MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

I KALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION

KAIFU MUTINY HORRORS. NEAV YORK, June 22. Later reports from Shanghai state the horrors perpetrated by Knifu mutineers are the worst since the lioxei rebellion, soldiers lashing foreign women with whips.. A force made a hurried inarch from Peking and the British gunboat Cockchafer entered l ayjmk Lake to pick up foreigners endangered in Nanchnng,

PRESIDENTS’ PHILI.fI’TNK DECISION.

WASHINGTON. June 22. Mr Harding refused to approve of the absolute complete independence requested by the Phillipine .Parliamentary delegation. The President expressed the hope that independence would be granted ultimately, but lie did not eonside rthe time ripe for such a Ste pREEDOAI OF BIRMINGHAM. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 22.

Lord Balfour was presented with the Freedom of Birmingham. He paid a glowing tribute to the late Joseph Chamberlain’s work for the Empire, which was evident during the war. The Empire which Mr Chamberlain helped to make. stood together, and the result was a victory of right over might. Chamberlin’s work had proved what the welding together of many States meant and what fibre the Empire was composed of, when the day of crisis came. Ihe problem we now liotl to solve was to bring about, a common understanding between Imperial dependencies and units of the English speaking world.

WILSON MURDKR SCOTLAND YARD’S RTCPORT. (Received this day at 2.5 p.m.) LONDON, -Tune 22. A Scotland Yard communique states O’Brien and Connelly were (-harped by Constable March, who was seriously wounded. Constable Saver continued the pursuit and received a shot in the leg, and also a. civilian was wounded. Constable Bush joined in the chase and succeeded in knocking O’Brien down with his fist. The revolver fell from O’Brien s, hands. It contained four live and two . spent cartridges. The other man, who was overpowered by a constable, bad a revolver in which were two spent cartridges and one live one, cither in bis band or pocket. The revolvers were of Webley service pattern. General Wilson was shot thr"c times,, once through the body, once through the leg. and once through the arm.