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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. E DUC’ ATION CON FER ENCE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. July 8. The Imperial Education Conference discussed the question of films for educational purposes in (otnsocicd with schools, and appointed a Committee under the Presidency of Lord Goroll. including representatives of Educational institutions, leaching bodies, and film nia tin fact liter.-, to report to the next (onf**reie **. The inmmill<-c will i—to* an interim report through the LONDON. July The Chancery Court has sanctioned the di-tribution from the funds of Bottomley’s victory bond- claims, whereby ti,i*i*epi*ii.*o in the pound will be paid to -ul— ribers. LONDON. July 8. Kir Robert Horne become- a Director of Lloyd’s Bank. EMIGRANTS IJC PET). (Received this day at H a.m.) LONDON. July S. Tbo "Daily ( brouii li*’s" NatJe- ~,r-respondont respondont says that tin* police have ai rested the leaders of a gang who are supplying false pa--port.- to Italian- immigrating to America, and which purported to enable tin* emigrant- to evade the authorities at F.lliT'laiul. Enornion. prices were (barged the emigrants v.ho later on wen* net allowed to land in America, but were sent back to Naples.

The crews on emigrant -hip- were also taking money from stowaways, whereof 1(H) were not allowed to land at New* York from a -ingle vessel. While the stowaway- wen* hiding the (■■row It*ll the vessel at New York, so th*' stowawavs had no remedy.

ANTI-81. EEP MARATHON. LONDON. July s. At Trieste there has teen an nntislei p marathon. A number <*f people (,| both -exes -it in public hall-. Irving to keep awake while band, are playing; lullabies and other sleep inducing compositions. A girl wa- the first to tall asleep after -I’vonly-scvcii hours. AN OI"i'KPf)K EN CRITIC. (Received this dav at *.:)!! a.m.) LONDON, July 8. Mr. Berk ended States SolicitorGeneral) in an utll-pukeii addres- belor the Eli Ji-h Speaking 1 uioil, said we are living in the age of the moving picture brain, in which no man remembers iu the evening wlml in* read ill the morning w hen he 1:0 longer ((insiders tin* trill It or the falsity ol a thing he reads. Mr. Fork recalled a con-ver-aiioii with King Albert ot Belgium, where a reference was made to men who went to their death with it smile during t!ie war. The King replied: " Yes. and the heroes ol to-day are Charlie Chaplin and Fairbanks." Mi. Beck retorted: "\Y.* don’t want high brow stuff but niixinoini. manly excitement with a minimum of intellectual effort."

When I ratio* to Loudon, Mr. Reck said, tie* news] 11 per placards were recording that Suzanne Lenglen w.-.s in tear- and Hobbs was not out. The fact is that the time ha- mine when a little healthy pes-iiui-ni would lie lhe best Imindation fi* 1 * the reconstruction of tile wirrld. SHIPPING MIG !.!•: VIEW. •Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. July 7. The deckers and transporters si ill -how no disposition to obey the executive and accept I In* wages etii hut -hippin,; circle- are cnlilideiil lltot the <! spat*,. will seen be settled. All tiade union leaders iust-t on the mi o--ity i i supporting tin.* dockers’ oxeeiitue otherwise tin* trade unions will he at the. mercy c| the employerwho would lie able to denounce all agreement- on the ground that the men cannot In’ trusted to !,*‘i*o 1 1 1 ■-1 i promises. ( on-till a lion- are in pro h« tween the strikers and the trade union leader- to terminate the strike on the eomlil ion- that the trade unions officially discus the grievances with the nia-lei ALBERT MEDALS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 8. The King ha- awarded Albert Medals to Ernest Joyce and William Richards: also to Victor Hayward, d*.*-cea-ed and Harry Wild, deceased, fot gallantry wlnl-t members of Shackicliill ’ - exped it ioli 111 1i ’ I 1-101,. The parts* landed al MeMurdn Sound to e.-Labli-lt a chain ot depots. I lls' steamer Aurora was blow it out In sea but the party carried mil the programme, covering tot) miles ill b>2 days though A. Spence r Smith had to lie dragged on a -ledge for 330 miles, living nineteen mile- from their destination. Incut. Mclnto.-h also collapsed and had io he carried one hundred miles. BISI.KY INNOVATIONS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. July 8. The most important innovations at Hislev this year will he the introduction of competitions* between light automobile gmi'. the Hotchkiss and Lewis guns. lids step indicates that we are on the threshold of changes In musketry training of troops and the organisation ol the equipment of cavalry and imanlry. The general army stall regarding light

automatic elliciency its an urgent neces- i shy. have laid down new regulation- i for this weapon ol training, which will shortlv in the new small arms training mantml. The -oldier ol the lullin' must be an expert with a light automatic gun as w i'll a- a rifle. Ihe now competitions have added interest to tim His ley meeting. A WAR EPISODE. IMb i ATS IN ( H ANNIN.. (Received ibis day at S.ort a.m.'t LONDON. July 7. Vice-Admiral Keys, speaking at Folke-toiie revealed a remarkable -ttijmarine secret showing how the sinking cf a Commit submarine at Waterford assisted the Dover Patrol to dear the Straits of F boats. Vi'hitt the sttiimiit'inc was raised, it was found to contain plans for a submarine attack, including instructions how to circumvent tiie not barrage by getting under it or over it at high tide. The Admiraltv immediately oigani-ed a large number of boat- maimed by ti-hormen. stretching from Folkestone to Cape Grisney. hurtling enormous torch flares. The tonnage lost in the channel was reduced from seventy thousand to eight thousand weekly and thirteen I -boats and now at the bottom ol the Channel between Folkestone and Grisney. STEAMER REACHED. (Received this dav at lb’ noon . LONDON, duly S. The Channel steamship Caesarea, tarrying four hundred passengers for Southampton, struck a rock in a fog after leaving Jersey. Ihe captain endeavoured to return to Jersey harbour. Inn had to beach outside Saint Helier's piers, the pa-senget s were landed. I’ARIs. July 7. Michael Scott and Colonel Hammy, the finalists in the French amateur golf championship, to he decided over “thirty-six holes at Dieppe to-day. Scott defeated Bingham (American' four and three,