BRITISH & FOR THE ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOR THE ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN a Nil N .Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, j SOLDIER'S DEATH. LONDON, Aug 10. The sudtlen death occurerd at Pimlico of Tracey Page, ex-sergeant of (Jam tor bury Mounted Rifles. It was ascribed to meningitis from a bullet . which harmlessly rested in his skull, eluding the physieans since he was ! shot in the head three years ago in New Zealand, when acting as musketry instructor. WASHINGTON TREATIES. | • LONDON, Aug 10. The British Empire’s ratification of the Washington treaties is completed. I It has been ratified in the Dominion | Parliaments, and signed by His Majesty, an endorsed copy being despatched to Washington, where it was j exchanged for the United States ratification. j ITALIAN CABINET, j ROME, Ai|g !). I The Chamber adopted a vote of confidence in the new Government by •_M 7 to 121. FRENCH EXPULSIONS. PARIS, August 10. ) The French have taken action for stopping the expulsion of Germans from ! Alsace. This action is only tempor- ' ary. however, being due to Hie preliminary advices and notifications not yet lieing completed. The expulsions will i be resumed immediately the papers are 1 ready.

j GREEKS PLEASED. I ATHENS, Aug. 10. I A huge public demonstration bero adopted a resolution welcoming the spirit of magnanimous equity shown in Mr Lloyd George’s recent Near East speech in the House of Commons, and expressing admiration of noble references to Greece’s rights in fighting for the full reconstruction and dtliveranec of the Christians from the Turks’ sanguinary and barbarous tyranny.