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Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1923, Page 3

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[ R ]•: ctkns 'l'm.tic; na m h . J THE BERGAAIO DISASTER. A BIG DEATH ROLL. (Received this day at 12.‘t0 p.m.) ROME. Dee. -I. Further advices regarding the Bergamo disaster, slate the embankment was const meted two years ago. and was two thousand met'-r- long b\ thirty thick. I In- iala- termed by the* embankment rested at an alliruch- cd thoitsan I m i r- above Coma. The- cause* of the* disaster L cmkiiown. All that can lie said i- that a giganticwave. sixty to seventy meter-, high, rnc-ed down tie* narrow valley overwhelming everything in its course. It reached Coma, carrying sueli a mass of debris that the river Aglio v. a*blocked and forced to run backward-. The inhabit ants of Val Damgolo had no chance of escape. The* vast maje.ritv were liverwlu-lim.-cl and now lie hr.ricd dec* p in mud. with which it was inundated. It- is nolj ex ' peeled that the actual number of death-' will ever h-> known, but it is believed it will total at least six hundred. The King hurried to the scene and is assisting in the relicl work. HON. W. F. MASSEY. (Received this day at 10.-15 a.m.) LONDON. De-c-inhi". I. Concluding his north of In-land tmir. Hon. W. F. Alas.v-y, speaking at Dungannon. said he- did not c-ou.-idei ii nghl to mix in Heme politics, hut tliv time* had airivcd wlic-o something more should la* done- to cement the |,ends of Empire. IF- pointed mil he had mnv-d a n-olnt ion ai the- Imperial Cniilerenec- six yea is ago. with which the I.lovd Cc.-rge Cabinet, unanimously agreed. G UNI.RAD SMUTS. (Received this day at- K'-l-i* a.m.) ( IBETOWX Nov.-mber I. Gem-rai Smuts interviewed on arrival from Europe r * gat ding the gcnmal icliahilitation of eout inenfd countries, sail! brer, illy it vrs ha-ecl on a sc-lieim-of re" ousti in tion. which had been c-ai--1 j,.,: dot in .Austria.“ I had the advantage of dismissing, the position with statesmen and leading liiumciul experts from every part of Europe. Their jinn conviction is that though in the case- of Germany, the task of rehabditation 111) to the point at whivh I!crir.auy could dis-hnrite, in due course. liei reparation obligations. will he bigger than in the t-.Tse ul Austria. it would lie, ill all probability, b-’ speed’f II E DAL DPT MURDER. ‘Received this day at 12-15 p.m.) ‘ PARIS. December -Ith. With a view to the c learing up of the Pivsterv of the death of D-uulet, his fa tiler made a formal charge of murder amnnsl an unknown per.-ou by autosuggestion. The police are inve-tigat-iuc the charge and the body is to he exhumed. Vidal now states that he is eonvilteed that the lad mt.-mlcd to kill his father and later, bc-emm-.g normal, realised the wickedness of tin- and decided to kill himself instead. Vidal protests against the suggestion that the lad was impelled by a desire I'm- lovenge <m his father and that lie hvpnotised Daulef and then mdnved him to write a farewell letter to his mol her ami shoot liimst'll.

The aifair is creating a sensation tit France and the newspapers are devotluj- voluinn.s to it. All! AIASSEY IN LONDON. _ LONDON. Deeemhei 5. Hon. Mr Massey has returned to London. He sent a message to - " .James Craig. The honor voidm-icd the University, he c"M*!eis. vvie, a* equallv a distinct ion IVr New /.ealau... 11,. vvnild never forget the students’ Maori welcome. He vi-lics every sue,.t.ss to the No! ili of Ireland Government am! with the Ulstermen'.- ehaiacteristie imlustiy. tenacity and jiatrmtj.ui. he has good grounds lor his eonlidelicc that theie are many years of peace rod firospeihy in t f| e mime. RUSSIA AND ITALY. [“Tut: Times” Skrcice-I (Received this day at H-2-i a-" 1-) LONDON, Dee. I. -ri, , “Times” Rome correspondent commenting on the ratification by tW. I laliati (haiiiber of the eommcieud treaty between Italy and Russia, says the Government's decision to increase the relationship with Rusisa has he-’i unanimously approveil hv all parties. II was felt that England and France, and particularly United Stall's, were stealing a niari-h on Italy in the ren.nsi met ion of Russia and Unit moil drastic Ste],s must he taken to ensure a fair share of Russia’s'raw material and exports to Italy.

MLR 1)1'.!! AND LOOTING. 1 1! r.rt Kits Tei.egrams.] (Received tliis <lny ft 1 2 noon). I,ON DON. Dot. >■ Six :irmo<l masked men entered the Civil Guards Station at. heart., glut. Comity Kerry, si lot tin- sergeant and looted tlie station. CHANGE IN C’lM'.KI). DELHI. Dec. -I. In coinieetioii with the forthcoming Cnited Provinces Indian Nationalists Conference, the Committee resolved to recommend a change in creed .\iti a view of defining Sworni as a complete independence. DEATH HATH REDUCED. (“Sydney Sun" Cables). (Received this day at 12 nooni. NKW YORK. lice. 1. The diptheria death rate in New York hospitals has been retimed from thirty-three to ten per cent, dm; to the invention of Doctor Lynch. He utilises a tiny electric suction pump to clear the throat and choking membrane. KYI IT RE R KI’RES KNT AT lON. LONDON. December o. ‘•Slotting Life" advocates the reconstituting of the English Rugby 1 "ion Board so ns to comprise one representative each for the Home unions. Australia. South Africa, and N-Z.