BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

ACBTBALIAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION. .MAW CLAIMANTS. (Received this day at 0.15 a.m.) LONDON. Aug. 2<>. A mass meeting ot (militants to the Fnyaekerley millions will lie held al Preston on the 25th. The estate was ' left by Nicholas Eayackerley, a uirinb-’r 1 of the House of Commons for Preston. He died intestate in the 18th. century, leaving no direct heir. The estate is now reported to he worth many millions. It is understood there are claimants from America, Australia and Now ■ Zealand.

TREATY WITH FRANCE. ißeceived this dnv at 0.25 a.m.) PRAGUE, Aug. 20. C/echo-Slovakin lias signed a commercial treaty with France. STRIKE IN GREECE. ATHENS, Aug. 20. A general strike lias been proclaimed in Greece. As the Government consider the strike is of a political character, they have created a special courtmartial before which the leaders will be summoned. They have also ordered the arrest of Bennroyn. the Jewish Communist, who engineered the strike.

FI !.A N CK'S RECOG NITII >X . (Received this dav at 11.10 a.m.) PARIS, August 20. The Foreign Office aiintmmes that France Inis decided to recognise the King of Greece. THE MOROCCAN ADVENTURE. SPANISH REPULSE ATTACK. (Received this day at li. 15 a.m.) MADRID. August 21). A message from M edilla states that troops repulsed, with bombs, a bomb attack upon on advanced position at Til’aranin. ' Enemy activity continues along Hie whole front. LONDON, August 20. The ‘ Daily Telegraph’s” Madrid correspondent says that the Cabinet is divided on the question of despatching further reinforcements to Morocco as it is claimed that 110 thousand troops are already there, which is sufficient to meet the ease and it would he dangerous to send more, in view of the country's antipathy towards llie Moroccan adventure. y CHURCH COLLAPSES. (Received this day at 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 20. Three hundred villagers in the province of Salamanca, climbed on to the roof (if a church to witness a. private!) organised bull light when the structu.e collapsed and all were Imried beneath the debris. Four are dead and ten are dying. Thirty have broken lags 'jgmnd arms and fifty-three are less seiiously injured. CYC'LINU CHA.M ITONSHY.P. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m ) ZURICH, October 20.

The World's kilometre cycling championship was won by Mocskops (Holu,i?H). Fonhtin (France) was second. Spears qualifieiL for the final delenting Rtilt. (Germany) in a boat.