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Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN' AND N.Z. C.UILF, ASSOCIATION. LUXOR EXPLORATION. LUXOR, Nov. 1. The district around Thebes is halt a marsh, as the River Nile’s Hood has - hern - cry high this soa-on and .si ill lias not completely icc.-tled. Ihe \ alley of Ihe Kings i- cruelly hot, hut Air Howard Carter's workmen are hard at work' preparing for the eool.-r -ea-oii. GREEK POLITICS. ATHENS. November 1. 'there are indications that the Gieek Government is contemplating proclaiming a republic in cnn-eqiicnce of t.!:o taels revealed during the inquiry into tile revolt. The Athens newspapers ale openly discussing the question and Cabinet has convened a meeting of military and political leaders to consider the udvisahleness of changing the form of Government. At the close of the meeting a communique was issued stating that there was; no reason to alter the policy hitherto followed. It- is .stated xemi-officially that in the course of the mcetiiyg General Gonatas expressed the opinion that the King was not concerned in the Aletaxas rising. ROYAL WEDDING. LONDON. Nov. I.

Simplicity will he the keynote of the wedding of the Crown Prince of Sweden to I.tide Louise Ainuuthal ten. Tt: lakes place in the Chapel-Royal on Saturday. The King of Sweden i- travelling to London incognito. Lady Louise's wedding die.-, :■ made from a lasui t i fill piece of Indian frosted silver gait/.e. stiller than modern silver tissues. Tliis is the giit, of her Urn le. the Grand Duke of I |e-«e. When the I,ride drive-, to i -m • hi. la-li, she will uea r over Ihe gov n an oidfashinui'd cape- ol lades ramie, whn-h belonged In her graiidmol:i--r. She will

carry to the char a little hunch of lillie.s of tho valh-v. iio-1.-eil from her own garden. The silver shoes have low heels. The honeymoon will b" spent m Italy. GREEK' LEADERS’ PUNISHMENT. ATHENS. Oct. 111. A court-martial has been held at Salonika on nineteen ollicers, charged with complicity in the recent mutiny. The court sentenced Major I.akelarion lo death, and others to imprisonment for life, or to periods of from ID to 12 years. Some were aequiti -d.

GAOL RELIEVES HOUSING SITUATION. ("Sydney Sun” Cables). ('Received this day at '1.2.1 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 1. The "Daily Alai!" slates that 12 Icmilics. totalling a hundred individuals and who were fm nierl.v living in an overcrowded quarter of Woreoxtor. have been given iirnmimode 1 ion in a local gaol which was previously accommodating throe hundred prisoners. Each family was provided with a living roon-i from the ollicers’ quarters while the cells have been 1 reusformed lido bedrooms and the prison yard makes a children'.-, playground. The nuts range from Is to Is. Eighty families applied for accommodation. A TRAGIC AIOCKK'RY. AIR A. HENDERSON’S OPINION. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 1. Mr A. Henderson, speaking at Acton, said that it was tragic mockery for Mr Baldwin to propose protection as a solution of nm mph.vmont'. protection was offered and skilfully associated w ith, tile promise of so. ini relunn". The latter was the sugar coating of the protectionist pill. The protection afforded workers py the trades unions, was not parallel to the pi uteri ion o! markets and industries. The Labour j policy aimed at the establishment ol equal standards in all industrial countries. ! International peace and iceonslruction, A! r Henderson added, were fundamental. The reorganisation ol ill < 111 -- I try was required before the causes ol unemployment, inherent in the present system of production for ) milt, could ho lemoved. Labour put these matters forward as a i onstrucl ive alternative to the protective tariff. !ni|erial preference and State aided migration.

I’LUKIAN AFFAIRS. (Received this day at 12.2." p.m.) TEHERAN October .‘II. In a proclamation issued on Sardar K'cl'aii assuming the l’reniier.-lii;i. he says that having hy military means established cider and security during the past- three year.- the Government is now turning attention to the lefortu in other directions, at the Shalt s summons. A CEYLON DONATION'. COLOMBO. November I. Ceylon is contributing ten thousand rupees towards the British Empire cancer campaign fund. EREXCTT DECISION. .'Received tiffs dav at, 12.-Iff p.m.) BARIS , November t. At a meeting with the Minister "f Agriculture, exporters of eggs a'" l cheese, it was decided to suspend the export of cheese till January, in order to avoid a further rise in the cost, ol living. AUDIENCE WITH KING. LONDON. Nov. 1. The King gran led an audience t" Commodore Mol ham oil his relinquishing command "I tin* New Zealand squadron and invested him with to-' Order of the Bath. Hi- Majesty als . received Colonel Leslie Wilson, Gover-nor-fleet- of Bombay, and conferred _"u him the Knighthood ol the Indian Empire.

SUGAR BEET YIELD. .’Received this dav at 11.1" a.m ) I.ONDON. Nov. 1. Herr Livin'- MadgeLurg cireiilar states European beet -agar production for the year was 3.1 P-1.-132 tons, and estimates the current' campaign will yield ,’)■).'! thousand above last war. SCOTLAND BEATS IRELAND. (Received this day at JO.IO a.m.) LONDON. November 1. At Belfast in the intor-Lengue .soccer match the Scottish team le't the Irish hy one goal to nil. JAPANESE SUFFRAGE BILL. (“Sydney Sun" Cables). (Received this dav at Iff noon). TOKIO, Nov 1. Under the Manhood Suffrage Bill now being prepared for submission to the Diet, the number of voters in Japan will be increased Irom tlire" to 1J millions. The indications are that the measure will he louglit bitterly, blit it will he pas-eil.