BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION. CHINESE DISASTER. SHANGHAI. June 10. Three hundred Chinese coal miners were drowned at Tisnvehtiiang when meddlesome soldiery cut elf the electin' power, stopping the pumps. THE DRY LAW. NEW YORK. June 10. Lamport Holt has announced that lines on the South American route will discharge their surplus liquor in Bermuda, in consequence of the American prohibition regulations. TMPR-.ESSTVE CEREMONY. ADOPTION BY AUSTRALIA. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, June 16. A public holiday was proclaimed in Vi 1 lers Brelonnneux, where cheering crowds greeted the visiting officials of the Australian party in connection with tho ceremony for the adoption of the town by the City of Melbourne. The party first visited the Adelaide Cemetery where the majority of Australians' are buried. Wreaths were placed on the Cross of Sacrifice by tlie Prefect of tho Somme representing the French Government. The Mayor of Villiers Bretonneux, the school children and the party then visited the French cemetery where a wreath was placed oil the monument to the French soldiers. The assemblage then proceeded to the Town Hall where tlie Mayor handed Air AlcAVhne. Victorian Agent-General in London* tho deeds, renaming two streets Melbourne and Victoria. A visit was next paid to the site of tho school buildings where the_ French flag was handed over for a A ictorian school. , Mrs McAVhno laid the ioundation stone of tho new school. Speeches of goodwill were exchanged |,v the Mayor, and Air AleAMiae and Air Tate, tho latter voicing greetings from the children of Victoria to those of Villers. On returning to Amiens the party placed wreaths on the Australian and French memorials in the Cathe-