BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1922, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION. MANDATED REPORTS. . LONDON) Septi 4. Til'd Australian Prbss Geneva correspondent states the Council met tonight to receive the Mandates’ Commission’s report on Samoa, Nauru and other mandated teritories. It reiterated and emphasised the previous criticisms notably regarding Nauru. Sir A. Balfour protested against the adoption of the report, unaccompanied by the Commissioners’ replies. \ The Council agreed noii-conimitally, to receive and transmit the report to the Assembly)

CHANNEL SWIMMEIti LONDON, Sept. 4. Norris expects to begin bis Channel swim from Dover ,on Tuesday morning.

WEDDING PARTY POISONED. LONDON, Sept. 4. Thirty-five out of eighty guests at a wedding breakfast at Wallasey, including the officiating Minister, were poisoned, presumably through the food. So far no cases are fatal.

THE KAISER. BERLIN, Sept. 4. The International News Service, states the ex-Kaiser is betrothed Princess Hermeone, the widow if Prince Cnrolath-Sehonaicb. and t'v*! the wedding will tele? place in October.

SIBERIAN REVOLT. LONDON. Sept. 4. ! The “Daily Chronicle’s” Helsingfors ■ correspondent states : —The Soviet Government has sent ail ultimatum to, the Vladivostok “White” Government, to . lay down arms by September 15. ! RUSSIAN PRIVATE BANK. ! (Rereived this day at 9.50 a.m.) . . COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5. I The “Berlinske Tidende” states a Russian private bank will be created in the near future, with the support of a foreign consortium, \\herein financial houses of Sweden, Denmark and United States will participate. Stinnes, and Krupp.s. have promised support.

ROUMANIAN PLOT. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) BUCHAREST, September 5. It is reported a plot has been discovered to assassinate tlie Royal Family during the coronation celebrations. Several Hungarian officers have been ar_ rested. It is alleged they confessed to being in possession of explosives to blow up the Royal stand, during the horse races connected with the event.

' VATICAN AND PALESTINE. 1 ROME, September 4. The Vatican lias accepted the British proposal for a constitution for Palestine. COAL PIT DISASTER. \ (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) j LONDON, September 5. An explosion occurred in Whitehaven colliery pit, Cumberland. The seam is about a. mile and a half from the surface, where forty men were working. Three dead have been brought to the surface and others are entombed, and a heavy loss of life is feared, though it is hoped some of those entombed may have escaped by a drift into an adjoining pit.

j A CHURCH INDIGNITY, j ROME, September 5. I Following the reaffirmation of the Pope’s temporal power hv the Eucharistic Conference at Catania, armed Fascist! entered the Cathedral and roughly handled the priests and turned out the worshippers.