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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1923, Page 3

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LATEST CABLE NEWS

—— ■rfffilW' AUSTRALIAN AND N 7. CABLE ASSOCIATION CO Al: .MINK EXHIBIT. LONDON. October 11. ; The first sod of a hundred thousand \ sterling mine has been cut at Wembley ■ Dark. It will he one of the sensations . of t.!io British Empire Exhibition. The . mine will he shown in operation, with ■ complete shafts and machinery. Underground demonstrations will lie given of - ancient and modern methods. - JAPAN’S NAVAL LOSS. EKO-M THE EARTHQUAKE. TO Kl<>. October 11. , The Navy Department stated that , although the Japanese Navy losses ill the earthquake are considerable, the naval power of Japan i- not weakened as a re-nit. The warships Amagi. Me kasa, and Naka sustained Ihe most | serious damage, estimated at tier on , million yen. 'I he construction ol the Naha will la suspended. The Miknsa will le repaired and used as a target ship, while the A magi will he replaced. The. destroyed Naval institutions include the Technical Laboratory. llyd ographie OHUe. Medical College, and Powder Magazine, and the Arsenal at Yokohama. While badly damaged, thov will immediately he repaired.

PALESTINE AD \:BEQUEST. LONDON. Oct. 11. •pi,,, | v Express's Jerusalem correspondent sat - that Dir 11. Santa.'! (High Cunimi.-.-inner of Palestine, explained to twenty-six Arab notables a new scheme for an Arab Agency m I cstine with the same rights as the !>■''- i>.!. Agency. The Arab unanimously rejected the proposal, declaring Uml what tliev v.anted was a constitutional l hivernmon t Inr I’alcst i tie.

CHANGES Or .IUDR lb'. (B•■’ceived this day at 8 a.in.'. LONDON. Oct. 11. it is annum."eb i ord f ..Icie.gc - > signing 1 lie judge duo of ilm .\iags Bench divsion. Lord -I "-.ice oungcr succeeds Lord Cave a- I. m Anp '">■ Sir Ernest Pollock sticc. d M.-rmm.e amaster of the '‘oils. 1 1 -■' ■ ' ' ! n,! - a Parliamentary vacancy at I "aming: m. ,l nstice Sergeant is appointee i.ont Justice of Appeal. DIRECT ACTION. LONDON. Oct. 11. As a protest against the Socialist administration of the Borough, a meeting ol the ratepayers of Poplar. representing the largest undertakings of the borough, resolved to withhold payment of rates until assured by the Council of sound, careful, uns.ctional administration.

.SEVERN OY Kill. ROWS. BUNGALOW TOWN WASHED AW A V. Hleecivetl this day at B.AO a.in.) LONDON, Oct. RL The famous bore which sweeps up the Severn has reached remarkable dimensions. Instead of ten loci the river rose twenty-three leet in an hour and swept away the bungalow township at the Severn beach. Fortunately the summer holiday season lias ended and so there was no loss of iile. Apart from the Daves dancing hall and eoncert. room being; washed away seme houses that were floating down the Severn were left high and dry lar inland. Several other villages, such as Burnham in Somerset:, were ti.axled. The people barricaded Ihem-clves in their homes.

WHITE PEACE TitAEf'if. SHOCKING STATE OF AFFAIRS, fjfccoived inis day at 5.50 a.m.) EON DON. O'l. 12. Delegates inim seventeen eoiiulries attended the Co life re nee of the International Bureau for the supprc-snin ol Traffic i" Women and Children at Caxtun Hall, Bishop Ryle presiding. Shocking evidence of lhe white slave traffic was presented and lor an exaniple there was given the ease of two traffickers who were caught in Germany lasi week, one ol whom eonlessed that he brought 50 girls to Holland during the year, ’lie.* letter horn one trafficker led to the arrest of lie* other. In the letter he said:—“Five lassies arrived and have been sent: to New York-. Hamburg was full of police. hut after hard work we brought the girl* lo ihe steamer. Two girE imai'lv hoi rayed us hv miag. Put you know the effort oi c!: lore I o rm. At San Franeiseo they may cry lor their father and llu-ir uu-lher as much as they like. E von have luriher merchandise bring ii iminediatelv. A cheque for a ihousaud dollars lollows. If the girls are not willing. Like ilii-m to the place I told von 01. Micro tin v will become reasonahh*. De-troy this letter immediately.'’

PHILANTHROPIC PROJECT. SPA H LING Ell'S SERI'M. •Received this dav at '..'1l 1 a.in.) LONDON. O'L 12. Tlie “Daily Express” stale' that Baron llenri Roefisebild übo is a oua'i(iod med'eo. inve-tigated I ho Spahliuger cure in Geneva. Asa result Roth--hi I ', is coining to Loudon, and is endeavouring to make financial arrangements to enable, production of tin* serum lor general use in Britain. The project is not commercial but philanthropic.