BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN' AND N’.Z. CAIII.K ASSOCIATION. THE LATEST PRINCE. LONDON, Feh. <l. Princess Mary’s baby has his mother's blue eyes and fair complexion. Most of the infant’s clothes were made li.v the (.Itteen and Princess the whole being ol the simplest eliazaoLer. Hundreds of congratulatory messages have been received.

CHOCOLATE POISON CASE. LONDON. Feh. !) Sir Richard Muir (senior Treason counsel at the central criminal court ) in opening the case against Tatum, said one of the chocolates sent to Inspect.,r llorwood contained six grains ol arsenic. The prisoner told the police altei his arrest that he sent the chocolates lor analytical inirposes and had no desire to harm llorwood. : Medical lost intoni was given to j lalato'- nicntal condition and In- cun , linonieiil in a nioiii.il in - 1 it u t mu. IL-; v. as remanded for a week. j

OVERSEAS TRADE. LONDON, February H. Sir .lovusoii Hicks speaking at tin. Constitutional Club -aid if England could get the overseas trade going it would relieve ninety-live per rent of tile unemployment. Il anything could he (lone to stimulate these markets il tumid rid ns of a terrible incubus. AYc are now Beginning lo regain the markets which A mot icsins grabbed during the war. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. FXTOAIPS OVER lit;) MEN. NEW YORK', Feb. S At Dawson. New .Mexico, one hundred and twenty-live miners are entombed in a coal pit. following an explosion, tin 1 cause of which is unknown. The detonation was so violent that the telephone lines were wrecked cutting the town off from cinnitinieatinti. Heavy coiK’Vte work at the mouth of the mine oollnpsed, choking the entrance, and delaying rescue work.

Alan, lives were lost in an explosion in the same mine in DH3.

A message from IViner. ( olorado. slaics that a newspaper cui-respondent at Dawson lias telcgrnphed that itttt u! t!>«• entombed miin'i's tire (lead, and ilia- ihroc were removed alive. Rescue, trains, carrying c<|tiipnicnt necessary ] to deal with ti:o sitiitition arc being; rnsliod to t Ito scene of the explosionfrom Arizona and Colorado. 1 The explosion is believed to have oe- , onrred 100 foot underground. I.ABOER WINS A BYE-ELECTION. LONDON, Fell. 0. | The Whitechapel hve-eleetion, vice Mr .Matthews deceased resulted : Mr Oosling (Labour) -NtOd ' Mr Kilov < Liberal) ( d‘'h Mr Holden (Prohibition) Rtf) I.ONO SEAPLANE TIUP. 810 DE JANIE RO. Feb. 8. ! Lieutenant Walter Hinton and loir others have eompleted a -enplane . flight from Now York. The trip started seveial months ago. Relays were caused hy accidents and tinfavonrahlo w-athor. COLLIERY DISASTER. YANfOCYER. Fob. 9 ; An explosion in Cumberland mine. • Yancouver Island, killed many and . injured others. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered and thirty men 1 are still in the mine, including -0 whites. ITALIAN ACTION. ROME. February !). The anti-Comnnmist campaign continues throughout the country. Three thousand wore arrested. The public, strongly supports the campaign. Anarchist papers were suppressed and the editors fled. LATEST PARTS FAD. LONDON. Dee. 24. The latest fashion fad, says a message from Paris, is jewelled lingerie, anil some women are wearing hidden i fortunes. A well-known musical actress wears I round the edge of Iter chemise, with i evening dress, a narrow hand of white l diamonds and tiny brilliants, which I give out wonderful flashes of silver J light. I On the back of her garments is 1 painted the head of a dog. with rubies , for eyes: while a pretty belt of red. j blue, and white stones drapes her i waist, terminating at the side in a pendant of green emeralds. Her garters also are ornamented with precious 1 stones.