BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAIII.K ASSOCIATION. THE INDIAN OUTRAGES. DEI.III. .May 21. In connection with the outrages, the authorities inflicted heavy pcnr.ltics oii the Afridis occupying the independent terrtory in the vicinity. A line of li.ili a lakh of rupees was imposed. The authorities ordered ilia destruction oi two fortified villages, concerned in the I-'oiilkes murder case: and the cxpuls'on of all outlaws. Th-cv also secured the acceptance ol the right- of the Government to widen the road through the pass, erect t.lephonc and telegraph lius from IV-!,n-wur to Koliat. and to locate tloec -ti * i ci! posts inside the pass where tb<n were never existed belorc. The tribesmen were deeply impressed by the penalties and perloree accepted them. At Koliat the tribe has alreauy _*arried out the demolition of the fortified villages, under the supervision of a military column. MURDER. AND SUICIDE. ! GENEVA. May 21. | Petersen, a wealthy Danish jeweller, saw his wife at a hull dancing with a handsome vouLh who took her home. In a frenzy of jealousy he hanged lier m her hall frock before sitting the room afire. He then set the frock alight and wrote a note in justification for toe 'deed, lie also sent a note to the police before hanging himself in the hednn.m. CAIRO BELLE AND PRINCE. CAIRO, May 24. The marriage has been registered in the Moslem religous courts of AUss • Alonveua- Bird, an English girl, who , ],as been the belle of the Cairo :>ali--1 rooms since the war. ami Prince Saul t Halim, the second cousin of King Fuad. , Mi ss Alcrwena- is the daughter of the - fate Colonel Bingham Bird, who for - many years was stationed in Egypt, s She and her mother are regular winter visitors to Cairo. The Prince’s relatives. including his wealthy aunt, Horn vhem ho had great expectations, strongly opposed the match. The mar- , jrtook place secretly, and its ilis,o closure has earned a sensation in li Cairo.