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Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1923, Page 3

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LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, LONDON', June 23. Copper—Spot CGI 8s 9d ; forward CGI 18s 9<l; load £24 10s; and £23 1 7s Od; spelter £2Bs 10s and £29; tin i £lßl and £lB2. Silver 31 id. I KNOiXSII DOLKS AIH/SKI). LONDON', June 28. Tin'll' lias Leon a striking seiies '.I |n'own utions of people for obtaining pidilie relief by al-e pretences. One man lias been sentenced to tltrco inontlis’ imprisonment for obtaining free milk, valued at 33s fid. from St. i'aneras llorewgh C' lined. ilionyh be was receiving also tla* following weekly sums— ("nemploy men t dole 22- ; from ■Hod Cross -los ; pension from Canadian Oovernmen( 18s H ; Door [.aw relief 12s fid; and tiealliieilt a lie'll a nee lo> 2d. This make; a Dual of 112 s7d weekly. Another man lias been sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for failing to disclose that bis wife was earning 10 s,’and that bis brother was paying a pound weekly for lodgings. A woman lias been sentenced to a week’s gaol for obtaining 21s 3d for tlie poor r.nw Gnaulians, without disclosing that she was reeeiving 12s (id weekly for letting a furnished room. A man receiving 39s 9d for one day's work on a Sunday newspaper, has been sent to naol or a month for drawing the dole. UKI/lIAN IH.IKUKAHI) I5I! PSKI.S. June 28 Astonishing; revelations have been made in eonneetion witii a poisoning mystery in a ease in wbieb Henri de Maziores, who was made a Chevalier of

till' l.oirion of lloiiniir Ini' Ills line war record, is heino tried nt the (Ihcnt Assizes. lie is eliartted with in Hide. 1 i iiy his sister-in-law. \"nlerie. hv menus of st ryeliliine tidilets. and with fondue a will i)iir]inrt iiiLt to I"- iiiii'h' !>v her ii. Invoiir of hiniseif. Valerie died in .May, lIl'J'J. alter tiinnv at lacks of sickness. wliifli enlist'd so imieli mic-in, that the |;nliee intervened while tile cnffin was homo taken to the 'eme-

tIT.V. ,\ post in i >r< cm ii ■\<-alt ■< 1 Mint In r;i<‘ ipinnlities nf '•trvi'lmiiK- had I*‘.*i*ii i;iKi*li by her just before death. No sll -11 ii*i 011 was attached til I‘ Mazicrcs fur some tiini*. until In* <!r<.; pill hint.-, tlnit Alin*, the dead woman's sister. was r<• sj><iii^il>l<• ior \ aletic's (lentil. The police then nnnle tin extiitiiinili'iri ol 1)e Mazicrcs’ etifeer tit'll foltml that lie lias posed as a \ ieointe. and also has managed to marry three ivoinen. t lion eh lie had served two years’ imprisonment lor forninp; the will of a well-to-do Senator, who wits a relative of his mother. When his first wile, ti rich .lewess. learned ol his crime, she dtvoreed her httshatul. hnt she has heeu in the asylum ever since. Ik* .Ma/.ieres married a tea in. His "ile was killed in I’aris hv a Centum bomb, l-'i tin I ly. he mttrried Anuele. til,, sister id tin* murdered woman, whom lie met at a matrimonial a"<*ni*>. A htle lie was a it.! tint no tlds alliance lie Mazieres was in amatory eiirespiindenec with fiftv otiter women. 'i'lie prosecut inn tdlettes that Ile Maziercs poisoned Valerie by p:iviu<; her elioeola tes inehid i t tie arsenic, and stthst it tit iti'-f strychnine tor harmless tit klets made l*y t!ie chemist. KMRIRR. KX 11 HUT IOX BKA L. BONBON. •! tine 23. Mr Buckley was sharply heckled in tin* House id (‘ominous reesrilino Mr Win tour's £11.(00 eoiiipen-atioti lotloss of manaeetneut i.l tin* I'.mpiro I'.Mliilition. ddtis sum tin* iptest ionefs de- j serilied as exorbitant. Colonel Rent- j hunt (Conservative) said Mr V intour. | in 1921. received £3.'.Rdd on a similar retirement from tin* Inter-Allied I rude and Biiukinjt Corporation. BI.A IKK RASCAL'S TKRCKXTKXARY PARIS, dune 2S. Tite tercentenary of the birth (f Blaise Rasefal (the nct.-d Krencli philosopher, who wrote the •‘Rioctiici.il I .otters" t was to-day t elehrat d in On* Chiir* a ol Saint !',t:eliie ;it ( .ermoui. j idle pitilosaplier's Lil'lhplnre. in tile I presence of a icretit oathei ino ol the j (*ji*i*ev t*i*]»t i*~cn 1 allvo scientists. **utl i scholars. I’ascnl, who died in Ri(i2. it tite am* in' .'!!> years, besides heini; a waiter ol wit and genius, and a philosopher whose works were t ran.-hited into tit Kill'opettn la,n::miees, was also a distinguished matliemtit tea I maeitiite. alal made many brilliant experiments in pneumatics and hydreslati* *s. BRITISH I.ABORR COXRKRKXT K. J LONDON. dune 28. | The I.ahotir Cunfe:dice reaflirt!',e;i tite principle ol tite capital levy, and also decided to iimiiL'iirato a special election fund. 'Hie I.ahotir Co life rente unanimously agreed to a resolution proposed by Mr Bansbiiry, opposing tin* projected increase in tite Air Force, and demanding that Britain summon an international conference to secure the abolition of air armaments by agreement. Mr Hudson, independent I.' dinar M. I’.. later moved that tile Labour Rarlianieutary Rarty should vote against

ill! iiiivul mid military expenditure. Mr Sidney Weldi ( President) j ointed out that this really eoiitradicted the previous resolution. .Mr Jack Jones AM’.. said that Innas for disarnienieni to-moirr.w, il the other countries would only agree to tt. It was very nice to talk sentimentally. Imt eotil.l they dn-tate to .Japan, or | to South America. what tlu.se <Ollll- j tries should do? "We are aslted. hi- j said, ‘-to pass this nice, pious re-ohi- j lion, s 1 that we Miall have a pleasant j Sunday afternoon and a miserable ■ Monday!" Mr Henderson said that until a dili'orent international poliey had lien agfe-d upon, the eonl'eroneo could not -■dare not ignore the questions of defence. If they oa-sed this resolution it. meant telling the e.mntry at the | next election that, if teturned, they | would In*vo iit> Navy. The motion was defeated, on a raid; vote by -J.M2-l.ot>• l to 808.000. Tin-: sTtii.KX HAi.F-A-nunvx. 1 I.OXDOX. -lone | The Grand Jury threw out the 1 ill against the Itev. Ilartmt (cabled on I ,| une Mlth) who was accused of steal-! iii;» half-a-erow n !rom the collection CONTHOI.I.I'D l!V SIH.IMKHV. ateceived this day at 'h-'ll? n.m.l I* K KIN, -iune -! 1 A Shanghai message -avs that T)r Sim Yat Sen's const intent A light at Canton has failed and degenerated into the'familiar guerilla wariare existing elsewhere in l hi’.ia between these two major parlies which have broken ui> into eoiitemling faetioiis. The soldiery now rotunds the Canton selling temples, religious property, public buildings and even the schools to raise funds for warfare. Private steamers are being confiscated. the coolies being compelled to transport, supplies while the landlords are made to pay taxes for year* in advance.