BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1922, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N'.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. MUNITIONS DUMP FIRE. PARTS, May 28. A lire occurred nt a munitions dump at lliuiterivL’, consisting of throe hundred tliousnml gas shells. There "'ere many explosions. The neighbouring ! v r illnges are evacuating their homes, j taking their, livesock owing to the . clouds of poisonous gas. Troops wenri ing respirators are endeavouring to . prevent tin; fire spreading to neighbouring dumps. THE “TIGER” AND PEACE. .PARTS, May. 28. j M. Clemenceau unveiling a memorial to students of Nantes Lycee, who I fell in tha war said in 1914 we did not | want war and do not want it to-day, i but we do not want a dishonourable j peace. We 'ishall not abandoin our , Allies, but we ask for justice for our I cause. They must not sacrifice our ini terests to other interests. We will do i everything to maintain peace, but there are limits which we shall not pass. | BRAKE’S FLY. PARTS. May 28. I Major Blake intended to go direct to Turin, but after leaving Paris he encountered a. heavy fog in the Alps, and lost his wav for a time, and decided to land at Lyons. He started again today. but owing to slight damage to the machine was compelled to alight .at Marseilles in the afternoon for repairs. ; JAPANESE AND DAVIS CUP. TDK TO, May 2(1. ft is announced Japan has decided to jjlefalilt in the Davis Cup, owing to K (image's inability to play. AN EXPLOSION. NEW YORK, May 20. At the Emporium, Pennsylvania, three powder packing houses were blown up killing nine persons and injuring many. The cause of the explosion is" unknown. ; McDonald slogging. LONDON, May 28. • MacDonald playing at Nelson, made sixtv-nine out. of ninety, scoring fifty in fifteen minutes and hitting twenty in one over. A collection for his benefit realised £35 sterling. CUTTING OUT HOLIDAYS. PRAGUE. May 28. Tile Government ol Czechc-Slovakia, which is recovering Irom the effects of the war fay more rapidly than other central European ‘stales proposes to abolish a majority of the public holidays including Easter Monday and Ascension i Day, for the purpose of increasing prodnet ion. I an UNIQUE INCIDENT. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. LONDON May 28. Theatre goers at Covent Garden yesereve winesseil a unique spectacle, the Queen, Princess Alice. Duke ol lork. Lord Chamberlain and members of the Royal Suite minutely searching the footpath, gutter and interior of a ear for diamonds believed to be missing from the Queen’s necklace, which a mo- . ment before bad snapped. Oblivious of the onlookers the Royalties continued search for several minutes. Then the Queen gave it up and went inside, the others following shortly afterwards. The Queen then counted the diamonds and found them intact. GERMANY'S INDEMNITY. PARIS, May 29. No official announcement has yet been made of the terms which the Allied Reparations Commission has offered to Germany. It is understood that a portion of an international loan, which " ill enable Germany to meet several years' repr rtions will be allotted to Germany to balance her budget. If the bankers consider it impossible to float a loan this voar, Germany will be allowed to I issue an extra amount of paper money | for the purchase of foreign currencies, in order to meet the reparation payments in 1922.