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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1923, Page 3

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* LSTHALIAN AMI N .7.. CARLE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH WIRELESS BROADGASTING. BONBON. Nov. 8. I In: lit. Hun Sir L. Worthington Evans, in opening the British Wireless Exhibition, -aid that lucre were now •ltkl.diO li-tcning in licenses us compared with 17(1,101) at the end of September. This is the result of the appeal to pirate listenei s-in. He will not he content until the tmiuhor.s of licenses i-, quadrupled. Every collage ought t have apparatus. A PENTATHLON CONTEST. LONDON. .Nov. 8. I lie Blit i'll Olympic Association, in order in ctieoiirugo versa! ilily in sports- I man-hip. is organising a pentathlon competition at the Olympic Games in l!!B. v. herein competitor I rom different countries must run three miles across country, swim three hundred yards, ride a horse live miles over lair hunting country, leme. shoot with a revolver with loth hands. Training centres for the event will he established ill seven cities. ENOriRY INTO INDIAN FNIiEST. DEI.III. November 0. A commission, ap] oitited 1 1 \- warrant, lo report direct to the King uj on the question- of I udiaid.-alion ami the g : ieV alecs nl the pld-Ii" -ciVJ'CS. lltlopened. Th" Ihe-Lieut ap:.elded far a cairn M:mr-;die:e. flee faun ra tal kins and for judicial findings.

KENYA GRIKVANC E. DELHI. Novell,her 8. ID n. Mr .1. S. Sii'tri. interviewed upon the Imperial Goiii leuee's discussions on the position of the Indians ■ vei-eas. (te-e|a j (",! that Die Indians would not. relax their retaliation boycott programme till a tangible proof that the Kenya Mtualinn would ho righto -1 was fort heCiniiig. lie claimed lo voice the general opinion' of the eoiin-

CAI'T-UN AND WIFE MF R DEI! ED. DELHI. Nov end,or 8. Captain Watts, of the Kurnim mililia ~i,d lo- v lie have been mu-deled at I’n-nehiunr. No details ire availaide . CHILD EMIGR \T|UN. I.(i.\ llt i.N. Nov, nil.,-r 8. Mr I .aw lev presided at a luncheon given by llie Child Enigrntlnu Society at which the I'rince ol Wale- was present. Air I. iv ley detailed the olijeets and asuirat ion , oi the Socioty and onioned the work done in the ! a-t, a., well a. i l,e developments l,o| ed for ill the

i u: me. The Clime of Wales made in eloqll llt an] et; 1 Inf a - astanee for the Society, tv hieli in ileelarod was devoted to one of tho best ideas for '•retrieving human vvi-le." This whs one el the mot -erii.iis modern problems, and tic sq,oje( v aimed at icmuv ing el.ildren hom the wo:-: to the best conditions. EARLY BRITISH Ei.ECTIDN. LONDON. Nov e. The Daily Telegrapli -ays a general election is a pussjhip.iv on the taiil! question, even heioiv Christmas, tie ugh the last week' in -I a unary i- favoured by most I'nionisis. If tic (hivernmen! s proposals q> extend i)"\i woek in I’arliamcnl the “Safeguarding of Industries Aci," are opposed, then Premier Baldwin may deride on an immediate appeal to i lie country for if - verdict j on the tariff he In- eutliued ie Mau- ! ehestor. Ml- IP .MacDonald « Labour Lentl'm) says l.aboiir will oppo.-n Mr Baldwin with its whole omugv a'".i enthusiasm. Lord Salisbury and Mr A tilery advocated extending preference. Ibe latter said no luxes were intended "O meat and wheal, so the p-opies loud was not to he taxed. COF.VTI'Ss CANDIDA IF. I.nNDON. .\, vend.ei 1. ] The ( unless of Warwick, o; emol her election eani]'ai.gn. •aid: “For j years I have had to stick it out with j tnv friends and family. But Sia-ialism j is now called fashionable. Heckled and ask-ed if she favoured tlie Soviet Government, the ( minle-s said, emphatically: 'Yes.” | I HER A L PARTY'S FIND . CMNDD.V. Nov if. The “Dailv Herald” understands that the Liberal headquarters last week-end issued an appeal in rich men ioi* a million .sterling for an election fund. Several business men have n'raidv subscribed twenty thousand eir-li .

THE ( A MI’AIGN. I ON DON. Not. 9. The “Daily Express” eddo.'iaH.v -ays it hopes Mr Lloyd George's sojourn in Canada has imbued his nunginut mo with the Impend ideal, ami that he has realised the immense po-sibil:ti - et i"-ler-lmp/o'ial e i-iperation. and that in whatever spirit he approaches the tariff reform problem, he will not i pp'ise the too naiio.i I'liueopfion oi protection advocated by the Ministers, by the even narrower free trade. | .OX D! IN. Nov. 8. Mr Austin Chamberlain, ai a dinner of the Coiiioal riots' Club at t lie 1 Intel Ce-il said: “The Premier iia- ivsii''* reeled the hotly of the old ("illroversy. but where is tho siml. ’ion cannot light (ids issue on canned lobster or currants! Where is the broad Imperial issue which shall rally all fi'i mils and give the enthusiasm which alone will make vietnrv certain r I ni-' ept. end w ill defend.'the ocliev of tlie Government. hut it is o::lv a half measure. I think the Prime .Minister should ink" ! courage and iuvit • from our Dominion friends a definite eoucret" proposal regarding tli" developir.oiits they could undertake if we iimlerteok to consume tlie produce which they euu grow, hut cannot eat. Ihe problem is of vital importance.”