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Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1923, Page 3

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tUBTHAUAN AND N. 7.. CAULK ASSOCIATION OLD HOMAN SHU’S. El-T-T HIT AT sAI.V.Vd-:. LOME. Nov. ID. Two splendid ships belonging n the Eniperoi- Tiberius have boon at the battoin of Lake N-• ■ - nineteen eenturies. Signor Mussolini is pre-i----dent of a eoniiniltee which is raising fi.V),(),')!> in order to dram part ol tielake and -alvo the ship-. A NEW H li-T.K. LONDON. November If. (bmeral doliu Thom] -on. head d tlm Auto Oi-diiaie-e (Vnporation of New' York fore.e; ly heloiiging to the American a. my. has art iced here to submit a new automatic ride to tin British Aliev The new weapon is three pounds lighter than the pre-ent one. and has a range of sixteen liuud-.e-l yards, and a magazine Holding twenlv enrtt'idges. No bolt, pulling is retpiired to eject a spent cailridge. The whole operation D automatic as in Lewis (Tuns. CACHES OF OANC EH. BH ESSE! ,S Nov. ID. • The Interiialioiial Congress tor liglitIng Caneei-. in deriding that the di--c;i-c is neither eoniagioiis nor hereditary slated that known eau-es of it. were intoxicants, irritant-. and pane-ite.- and sometimes tie- X Hays. I’ci-sons handling , ompoxil mn- containing ar-cliic were liable I herein. A CnMI.NH A'DM ft if! (Received tliis day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON. Nov.-iel.-er 20. Lai 1 Cavan. < ha-f ol tie- linpeiial Staff will vi-it Singapore "ftn i.dlv. rally in 1921. after which la gee- to Autralin and New /a-alaiid upon the invitation ol Mr Bruce and Mi Ma-eV. Karl C'Viin will probably u-tuni hv way of Canada. Ail! M VSSKVH VISIT (Special to Australian Pre.-s A.-.-u.) lßeceived this day at 9.1" a.m.) LON 111 >X. NT vemher ’-Mb The British general elnetim: is interfering with the business which Mr Massey has in hand foi New Zealand. Several important interview- with the Chaneelhu- of the Lxele-'itier and other Minister- have to stand over until after the poll. Mr Ala--ey intend- leaving England in tlu -eid'lb- ef next month, artiving at Auckland in tee Alakura. THE EAIPIHE CLTISK. LONDON. November 2'b Mr p,riice -.initouneed that II Af >. Adelaide will m-emnp.uy tin- Briti*!i battle cruisers frem Au-i -alia to England. in April. A NEW I AX Did-’. • Received this dav al B.oil a.m.i LONDON. November 20. A "onibination of Lever Bros, and toe Shell Asiatic .Petroleum Cempani-s iprnposing to decelo]! the candle-iuak ■ ing industry on a large scale. Ha new combine is (idled ( smiles Ltd., and lias a capital ( f eight and a hall millions. The eompaiiv is marketing a new type ef triangular candle, which, it is claimed gives t ten per cent belter light. AVf HELENS ACHIEVEMENT'. !Received this day at 5.30 a.m.) LONDON. November 23An am uettr wireless listener in at Hull heard the eotueb te church serenes broadcasted fiotn New Ao:!'. lie (veil heard lie- people having liei lllflHl.

TPTAN Kll AM liN'S TOMB. i: r;ni’K\'|N" : PRKPAH \ ITONS COM pi.kti:. (•‘.Sydney Sun" Cables). fKclcived this day at 10 a.m.) i.O.N DON. Nov. g'L Advices from Luxor stat ? mat i •- Ileal preparations lor the reopening ol Dip toiaO of In' iiikhaiucu have I "cii j completed. ami it i“ i“ i i > ’<* the t'i- i trance to the tomb will reveal more valuable discoveries than ilmsc ol last | vi ar. This year's work will he entire- i iv ilevoted to the taking « • ">• <>l the i shrines liHinjX s< |mlt*iiini U.Hubn. with tl.e '•* . e:irl»i n« the sarcophagus which should lie m the centre, and should contain th - mortal icuiaiiis e! the IMuii.mii _ Ihe dismounting ol t lie slirmes wil. ne exceedingly (hifieuli week ..-wing to l heir deli ale condition, and the task is lurthr i complicated hy mall working space. KINO’S BKPI.V TO ABBIIITSS--01-' I.OVAi.TV. [ Rkctkus Tki.kukams.] Gtecai'ed this dav at 9.20 a.iii.t LONDON. Nov. Replying to the address oi loyally scut to him at ihc conclusion <u thImperial Conference, his Alaie-ty the King dwells mi the happy op]. u lu.iii > of renewing the personal touch with some of his Minist'-rs Irom tae o\..i --..as Dominions, and making tic ai-quniulanc-e of others. He <-nclmlcs: “Nolridv can follow so elox-iy as I have done the work of the .successive conferences without realising the immense value of such meet.lists. . m-t comes the spread of mutual knowledge of the conditions m all parts ul l, nUmpire, then the increase ol good feeling naturnly springing roll! stum knowledge, and Instlv me henrtv desire to co-operate in si ivngtliei.mg the bonds uniting us so that, however c istracteil the world may he. the Bt i-h Commonwealth shall stand stcadtas. and undismayed.

TBOKBI.K AT Yit’NNA LNIXI'.BSITV. j "Tin: Timms'' Skkvh'k.J this day at 9.2-> a.m.) LONDON. Nov. The ‘‘Times" Vienna correspondent savs that n scions disturbance n, an anti-Semitic character has broken out in the Vienna I'mversity. !"llown.g which the l uivorsirv was i dose indelinitely. Some months ago a campaign wa- , hn.ncl.ed against .he Jewish st.u cum in Vienna, hut had MUietened h.wn but definite signs of the .t rot.h e - developing appeared .■piiicic.i with the Bavarian Puts. h. Bast wou the Rector prohibited nil mmu' > wearing their corps eolurs or nth. < signia in order to cheek the..* B“>““ rod ardour. ’1 Ins ca'iscd " * and a hundred youths, nms.ly ntte. dthe technical college, armed '.it. life preserves, knuckle dusters •’ ,l< such like instruments. Cniversitv ami forced their w.u > rooms wlimviey-n, elldeclared they won -•• | |,v s'stnnee was tnvarmM' W ||muu • forcible elections in which many Dtt "scenes and disturbances are reported Irom Gratz.

NKWSI’AI’KB OAVNKBSmib LONDON. November U >• • Bailv l'xp,'ess" say> that the Yorkshire “lMsf :,ri * ‘J uvwd to monopolies in newspapet o'.orsi.ip. is repo-ted to he negotiating with' l.adv Bathurst few the purehaso of the "Morning Dost. ’