BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CAPETOWN, April 27. The Assembly without division, carried the second reading of a bill to admit womeim tb the legal profession.

HUNGER -STRIKE ENDS. CAPETOWN, April 27. The prisoners hunger-strike was short-lived. It commenced on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday night, when there was a great rush for dinner.

A PRISON RIOT.

DELHI, April 27

A serious mutiny occurred in the Presidency gaol at Calcutta., arising out of discontent engendered by tbe belief that political prisoners received better treatment than other prisoners. The trouble came to a bead when a warder struck a. prisoner. Eighteen hundred convicts refused to parade and armed themselves with sticks and sledge hammers and attempted to rush and set fire to the jute sheds and oil tanks. The warders fired hut the outbreak was not quelled till armed troops and police arrived. The gaol is now under military control. Casualties reported are heavy. Three are known to be dead. Some buildings wer e damaged by fire.

PRINCE’S TOUR

TOKfO, April 27

The Prince of Wales has reached Kyoto. The town was lavishly decorated. The Prince was accorded an enthusiastic reception by a great crowd lining the streets on route to Omi.va Palace, where he resides for a week. In the afternoon the Prince visited and placed wreaths on the Mausoleum of the late Emperor, in the presence of high dignitaries. At night there was a great lantern procession.

THE AIR FLY. LONDON, A mi I 27 The officers, undertaking the round the world flight are. Major W. T. Blake fdaily newspaper amronautical correspondent) accompanied bv Capt. Norman MacMillan. Both flew to M orocco in 1921. Blake interviewed by the “Star ’ said he expected to start at the end of May. lie awaited the Air Ministry’s permission to borrow one of its special Amphibian machines. Vickers and Napier Companies Shell and Wakefield Oil Companies who hacked Sir Ross Smith, are supporting the project. The proposed route was via France, Holy, Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Burmali, China, Japan, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, a total distance of .'!(),001) miles. The longest sea passage is 800 miles. The flight is exacted to he completed in two months.

AN ESTATE. LONDON, April 27 Porter, cabled on Feb. 21st, left .€85,825 sterling.

INQUEST CONCLUDED. LONDON, April 27 The inquest on Mrs Armstrong has concluded. A verdict was returned of arsenic poisoning. NEW WIRELESS. LONDON, April 27 The International commercial wireless conference including Marconi Company, American, French, and German radio

corporations, agreed to inaugurate shortly new international wireless solvin's.

ENGINEERS’ DISPUTE

LONDON, April 27

The engineers employers federatin'! to-day announced owing to failure to reach a satisfactory settlement wilb workers representatives they had decided to open slums on May 3rd and give workers an opportunity to return •on the conditions which have been proved to be reasonable, when tlm Unions accepted the ‘provisions that managerial instruction should lie billowed pending discussion, in accordance with the provisions for avoidance of disputes; the negotiation would he re resumed. Mr Chamlierlain announced in tin* Commons that Sir Win Mackenzie, permanent Chairman under tbe Industrial Courts Act, bad been appointed a court of inquiry to inquire into tbe lockout Mon Cl.vnes asked whether the Government contemplated taking action with a view to bringing about a resumption during the inquiry. Mr Chamberlain said that could only be achieved by the parties getting together.

ANTWERP WOOL SALES

LONDON, April ,27

At the Antwerp wool sales 22,717 bales were offered, and 21,902 sold. There was a good attendance and keen competition. Combing wools were firm at full London closing rates. Clothing wool was 10 per cent higher. England was the chief buyer.

BRITISH VESSEL SHELLED. LONDON, April 27

Lloyds’ agent at Constantinople repo rs that a shell, fired from a coast battery near Odessa, struck the British steamer Ratchet, causing her to be beached.

CHINESE CIVIL WAR

PEKING, April 27

One hundred and seventy American marines from Enron have arrived to protect the American legation at Poking. Tin* British legation guard is ad so being strengthened. There is stated to he little hope of averting trouble between belligerent Chinese factions, although efforts at mediation continue. A very large exodus of tourists from the city is occurring; 3000 of General AVu Pi Fu’s soldiers are reported to he marching on Peking.

EARTHQUAKE in japan. TOTCIO, April 27. Yesterday’s earthquake destroyed the walls within the Imperial Palace enclosure at Tolrio. Much destruction was wrought at the peace exposition buildings, where many women and children .were injured as » result- of the paplc.