin is more hopeful. The public believed misunderstanding has arisen over the interpretation of the clause. Nevertheless Collins, in an interview repeated that every member of the British delegation perfectly understoon that the boundary Commission would mean the loss of Tyrone and Fermanagh to the Northern Parliament. A WAR CLAIM (Received This Day at, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, February 5. The War Compensation Court awarded White City Exhibition £358,000 for damage through military occupation. The original claim was for £1,932,000. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. (Received This Day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 5. There have been 369 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease. The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to control the ' movement of stock throughout Britain ’ including the counties of South Eng- . land and Wales, hitherto safe. Britain j is accordingly divided into five seheduled areas. .

AUSTRAL! A v VUBTHAUAN AND N.Si. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A TRAIN SMASH. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 6.

Thirteen trucks and a guards van, became detached from a goods train near V.ncedon enroute to Bendigo. They travelled at the rate of one hundred miles an hour and crashed into an oncoming goods train. The guard, David Evans, aged 53, jumped before the impact and was killed. The crew of the second train wero injured. ' ARMSTRONG’S CRITICISM. (Received'This Day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 6. The Australian cricketers were wel-

corned at a smoke concert. Armstrong stated if he were back in England, lie would repeat what he said previously. Ij[e thought England did not pay a compliment to Australia hy refusing to play, out the tests now. When requested to postpone the third test for an. Inter-University match, Armstrong thought four days sufficient to finish the test. Also that there was not

enough active players on the 'England Board of Control. DAVIS OUP FIGURES. MELBOURNE, February 6 The Davis Cup, 1921 tour was not a financial success. Seven hundred dollars were received for file match against the British Isles. The match against Japan yielded a profit of '5,100 dollars. Australia’s share was one third. The figures of the tie between Canada and Australia are unavailable.

CRITIC OF LLOYD GEORGE. Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 6. Napier ex-member of the New Zealand House of Representatives arrived in the Ormonde, en route from London to New Zealand. He stated Hon. Lloyd George was discredited in the country and disliked by the Conservatives, Independent Liberals and Labour, but by skilful manoeuvring of the forces, his enemies give an overwhelming majority in stage-managed divisions. Those who admired his great services during the war, say he is ruining the peace. If Mr Asquith were ten years younger lie would sweep the country. ENGINEERS DESIRE. SYDNEY, February 6 1 . A mass meeting of engineers who desire an injunction restraining the Railway Commissioner from reducing wages, adopted a resolution that Government should discharge the Commissioner on the grounds of ineompetency. A SURF DISASTER. SYDNEY, February 6. Coghlan’s death, was witnessed by a crowd who had assembled to watch the surf carnival. J. Chalmers, returned soldier, swam to the rescue, while thie shark was still attacking, and got Coghlan free. Champion Benurepai'r'e dame to his assistance, and they brought the injured man ashore, where he succumbed tlo frightful wounds. The carnival was abandoned.