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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH INSTITUTE. EONDON, Oct. U. It i- understood that the Prime ot Wales has accepted the office of visitor „f the British Institute ot International A Hairs, and will accept the historic man-imi presented the British Empire hv twu Canadians, whose identity i- not disclosed, as a home for the Insl.itnll•. The mansion is situated at 10 St. James’ Square, and was the homer re-idenee of Lords. Chatham and Derby and Mr Gladstone. The Institute was founded in 101!) and the membership i- now about '•IHE It is open to all British subjects who are serious students of foreign affairs. The objects are research, di-eussiori, and issue ol publications enabling public men throughout the Empire to tollow the course of foreign affairs. The Insulate is debarred from propaganda. In addition to the building, the donors have given CH.OOR as the nucleus of an endowment fund.

THE RIG PAPER DEAL. [ Rf.utkp.s Telegrams.’] (Received this dnv at T*.ls a.m.) EONDON, Oet. ID Among the papers acquired by the “Daily Mail” from the Hulloii Trust, are the Evening Standard. Daily Sketch and Sumlav Herald, published in London. aBo several Manchester dailies and weeklies. WEDDING RE! I S DEATH KNEI.E. (Received this dnv at !>.2.T a.m.) MADRID. Oet. BE The ringing of wedding hells for Rnqucl Martinez was tlm death knell ol li'T rejected lover. V icente Ruiz. When Die bride entered the church Ruiz climbed I lie stecol". Making a noose of the bell rope he placed it round his u-ek and leaned over the rail to obtain a view of the altar. When the priest raised his hands in blessing Ruiz sprang. The b 'll "Tingo<l as he dropped, and he hung suspended at the end H the roue. Ihe congregation scattered ami Dm horror stricken bride fainted when Ruiz's body was carried out. I.YMPNK FI A INC RFSUETS. {Recoiled this day at 0.25 a.m.) EONDON. Od. 11. The l.ympne gliding meeting has eoneluded. Flight-I.ieut. Bouglon on a 'Aren monoplane and Herbert .lopes on an Anee. tied for the “Daily Mail’s” £!B'HI and the Duke of Sutherland's b'soo prizes, they living 87' miles, the greatest distance on one gallon ol petrol. ("apt. .MacMillan, on a Parnnll Pixie, secured the speed prize, his rei onl being 7li to I miles an hour. Hinkler, on an Avru. won Dm reliability prize, completing BHi) miles. I’iereey, on an Alice, ui.n the altitude prize, attaining an a height ol Di. UK) feet. His arms am! Kgs were frozen on descending.

MARTI A D LAW lIAPPF.XI.XR. TDK 10. Oet. IT. It is now announced that the military bavoneted twenty-four of the thirteen hundred wlm wore arrested in iokio for causing disturbances Ml the police station. at tln* time ol Dm disaster. The War Office has issued a statement regretting the incident, adding that such things acre inevitable under martial law. RUSSIAN TRAIN ROBBED. MuSt mV. ('• l. Rt. Bandits stopped and rubbed the Warsaw to Moscow express, one hundred miles inside the Russian Iruntier. British, Italian and Polish diplomatic agents were robbed, Imt Lie: diplomatic hags are safe. The bandits lossemE Dm rail-, and when the train stopped, eight men. tinned with rilles and revolvers, hoarded the carriages. Passengers. who were asleep, were avaKcnei; and compelled to line up. and Im u robbed of thousands of dollars. WAR GRAVES DESHCHATORS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oet. BE Government have arrested the roughs who desecrated the war graves. A JAPANESE MURDER. [lh-xTEits Telegrams.] (Received tie's dnv >n 10.1 0 a.m.) TOKIO. Oet. IE A sensational murder trie! is in progress. An army cant.. Anmkc.sn. irtiargerl with stmo'Ding prominent Socialist. O.sugi. His wile and $ -year old nephew, wlm were arrested with others, are described as dangerous characters, mainly leading Labourites. Immediately after the earthquake it was stated the bodies were diimned down a well. Amnkasu has eonlessed. d 'dari||(r |,e acted for the gaud of Japan thinking the holders of dangerous opinions like O.sugi imperilled the state in a time of calamity.