BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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1 A LUCKY TICKET. LONDON, .Tune 11. A tv piste in the Liverpool Royal Insurance .Company’s office won about £6o,Oft') over the victory of Captain Cuttle in tlie Derby She was the holder of the winning ticket an the Calcutta Sweep, half of which she sold for £3OOO. She is Miss Gwen Thomas, aged 35. When she heard the result to-day, she and a. friend abandoned their typewriters, put on Jbeil- hats, and left the building. Going down the lift she was greeted with shouts of congratulations from other employees. But Gwen was too excited to say anything. She has been fortunate before in big races.

A tale of ill-chance is connected with the Stock Exchange sweepstake. S. W. Dorrington, a city man, bought six tockets. kept five and resold the sixth to a friend. The sixth drew Captain Cuttle, and the friend is richer by £12,500. A stockbroker named Hobson won the second prize. £6OOO. The Baltic sweepstake valued at £4,000, was won b- A. F. Wadsworth, a stockbroker.

CHTXFSE PRESIDENCY. PFKTX. .Tune 11. Li Yuan Hung has arrived here and has assumed the Presidency of China. A RAISED INCIDENT. (Deceived this day at 9.50 a.in.l BERLIN.’ Juno 12. Tt is announced that the ex-Kaiser is proceeding against the newspaper “Go. tha Volksfrennd”, and “Dortmund Anzeiger” for publishing articles giving an allegedly false account of an incident in the Kaiser’s tour of Norway in July 1807. when Lieut von Hannke lost his life in n cycling accident on Stnlheim road. The articles contain a report widely conn-cut at the time that Hannke received a push from the Kaiser and answered it by giving the Kaiser a black eye. Hannke was arrested and sentenced to death by a court martial. but was allowed as an act of grace ito commit suicide by means of a. cycling accident. The official report issued on 11th. July 1807. stated that part of the rigging from the mast of the yacht Holienzollern fell and struck the Kaiser on the left eve. while he was standing oil the deck. A stone marks the spot where the officer fell from the cliff.

ASSASSIN SENTENCED. TOKTO. June 12. Nonkata, the assassin of Hara was sentenced to life imprisonment.

CHINESE POLITICS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.tn.) PEKIN. .Tune 12. Sun Yat- Sen has issued a manifesto in Which he threatens 'to imprison the Chinese Parliament and prevent the proposed presidential election. d Wu Ting Fang resumes the Premiership at Pekin, in succession to Fing Hu Ching. KTNG ACCEPTS COLORS. (Deceived this day at 12.25 p.nO LONDON. June 12. . There was an interesting ceremony at Windsor, when the King accepted the colours of a disbanded Southern Ireland regiment. He said the colors record valorous deeds. The King pledged his word that they would he treasured, honoured and protected as hallowed memories to the glorious days of brave, loyal regiments.

M. POINCARE’S POLICY. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) PARTS. June 12. M. I ’oinenre defers a statement of a policy regarding reparations, until lie returns from London. M. Poincare apparently wishes to have an understanding with Air T.loyd George. The “News” comments on the moderate tone of the British reply. The “Journal” savs we must not he blind to the fact that the reply counters the French thesis as regards Russia. The “Eclair” asserts the Note proves how difficult it is to ninintaiin any sort of an agreement with Hon Lloyd ( -ciirgQ’s governmen t.

STORM FATALITIES. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) . NEW YORK. June 12. Storm casualties total forty-four known, 'anj thirty missing, forty two dangerously hurt. Over 250 row bents canoes and yachts were capsized. GOMPF.RS STATEMENT. (Received tin’s day at 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 12. Addressing the Federation of Labour Convention at Cincinatti. Air Compels said that organised labour was in no mood to have constitutional rights taken from it by any subtle reasoning or assumption of power, no matter whence it emanated. Labour was prepared to fight tbe open shop. Discussing the Armament Conference, Mr .Compers declared not much was accomplished, compared with what remains to he done, but a beginning has been made. Labour deserved credit for initiating the movement. Compere urged the scrapping of submarines and destroyers.