BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

[DY TKI.IXI RAIMI —I'F.U IMU'.SS ASSOCIATION.] PAYMENT OF ASSASSIN'S. (AI HO, April 27. During tlio giving of evidence in 1 lie conspiracy on.so, it wns stated Unit- si •society for tlic murder of Englishmen, luiil three briinche.s in Cairo. The president of each branch decided that an outrage should be committed, and then went to one of the patrons of the society, who provided £ls for each outrage, of which the president Kept £3. He divided tile balance of £!2 among those committing the outrages, 'lie witness was unable to give the nawi'f of those supplying the funds. BATE SARAH BERNHARDT. PARIS. Aptil 27. 'l'llc late Sarah Bernhardt's stage costumes dolls, furniture, objects of art, and aiitlmgraphed works of Dumas, Sarduu. Rostand, and others will he auctioned in dune. It is stated that she died practically penniless. The stile of the greater part of her effects is in consul)uenco of the seizure of them hy judgment creditors immediately altei her death. AUSTRIA'S I’l.IR 1 IT. VIENNA. April 28. Cumtnunisi leaders are dissatisfied with the latest compromise between the Socialist Opposition and the Dover n men t, nil the sllbjef'i o- the dole.tor the unemployed. I hey therefore );ehl ;i rally and later on marched to Parliament. The demonstrators carried red lings with a Soviet star. The iChancellor, the Rev Dr Scipcl, could not immediately receive the deputation. Thereupon, there was a tumult. The crowd attempted to storm the entrants-- to Parliament. They pelted the police with missiles. Several revolver shot- were fired, upon which the foot and horse police drew their swords, and dispersed the demonstrators, wounding five. Dr Seipel later on told the deputation that he could not do more than he i- now doing. FRONTIERS CLOSED. PARIS, April 2-. The Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission has decided to loree all travellers front unoccupied Germany to produce passports on entering the Rhineland in the bridgehead areas. This is a reply to President Ebert’s decree closing the German frontiers to till Germans except the holders oi special permits. RANK CLOSES IN INDIA. DELHI, April 27. The Alliance Rank of Simla closed its doors on April 27. 'lhe directors explained this course was adopted owing to heavy losses eonseiptenL on toiitintiod wiihdtawalx. Since the last report, negotiations have been carried on for the purpose of associating the hank with more powerful hanking intresis, hut they were unsuceessiul. It was therefore decided to close while the affairs of the, bank were still controllable, and arrangements can be made to cause those interested the

minimum of inconvenience and loss. Provided it is possible to arrange for liquidation under the serveillanee of the imperial Dunk of India the latter is prepared forthwith to repay 50 per cent of the deposits. It should scpossible to complete the arrangements within a fortnight. A RAILWAY TRAGEDY. LONDON, April 2?. While a London express tivjn was passing through the mile-long Harecastle Tunnel, the driver had a seizure. The tiremau supported, his comrade with one arm, and guided the train with the other through the tunnel. The driver died. A MUTINY IN RED ARMY. LONDON, April 27. The ‘'Daily Mail’s” correspondent at Warsaw reports that mutineers of i'lio Red Army have captured Novorosisk on the Black Sea and shot 459 Bolsheviks. Fighting continues inland. AN ANGRY LITIGANT. LONDON, April 28. Arthur Rnvouhill, a disappointed litigant, hurled a shower ol stones at Justice Homer, of the Chancery Division. Though some struck him. fortunately he was uninjured. Ravetihill lost a ease a few (lavs ago. He sat at the hack of the .Court. He threw three handfuls bclore the usher readied him. The judge committed him to prison, saying it was contempt of such a character that it could not he ovetlooked. A KIDNAPPING CASE. HONGKONG, April 27 The llritish-Ameriean Tobacco Company has informed the R'ritisli ( oiisul that Chinese rubbers in Kwangtung province, have captured Mr ( . Rowson, a British employee, who is for thirty thousand dollars ranCANADA AND FRANCE. LONDON. April 28. Mr 11. Dawson (President), addressing the Huddersfield Chamber ol Commerce, said the new I* retiehCauadian Convention proposed to reduce considerably the Canadian preference on British goods. This would he a serious blow to the W est Riding textile trade. Canada’s act was more like the action of an enemy, lie said, than that of a member of the Imperial household.

FROZEN MEAT MARKING. LONDON, April 27. A Standing Committee ol the House of Commons on the Merchandise Marks Rill, has rejected hy twentyseven votes to thirteen, an amendment providing that meat should bear a label “frozen” or “eliilled” or the name of the country of origin instead of lieing indelibly marked. It also rejected by 29 to 27 Major Kenworthy’s amendment to exclude F.iu-pire-grown meat from the provision requiring marking. BRITAIN'S GR ATI TUBE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) BRUSSELS, April 28 The Prince of Wales in unveiling the British memorial in the presence of a huge crowd, asked King Albert to accept, on bcbalf of bis subjects, a monument offered by the British nation, symbolising Britain's profound and unalterable gratitude towards those who had succoured her prisoners of war and distressed soldiers. Ihe monument would perpetuate the memory of a glorious brotherhood in arms. The King replying, said that Belgium would never forget the sublime sacrifices of the British soldiers who made the Ypres salient an unshakeable bastion of tlie Allied line. The monument forever would illustrate the heroism of the British .race.