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Hokitika Guardian, 4 April 1923, Page 3

BRITISH S FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTItAJ.IAN AM) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. JAPANESE PRINCE INJURED. PARIS, April 2. ~l’rinco Mitieh'nra Kara, tho Mikado's 4p*ither-in-lniv, was killed through his gmotor-car colliding with a tree on the Paris-Cherbourg road. The cdiaufTeur was also killed. Princess Kiiichara Kara and Prince Osaka, the Mikado's brother, were seriously injured. (A later message stated ho was not killed). CAR TERNS TURTLE. PRINCE MITJCHARA KARA KILLED. PARIS. April 2. _ *T,e Maun" stales that Piinvo Min- . Kara vni» driving at 7.1 mile- an when another v ar suddenly aje “■ . pea rod in front, proceeding in the .same direction. The Prince, without slackening speed, mined sharply to the h-lt. and lost control of the car which crashed into a tree and turned turtle, pinning the occupants underneath. The Prince was terribly mutilated and his legs were broken in several places, lie died within a few minutes. The Princess had a deep gash on her head, ami a broken leg. Prince Osaka V- sustained a fractured jaw and a broken leg. The condition of both is grave. LAfiOEl! AND SOtTALISM. LONDON, April 2 Mr ft. C. Wallimad. Labour iiicliioer of the House of Commons tor Merlin;, presiding at the annual conference f the independent Party, said that if tv Socialist and Labour parties of Hrit iin France and Germany had the handling of the present international tangle in Western Europe, they would speedily discover a way out. Mr Ramsav Macdonald and reprey sentatives of the French and German Socialist parties, addressed a demonstration at ihe Queen’s Hall. Mr Macdonald said the foreign delegates' presence .symbolised the attitude of Labour, which demanded that peace be not enforced by bayonets, but sustained by the people’s moral aspirations. Politically and industrially Capitalism bad failed. Almost every industry was seeking the protection of a State guarantee or a subsidy. M. I.onguet said the French Socialist Labour Party was entirely opposed to M. Poincaire's policy in the Ruhr.

Arve A CARDINAI/S PROTEST. >4 LONDON, April 2. Cardinal Bourne, preaching in Uic Westminster Cathedral, protested against the sentence imposed upon the Russian Archbishop. "The whole world,” he said, “has shuddered at the news. He was sentenced solely because he did his duty as a Christian. Ten years’ solitary confinement is more awful than death itself.” ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. A NEW INVENTION. i j PARIS, March 81. (fi) M. Risler, formerly head of the university laboratory at. Strasburg, claims that he has invented a, new kind of heat.less artificial light, which will revolutionise present methods. jM. Risler uses tubes and bulbs tilled with a special gas. By passing current through them ho ohtnifis ei^ht times tho present twenty-live candle power hnlljs at ',\ cost fit one-eiehth of a penny.

BE LG AN SOCIALISTS. BRUSSELS, April 2 A Congress of Belgian Socialists, by HSD.OOO votes to 288,OBI) decided against tho granting of the vote to women at provincial elections. HOPE'S PROPOSED TOUR. PA.ft.rS. March 31. It is reported that the Pope will visit Lourdes, in France. Flo will also pay visits to other countries. FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI. ITALIANS AND ARABS. TRIPOLI, March 31 Thirty-three were killed and many wounded in clashes between the Italian troops and Arabian rebels. BIIITTSH OLYMPIA. LONDON, March 31 The British Olympic Association lias received .cash and guarantees ot £IO,OOO out of the L 30.0011 required in .secure adequate representation. It is hoped that tlie remainder will he raised by July. BIT LTI SI I REVENUE. SURPLUS OVER 2100,000,000. LONDON, March 31. The revenue for the year muled -March 31sl, 15)23, amounted to £Ol-1,-012.000, and the expenditure to 2-12,-490,000. The amount of the floating debt on tliu same date was 2300,943,000. Tlie principal increases in revenue were:— Estate duties, 24,030,000. Motor vehicle duties, .21,22.>,000. Stamps, £2,.584,000. Corporation tax. L'l.tOt.OOO. Telephones, £3.050,000. The principal decreases weie: Telegraphs. 2400,000. Customs duties, 27,009,000. Excise duties, 237,010,000. Property and income super taxes, £19,342,000. Postal services, £5,850,000. Interest on the war debt cost 2300,800,000. FIJI HURRICANE. SUVA, April 3. There was a hurricane on March 15 in the Lati Group of the F'iji Islands. The barometer was 23.39. The hurricane was of four hours duration, and was 20 miles wide. The island of Muliia, was swept. A Government, auxiliary cutter was sunk. No fatalities are reported.

MURDEROUS ATTACK. AN ITALIAN EPISODE. ROME, March .11. Mr Robert Goldie, the British ViceConsul at Naples, and Mr> Goldie, were visiting a grotto near Naples when they were attacked b\ an unknown man. A desperate struggle followed. Mr Goldie died of the injuries he received, while his wife was seriously injured. The murderer escaped. ROUMANIAN CRISIS. BUCHAREST, April 3. A sharp constitutional crisis is in progress in Rotimania. The Senate and the Chamber have approved of a new constitution, which the National and Peasant parties tire angrily opposing, thus causing the Government to bring a strong force of troops to Bucharest to oppose the opponents of the Bill, who ra ting against the Bftfmicr, Bratk 1 1,0 > and hi- followers 'as being a ca«nstSil« •* S lv ‘Ug bad advice to the-KiHg- , —.. .