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Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE BELGIAN DEAD. LONDON, April 23. A largo representative Assembly on the Dover pier witnessed an impressive ceremonial during the embarkment of . the bodies of Belgian soldiers who died j in England in war-time, aboard a crui- ; ser for conveyance to Zeebrugge. Four torpedo boats lurmed tbe escort for the cruiser. MINER RESCUED. LONDON. April 23. One ol the miners entombed in Pen- ; nett mine was rescued alive. NATK)XA 1.1 ST AIA NIF F.S'H t CAIRO, April 23. The Nationalist Executive issued a manifesto declaring that the new const iliitiou does not represent the will ot the nation, but leaves the door open to foreign interference. It leaves Egypt no more fre-o than before. Ibe decimation of independence adds that the nation will continue its cflorts and finally gain what it desires. ENGLISH TRAGEDY. COUPLE FOUND SHOT. LONDON, April 21. A mini and a woman, both with bullet wounds in iho head, were found hv a gamekeeper sitting dead iu a motor ear at a lonely spot near Blandfold. in Dorset. They ware in the rear seat of the car, which had been backed to the roadside across the entrance to a wood. The man, who was married, and was aged JO, leaves a grown-up family, fie was a motor ear dealer, and had a German automatic pistol gripped in his hand. The Woman was also married, and was aged 20. She had one child. They were known to be on terms ol friendship. The bodies were taken to an inn, called “The True Lovers’ Knot,” where the man earlier in the evening had had a drink.

UNEXPECTED RESCUE. LONDON, April 21. At the result of flooding a coal mine at Pensnett, Staffordshire (England).) five men are- missing and feared to he drowned. Fifty were in the pit when the water rushed in. The men made for the shafts, the water coming behind and carrying timber and everything along. Presently the cage became jammed, leaving live behind. The water has risen so high that there is little hope of their safety. A thousand are lining the pitbank, and pumping is' .proceeding frantically. Five miners were entombed in Ponsnett mine in England, by a rush of water. Fifty men got out. Contrary to anticipation, one of tin- : ; u- entombed has been rescued alive. STRANGE DEATHS. A WARNING. PARIS. Apr! 21. Two curious deaths of girls, owing to poison from clothing are reported. A twenty year old. Italian girl at Como, died from blood poisoning due to a puncture of the' skin from bone corsets. She suddenly fainted during a bull. She was taken home. Tbe doctors found that the broken bone of tbe corsets was highly impregnated with prussic acid, and this contaminated the blood stream. In the other case Madamoisclle Lapill.', a French girl, living at Bourgcs died, in terrible agony owing t) a slight abrasion on the nose, due to a fox fur stole. During a dance a girl friend jokingly imprisoned Mdlle. T.apille’s nose in the mouth of the lur, saying, “book out! It bites!” The sharp teeth caused a wound. A swelling spread over lew whole face Mi operation was perlotmed, but unsuccessfully and the girl died in two days.

SCHOONER TAKEN. VANCOUVER, April 21. The Canadian Fisheries patrol ship Alnlaspina, caught- the Seattle schooner Silvan fishing in prohibited waters west of Vancouver Island. A solid shot stopped her flight, hut the crew, scuttling the schooner and taking a wounded man in a boat, escaped to the shore. The Malospina prevented the prize from sinking, and towed the schooner into Ouatsino Sound. THE LAUSANNE CONFERENCE THE TURKISH DEMANDS. (Received this day at 1.1.-Li a.m.) LAUSANNE. April 24. At the (irst meeting of the political Territorial Commission Mr Rumbold gained an important point, ttie Turks accepting status quo regarding the dclimination of the Irak frontiers. L-G leaves England and Turkey to negotiate. an agreement. failing whiili, within twelve months, the League oi Nations will decide the Turkish request, to lix the Thracian frontier on the left hank of the Maritza. This was strongly opposed by M. \ i-iiizelas "ho demanded the right side. The question was reserved. The Turks requested the re-opening of Article One and demanded that the Allies evacuate Constantinople. Mr l’-umbiild protested that this was impossible before the Treaty was signed and ratified by the Allied Parlia-

incuts. The Turks yielded ungraciously. OLD L PICKET HP. ILL. LONDON, April 23. ••Plum” Warner lias entered the hospital at Windsor to undergo an operation for an internal trouble. UNIQUE PAINTER. I Received this day at 11.43 a.m.) LONDON. April 2-j Mis Barnett, aged 71, a resident ol Hampstead, had the unique experience of havin'' ber first attempt at oils accepted by the Royal Academy. She did not start painting till February, except for a few sketches 40 years ago when travelling in Egypt. IN PAPUA. (Received this day at 11.43 a.m.l LONDON, April 24 fisher Unwin has published an interesting hook by AY. K. Humphries entitled “Patrolling m Papua, "Oh an introduction by Judge Murray, who ~avs a tribute to the extraordinary efficient but insufficiently appreciated work done hv the magistrate’s patrol officers in Papua. Humphries vividly ,leserihes the expeditions to Kerema and Modobe in German New Guinea. He was first to work out a definite route across the territory from sea to sea The additional attraction ot his book lies in the description of the character of the country, customs tribes, and daily work of patrol officers.