BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. WOMEN RESCUED FROM 'BANDITS (Received tills duv at 12.'25 p.m.) * IMIKING, Oct. 15. An iincoiifmiu'd report- comes from Honan that troops defeated the notorious bandit chief Fail, The Terrible, after a three days' battle and rescued Misses Darrocli and Sharp who were eitpture.l hv bandits last month. CLAIMS COMMISSIONS SITS. TEX CLAIMS,TO BE HEARD. (Received this day at 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, October 15. The Anglo-American Pecuniary Claims Commission of Arbitration began a series of sittings in London to-day before M. Fromugcot, a French juiist acting as umpire with Olds, and Mitchell Innas, American and British arbitrators respectively. The tribunal was appoints din 11)10 to find a judicial settlement of the British and American citizens' claims. Air Ronald McNeil in welcoming the Commission on behalf of the British Government said that it furnished an example of the only ci\ ilised methods of settling disputes between two nations. The Commission will hear ten claims Four by Americans who maintain that they wcio unjustly deprived of Jaml in Fiji when Britain annexed the islands in 1874. and two by the British cable companies whose cables were cut by the American Navy during the Spanish-American war. PUBLIC ANALYST'S HKI’OHT. (Received tin's dav at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. The Health Ministry’s public an alyst's report states that, out of 42b medical prescriptions analyzed 22.4 per cent. were inaccurate as compared with 1G.3 in 1221. The adulteration of drugs increased from 6.7 per cent, to 7.3. lIUSH DEPORTEES’ CLAIMS. [Reuters Telegrams.] - (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, Oet. 15. The Compensation Tribunal consisting of Justice Atkins. King’s Counsel, Sir Hugh Fraser and Sir Francis Taylor mot in London to hear the claims of the Irish deportees. The first claimant was a schoolmistress. Kathleen Mary Brooks. The Attorney-General represented the Treasury. Plaintiff's counsel said that she had not participated in the Irish movement. She lived with a sister named Norah Alarv. and live brothers. The genesis of the arrest apparently was the fact that letters addressed to Miss Af Brooks were sent to her house. Ihe police called at one o’clock in the morninoon the 11th. March, and demanded to see Miss AL Brooks. \Mu»n told that there were two sisters they entered' the bedroom and awakened both, who gave their names. The inspector said' “One of yon must come to the police station. I have a warrant for Miss AL Brooks. I must take one of yoi; «n 4 I don’t; care a damn which.”