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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION A I’IIILLII’IXES TRACED!'. .AIAXILA. October 17. Three school teachers, a lietuenant. sergeant. and eight privates of tho eonstaliidai'y were killed by .More tribesmen at Enngon school house in Lakeland region, .Alinstnao. A.nieriean troops aer going to the scene. ISIMTISII lIKUADC ASTIXfL I.OXDOX, Oct. is. Sir I/. Worthington Evans, speaking tit Colchester, and dealing with plra.-v in wireless broadcasting, said that doling ten (lavs there were 22 7 tholl-.an I

applicants for licenses, bringing ieveiiuc both to the Broadcasting Company and the public. A total of son n. thing like C20!),1)011 would go to ili ■ company. There was no fear of p.e company making extravagant protig; because they were entitled only !i seven and a half per cent. The sum’ i-. would be surrendered to the Office. WIRELESS COMPANY’S ATT IT!' DE LONDON. (lit. 17. Sir Cndlroy Isaacs, in a lengthy re ply to sir L. Worthington Evniis. regarding wireless, declares that it »aimp issinle tor the Marconi Companv to secure eominci'i ini and technical success with its services under t lie colidilions advanced by the Postma-ter-Geiieral. He contends l hat wireless is more aceura' ■ swiitcr, and fully as reliable as cables. Moreover, the latest development s conferred secrecy. He concludes.— If Sir

L. Worthington Evans would con .mt to a pooling arrangement, under win- 0 the company would manage its own business, a contract can be dcsignei; c a lew days, or. even if lie will gran: one exclusive license for which (be company lias applied, the conin,ui.\ A station could he opened well before t,.e end of 1!)2I.”

KX-OLERG UMAX'S Cf.AfM. LONDON, October /,. Tite special jury. in finding fm \\ light, added a 'ade- expressing the imanimoiis opinion that the case slionli! not have been lironglit (o eomt. Wakeford gave evidence i, living that lie ever had commit ted misconduct. Any statement to tlie <outrmy. lie said, was calculated to iiiin liir... ;re luid done everything pn-sihle in plaie tlo tacts of his conviction before the public. He bad acted for liiieiiutiogi'.'ipli scenes connected with charges mad’ against liim. and had lectured in picture houses. Wakeford declared that tie- Drive Council judgment, was a comprumi-o. li' he were guilty of misconduct. lie might have been unfrocked. Counsel for the defence: “We arc not concerned with the leniency of the sentence." Wakeford (emotionally): “There is no leniency in holding a. man up at every turn and making him the victim of men like vour client.”

Tile public in I lie court applauded this utterance, whereupon Judge Dar ling threatened to clear the eomt. The Rev. Mr Xcntloy and Dr Tyler gave evidence in support i'f the plain till's allegations. \\ right, the defendant denied linvine used the words complained of. but be admitted having suggested that, an tin evidence, Wakeford was guilty. Justice Darling, in summing up, said the action by Wakeford appeared to b< part of Wnkefoi'd’s propaganda. Hiacting for the films was very offensive. What was the jury Icing a.-kei' to do? To accept a bit of Him ‘acting.’

BRITISH CA I’ITALIKTK' INTEREST LONDON, tlm. 17. i Ac agreement has heen -.gm-d m London for Hie format ion m a Rn -j British Grain Export Gomp.any. i.imposed of oil per (-••lit. »'in !i ol British ! and Russian interests with the object of financing sales of Russian grain in I’ri- I tain, Era nee. Daly, and in Southern E u rope.

SCIENCE AND SPORT. LONDON. Oct 17. An expedition led by Lieut. Worslcy, who was associated with tile Shackle!nil expeditions, and comprising HI scientists and sportsmen, will leave England in December. The iuilri'ury includes British Guiana, the I’aeitie Islands, New Zealand, Australia, the Malay States, and Ceylon. The exi>editbm will be devoted principally to scientific and educational purposes. Ocean soundings will be taken, and doubtful charting data will lie cheeked. Expeditions will he made to varioii- Pacific Island-, (no. the life and customs ol the natives wil be studied and (dined. Ibe My River, in New Guinea, w ill tie surveyed. In New Zealand films will be taken illustrative of the city and country life of the people. It is proposed to take films <>i the s. gar plantations in Queensland, and also of stock-raising and pearl fishing. Experiments will be made with underwater photographs. Part- oi the exhibition's time will lie devoted to big game hunting. BEDDING I’ll DIK. ASTER. ALL HOPE GONE. (Received this dnv at 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 18. All hope of rescuing alive any miners entombed in Redding Pit vanished tudav. when the Company officially announced that on gaining an entry to No 2 .section, two men. David and Thomas Brown were loiiiul dead iroin the effects of Black-damp. Out m do men originally entombed. 2d were :e—----cued alive and fourteen bodies recover e.l. Every effort is being made to recover the remainder.

GREEK CABINET. ATHENS. Oct. UU Cabinet m reconstituted under (.onata. EMPIRE EXHIBITION EVENTS. (Received this day at It.-la a.m.) LONDON. Oct. 10. . A feature of the Oxford University Rugby trial matches is the number o. Dominion men participating. Ten arc being tried to-day, including T. Birch, C. Ait ki ii. The New Zealand Empire Exhibition stadium season opens on tie, 12th April with a Rugby mnteh. England versus Scotland. About a fortnight later the Association Cup Final will he played. About Empire Day there will he a great military tattoo vitli massed hands. The combined hand "ill • L-. largest ever heard in the British Em pire. During -Inly and August a pageant of the Empire will he shown daily, illustrating the growth of the Empire. Ten thousand Boy Scontdrawll from the whole Empire will participate in the pageant in the first week of August. ANTI-LIBERAL CAMPAIGN. LONDON. Oct. 15. Mussolini lias definitely launched ar. nnti-Liberal campaign in an official note explaining that Liberalism ruined [tali and Fascism saved her. The Liberal organs resent this unexpected and erudely worded note. ARMISTICE DAY SERVICES. (Received this day at 1Q.20 a.m.) LONDON. Oct. IS. Tl is officially stated that owing to Armistice Day falling on the Sabbath, no ceremony will he held at the Cenotaph. Tliis will lie replaced by church services, and the Cenotaph service-: will by resumed nest year,