BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

11 KI’CJjbfCAN GREECE. [ Hkcikiis ITa.iiuuAMs.J (Received this day at 11.15 a.m.) ATHENS, December 111. I’rior to Cabinet's < ommtntb ation to the King. Ib'publieti ns organised an anti-dynastic meeting, the demonslrn''ors including soldiers and sailors. A speech by a fo; mcr euiuniodore in the Navy was received with erics of ■■Down w ith the King." The dennmst i:n. vs inarched in procession to the I'reiiiier’s office shouting similarly. They submitted a resolution in favour of a tietliironcnient. Thereupon the military and political leaders conferred and informed the demonstrators that Cabinet would consider the resolution. I’A IMS, January ID. Commenting Ym events in Greece

the ‘‘.Mat in" says J ugo-SD via and Kmimania uppiealed to Frame to endeavour to save the Greek dynasty, but the French Government wisely refrained from interfering. LADY CARNARVON .MARRIES. (Jieooi ted this day at 9.25 a.niA CONDON, .December 10. Countess Carnarvon and Lieu tempi tC’olonel lan Onslow Deiiniston, ex Grenadier Guards, were married at ft Registry ollice in London. THE BOTTOM I.blV CASK. SENSATION Al. LEY El.Ol’.M K'.VI S. ("Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day nt 0.15 a.m.) LONDON. Dee. IS. There lias been a sensational sequel lo the BoUomley ca.se. A secret hoard of mildewed documents relating to Bottoiidey’s personal estate, the X :c----tory Bind (Tub and other ventures, have been discovered in a cellar in Piccadilly. The trustees are examinin''' them to see whether they contain any negotiable securities, which rimy he applied to increase the I'ourpeuce in the pound dividend paid to numerous creditors. .Houston. JJottomley's ex-Scerclnry . after clays of examination of the d 0.... .... cunients predicts sensational develoijmeiis benefiting the creditors. The discovery is due lo a memorandum that JLiltoinley sent Iroin the ■prison regretting the document-, laid not been discovered. MR MASkKV’S QGI.R. fltaec-ived this day at 035 a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 18. "What, you you think ol the SingaporL base." a reporter asked Mr .Massey when he was departing from .Waterloo station. .Mr Massey laughingly ' replied:—".'Singapore is a very hot place and I will send you there il you ask questions."

TA NO I I'M! CON V EXT I ON. iJtect'ived this day nt 8 a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 18. Tangier Convention provides for perliianc'iil neutrality, forbidding all mrtiontinns of places ami ports under Uu iutiTlintioiml regime. and giving mimimic oipialitv in all nationals. POLAR EXPEDITION. CHRISTIANIA, Dae. 19. Captain Amundsen states agreeincuts are concluded enabling him to carry otijl his proposed polar mg't from Spitzbcrgon to Alaska. Ihe ex- > pedition with three machine.', "ill go northward at the earliest moment, living between May and August.

SOVIET RULE. .Received this day at S a.m.) PKTKOtO; AD. Dee. IS. ’J’lio eeremoi'v ol “Octuhri.sing ■’ babv was performed with great solemnity at the Kremlin. Moscow, m the presence of Kalenin (President < the Soviet Republic). It "as lonnd that ceremonies of such christenings, marriages and funerals were the most important times in Russian peasant' drab lives, so Trotsky and other Soviet leaders advocated the substitution ol Communist rituals for those ot tut Church, as atheistic simplicity was unpopular. Octubrisiiig is named alto the October revolution of 191*. - v l K ' a " sunt child is placed in a t.uy red cradle, decorated with red stats and other Soviet insignia. Kalenin is acting «s Godfather ami the leading C omYYuunist woman as Godmother. >- were made dedicating the infant to service of Communism. The orcheslta played the Internationale. Several Communist marriages were performed under a red canopy at workmen’s clubs. .IATANKSK corin'. TDK 10. Decemlicr 19Ti;e newspaper “Jiji Shimpo r<poits Count Saionji is suffering from a paralytic stroke. CONSTANTINOPLE Dee. 19. Advices from Angora states the Commissioner of works has notified Clayton Kennedy’s agent of the annulment ol the Chester concessions cabled on the Slltli. April. IN D FAN At U R DER. Ottawa, December 19. Private cables announce Captain Walls and wife, Canadian Missionaries, were murdered in India.