BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

|_BY TELEGRAPH —PEIt PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 FAMOUS PICTURES SOLD. LONDON, May 4. At the sale of the late Baroness Bur-nett-Contts’s pictures, Hoppner’s portrait of the “Younger Pitt,” painted in 1805, fetched 7000 guineas. Another of Hoppner’s pictures brought 1800 guineas. Abbott’s portrait of Lord Nelson sold ntl 100 guineas. Raeburn’s portrait of Sir Walter Scott fetched 9200 guineas. LOST HIS EYE. LONDON, May 4. Mr Justice Sankey has awarded George Thonffis Castle, a chauffeur £5lO damages, with costs, in an action against a golfer named Marcus James Chapman, and the St Augustine’s Golf Links, Ltd. Castle lost an eye through a golf halt, driven by Chapman, striking the windscreen as he motored past the St Augustine’s Co’s links, at Pigwell Lay. Castle, owing to the accident, has lost his motor-driving license. The company pleaded that Chapman, who has gone to Australia, was entirely responsible. They stated that players could see from the links when it was i dangerous to drive owing to traffic.

BRITISH MAIL gERVICES

LONDON, May 4

In the House of Commons, Mr Kcllj,way (.Postmaster-General) said that the progress that so far lias been made in air mails had not realised the expectations of a few years ago. The most successful air mail service was that from Cairo to Bagdad. IB was proposed to establish threo services, linking up London with Paris, Brussels and Holland. -

ROSS SMITH’S DEATH. LONDON, May 3. Captain Geesh in the House of Commons, replying to questions, said that Sir Ross Smith was not wearing any kind of parachute when his machine crashed. Parachutes were only valuable when an accident occurred at a sufficient altitude to give time for the occupants to extricate themselves and jump clear of the machine. In Ross Smith’s case, everything happened so quickly that escape in a parachute was impossible.

WIRELESS TELEPHONY. j LONDON, May 4. The Postmaster-General Mr Koliaway I in the House of Commons, announced I that it had been decided to permit j [ the establishment of a limited number j of radio-telephone broadcasting stations) in the country. The country, he said, would he divided into areas, centring respectively upon London, Cardiff, Plymouth, Birmingharii, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Alierdeen. Permits to operate stations would only be granted to British firms who were hotin fide manufacturers of wire- ' less apparatus. i CHURCH ROBBED. MOSCOW, May I. I Robbers have plundered the Chapel of ] the Tverian Virgin, and have stolen I objects that are valued at £BOO,OOO | sterling. This chapel is the most j sacred church in Russia, except the Holy Caverns at Kiel!'.

IN BOKHARA. DELHI, May 3. Reports front Bokhpjra state that Enver Pasha’s taking the leadership there of an anti-Bolshevik movement is not duo to any personal purpose, hut is the outcome of his being captured by anti-Bolshevik elements, who gave him the alternative of leading their enterprise. or suffering a final eclipse. This story must he accepted with reservation. The news to hand indicates that success so far accompanied the Eastern Bokharan revolt against the Bolsheviks.

STRIKERS ASSAULT. (Received This Drv nr 3.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 0. A crowd nt Barrow, assaulted and injured several of Vickers engineers who had returned to work. A large force of police is now escorting the men from trams to the works. A FRIENDLY ACTION. f Received This Day nr *.30 n.in.l LONDON, May 5. Arising out of a formal friendly action in Chancery Division, wherein John Quiller Rowett, financier of the Quest expedition sued Sliaclclcton’s widow, Justice Astburv appointed a receiver, the manager of the Shncklcon-Rowett. partnership. Counsel explained the action was necessary to protect Slmckleton’s estate and Rowett’s interests. A TRIBUTE. • Received This Dav at ? 30 a.m. i LONDON, May 5. Beatrice Gritnshnw interviewed at Plymouth, paid a tribute to the Commonwealth Administration of Papua which she said was being better governed by Australia than England. The treatment of natives was really humane. Civilisation was being reached by easy, hut definite stages.

CIHNKSR FIGHTING. 'Received This JJjiv at 0.40 a.m.i TIENTSIN, May AVu Pie Fit’s forces made a detour round Peking, cutting the -Mukden railway and frustrating fining Tso I.ill’s retreat. The latter is reported as taking refuge in the French concession. Chinese press unanimously rejoices at Chang Tso Lin’s debacle, pointing out that Japanese control of .Manchuria is menaced. News from all battle fronts confirms that AA r u Per Fu’s first act oil entering Peking will he a proclamation inviting Sun A’at Soil to assist in the unification of China.