BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1922, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AM) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. obituary. (Received this day at TL3O a.m.) GENEVA. September 18. Obituary- .Mad-one Jiilan Grande, till- lilerateur, a daughter of Hon. 11arnicoal, the New Zealand legislator. Sir .lames Allen and Sir E. D. Bell attended the funeral. AI'STKI) .ioins league. GENEVA, September 18.

The League Assembly unanimously inlilieil Hungary’s admission to the T.eaeue. |Unify immediately sat as chief delegate Uzeclm-Slov akians supported the admission on the condition that no | lausbiirg rcascendccl the throne. THE QUEST'S MORE. LONDON. September 17. Tile Q.iest In's returned to Plymouth

after the Polar trip. Commander Wild sa\x lad we.ither ami ice rendered the trio disappointiug. He states, howevei that the Quest had carried out a trememloits amount i f solid scientific work, including the making of a map of Gough Island. and the correcting of important details in the existing map. They had discovered on Gough’s Island au entirety new bird, resembling the liiudt, ami a new tree, like the Acacia. The meteorological observations were likely to be i:f the greatest value. When tlie Quest was enclosed in the pack iee, she heard wireless reports from San Francisco and Nation. Oni'e she heard the* (Jrc.nwic-!) tiim* sunt out from Rio .t.iueiro, which proved invaluable for the observations. Though a lively ship, tin* Quest proved eminently s.'aworthv. making fast sailings, but the remarks of the crew about her engines were unprintable. lIEI.I’ FOR A I’S’l'R lA. (Received this day tit 8.30 n.m.) LONDON. Sept. 18 The Australian I’rrss Association mates general Austrian eimimitlee re* i rce* tiling Britain, France, Belgium, ‘. 71'choslnvnkin and Austria, lias d"i','ed to ieeiiillitieod the League to :ipi ruaeb a number of European nations including Britain. France, Belgium, Italy and Cstoi lioslavakia with a view to the guarantee of a privately raised biaii of twenty millions sterling, securctl over Austrian torests, salt, anil tobacco monopolies. The full committee on Mandates adopted tbo siib-eiiiiiinit tee’s report. IRISH ATTACKS, fßeceived this day at 11.30 n.m.) LONDON, September 18. Irregulars attacked Nnrrowwoter Castle, Lough, Cnrliugford, occupied by special constabulary. The Castle was subsequently burnt, Irregulars concurrently attacked the Free State garrison in Meath, using machine guus but tho garrison successfully kept tlie Irregulars at bay for two hours; after which tho Irregulars withdrew.