BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1923, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, KNTOAIBED IN ICE. PARIS. Ang 20. Three tourists were buried alive in thousands of tons of ice at St Pierre D’Aubigny, in the department of Savoie. through the colapse of an ice grotto which was one of the sights of the district. The cave was situated m a ravine, in which snow from the surrounding heights of the Alpine foothills is frozen during winter into enormous masses of ice, which docs not

thaw, even in the hottest summer. A party of 111 entered the cave, when the root collapsed and a woman and two men were entombed behind an ice wall many feet thick. One body has been recovered and the ice is being dynamited to release the others. MONEY IN POULTRY. LONDON. Aug. 20. British poultry farmers’ output lias doubled since 1018. The imports of eggs have declined from 2,200.000,000 yearly before the war to 1,700.000,000 in 1921. The local production has been making up tlie difference. An expert declares ihnt the general farmer has realised that poultry keeping is ail important side-line. Many farms, which *- formerly were barely paying, are now kept successful through poultry. The expert points out that Britain’s climatic conditions are excellent for poultry and egg production. Britain ought to lie an exporter, not an importer. of both poultry and eggs.

CHANNEL SW'IMATER FAILS. LONDON. Aug. 21. Miss Zita Hills, who nearly succeeded in (hissing the Channel on a water motor cycle in 1920, attempted to swim from Folkestone to tho French coast, but abandoned the effort, after covering eight miles, owing to tlie wind and sea. THE CHINESE TYPHOON. DAMAGE AND MISSING. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) I’EKIN, August 20. Reports from Macao state that, dr.ring the typhoon the Motherland's Tar.hour dredger capsized and only two of the crew wore saved. The Harbour works were considerably damaged. The Portuguese armed steam laun.-k Almirantheliugo foundered, one, out of a crew of fifteen, being saved. \ number of Chinese launches ami junks were sunk or are missing, some of the passengers being picked up. but it is feared that a eonsidci-ahio number are missing. TIDAL WAVES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SHANGHAI. August 20. Reports state that the tidal waves which swept the north-west Korean const, resulted in 840 deaths and over a thousand are missing. Widespread damage was done to property. A GREAT FOREST FIRE. TWO THOUSAND HOMELESS. (Received this dav at 9.0 a.m.) PARIS. Aug. 21. Ksterel presents a tragic scene of charred ruins which is painful to those who know its loveliness. About 18 miles in length was ablaze when the tire was at its lieighth and the troops and firemen were impotent. Thousands of acres of land are hare. Tho little town of Mandelieu is practically in ruins and over two thousand people arc homeless. It is remarkable that there were only four or five deaths. A woman and two children who were driven by the flames from their villa perished aniomi the' burning timber only a few yards from the road which would have led to safety. Boats from the naval air station at Toulon carried many English and American visitors to safety.

TIDAL WAVES IN KOREA. (Received this dav at 9.0 a.i11.) TOKfO. Aug. 20. There are over 350 dead and a thousand missing as a result of the storms and tidal waves in Korea. Great property damage is reported, but it is not vet estimated. Tho storm devastated the shores of the Ynlu river on the Western Korean coast where tidal waves submerged 25.000 houses. AERIAL DEMONSTRATION. (Received this dav at 9.0 n.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 27. A telegram from Bangor. Maine, stales that sixteen army Martin liombers arrived from Hampton, Virginia, flying northward along the eastern seaboard of eight hundred miles in 8) hours. The aerial armada flew in various serial formations. These manoeuvres are understood to bo intended a S a demonstration of the essentiality of the air service, anil also the vulnerability of tho Atlantic coast as an argument for increased aerial armament.

FRANCE FORBIDS FILM. PARIS. Aug. 21. The production of Griffiths' him “The Birth of a Nation." is forbidden in France on the ground that it might cause public disorder. The embargo is the result, of the colour question. The French rights in the picture cost ±/20.000. TURKISH RECRUITS. PARIS, Aug. 20. “Intransigeant’s’’ Angora correspondent savs: “Tho Turkish Government has called to tho colours the 189 G to 1902 classes of reservists.