MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SUN YAT SEN. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) HONG KONG, August 10. Sun Yat Sen has arrived aboard the British gunboat Moorhen, and sailed in the Empress of Russia for Shanghai.

THE DEATH PENALTY

(Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 10

General Wilson’s murderers were executed separately at eight o’clock", iu Wandesworth prison. Fifty Irish men, and women led by a lay preacher, assembled outside an hour before the execution. They sang hymns and recited prayers for the condemned men’s souls. Tile praying crowd, which included relatives of the murderers formed a pathetic picture. The women held aloft the Republican flag, and the preacher carried a lighted candle around the kneeling group. Uniformed policemen were present but there was no untoward incident. Dunn and O’Sullivan mot thair death bravely.

(Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 10

Tw ) In others and two sisters of Dunn and three sisters and a brother of O’Sullivan were among the crowd who joined in prayers, but shortly before eight they quietly withdrew. When the prison hell tolled Irishmen and women in (he crowd dropped on their knees. Someone began to sing ‘ Wrap the Old Green Flag around me.’’ Notice of the execution was posted on the prison door. Half an hour later the leaders of the crowd were the first to read it. They immediately sank on their knees and remained praying for some minutes. The murderers were taken iiom their cells simultaneously. They met a yard or two from’the scaffold and a smile of recognition and on. eouragur.ent passed between them. Then O’Sullivan went to his dentil.

FIND OF If ELIOS. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Aug 9. The “Daily Mail’s'” Rome correspondent says a necropolis, dating* hack to 7(K) 8.C., has been unearthed near Tropea in Calabria, containing sixty stone tombs, at a depth of four feet, containing pottery, bronzes, ring/u bracelets, gold and ainber. A search is now being made for the town to which they belonged. SWATOW DISASTER. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) I’EKIN, Aug 9. It, is only now possible to give some idea of the catastrophe at Swntow. The tidal wave carried everything liefore it. Ships parted anchor and were carried bodily a mile away and planted on the land. One junk was driven right through the Asiatic Petroleum Company’s oil tank. The scene °l min in the town is indescribable. % No buildings withstood the raging gale, which twisted iron girders as if they were wisps of straw. The harbour is choked with corpses, the stench from which is accentuated by rotting rice bean cake, is overpowering.

BTG GUN POWER. j (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, Aug 10. General Herr. Inspector of Artillery insists that France by the use of guns like Big Bertha, could secure the fire control of the English Channel and bombard English inland towns. Britain eouhl simultaneously bombard T ille, Arras and Amiens, with a bertha having a range of eighty two miles. The ran"o mav He increased to 12.) miles, meaning the Allies could homImrd WVst.nl)alia. Hesse. Baden. ~r-temburg temburg and some parts of Bavaria.

balloon RACE. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) GENEVA, August 10

The balloon Belgiea piloted by a Belgian Ernest Dcmuyter competing at tue (h idon Benctt race, which was previously believed to be lost., landed in a Roumanian village after crossing the Carpathians. It is stated they travelled the greatest . distance, thirteen hundred kilometres, and ennsequAitly are the winners. All the nineteen competitors, have landed.

ITALIAN POSITION

Received this day at 12.25 p.m.)

ROME. August 10.

I.nrg" military Forces with artillery, concentrated at Port Odnnzio owing to repons that a facisti flotilla was proceeding there intending to land strong forces and march on and occupy Rome.

CRICKET. ! LONDON. August 10. ! Several sensational howling feats were I effected on the fain damaged wickets. Gloucestershire dismissed Yorkshire for sixty six, Parker celebrating hi? benefit nut ten by taking 9 for 36. including t the hat trick. Leicester dismissed Gin- t morgni for fifty one; Astill took 5 for t 23, three in four halls. Cook for lain- , casin're took three Hampshire wickets . in one ever. • |

SYDNEY, Aug 11. J The 18-!iuur Bill was read a third , tune by 41 to 27. Sir Edewortli, President of Austro- : la.sian Association for tlm advance- , ment of science said the proposal to I alter name Tasman Sea to Anzac Sea i would form a likely matter for tiis- j mission at the next meeting at Wei- i lington in January. The Association | is the only body w hich speaks for New | Zealand and Australia, and such a I change would come appropriately \ from it. The matter would he. dealt | with by the geographical section. | WHEAT POOL. | SYDNEY, Aug .11. ] In consequence of Mr ChafTey’s announcement that Government would not pay compensation to farmers in the 191.6-17 pool. Mr Bruzner waited on Sir G. Fuller and intimated that , the Country Party would oppose the Government on the floor of Purlin- ' ment, unless the promises were re- ; deemed. Sir G. Fuller gave assurance j that the Government would honour all : obligations. Mr Chaffey subsequently 1 stated that compensation would he paid in all cases where the farmer did not participate in overpayments which totalled an excess of seven hundred . thousand >