BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1923, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. NOT A BI.E AN N l VERSA RV. PARTS. December 26. The tweiuy-fnth anniversary of Madame Curie's discovery of radium was celebrated to-day. Eulogistic addresses were made by M. Millerand and valium savants and tLi Curb* Foundation was also inaugurated for the piii-poa.* of advancing the u-e of radium, (specially for indigent sick, wlio will there receive free application. Two and a half gramme.- oi radium and various subsidies by French in.-ti-tuuiiiis have Leer, donated for the upla ej of tile feimdal i n. GRAND DI KE ( ROWNEI). LONDON, Deeemiiei 27. The Paris ii ;re;pondent of the "Daily Expre-s" says that the Grand Duke Cvril, cousin of the late Czar, has been secretly crowned Czar of all the Russians. The coronation took place a few days ago behind shuttered windows in a private house in IJelleviie. a litlle forest town near Paris. The Grand Duke Nicholas, who had been iocngniscd for two years as the leader of the White Russians, prefers le re-'itle simply at hi. country house in France, having set his face absolutely against any nitenipied armed intervention in Russia, hut sine* ill" ree in arrival of Kus-ians who ieii Constantinople alter the r.-iurn of Mustaplia Ken,‘id I’aslia theie has been ii reei udesi*,.-ui e of ieeliug m favour ol diis*i t action to resiere the Russian nu'narehv, .ml tie* Crand Duke Cyril

I t*i accept the , rnwn se*'*ret

A provision;'l ( lovernment was lonue L which eventually made a lorn:a| and solemn deelarat ion that llie (ireud Duke Cvril was the rightful successor to i lie Uii --inn 1 liroue.

The format ion ceremony was surely one of tin* strangest in history, and the most, pathetic. There were ten per-

sons pi*esi nt who formerly held high otTces in the Russian Court, but who now are working in waiters, valets, taxi-di ivers. waitres-es or dolie-stics. Tin* Grand Ituehoss and her daughters attended nud all present individti- ; ally took a, solemn oath of allegiance. 1 1 SMITH i LED OCT* OF PRISON. LONDON. Dei*. 27. Two warders at Wormwood S-rul bs prison have been dbanc-od end ~n-oiher oiher placed on probal im am! Ifa ns- 1 for red following on "*n inumiy "d" 1 the smuggling < m * ; pri-en “ paper articles written '**..• Horatio Rot- j tomley. ex.-M.IL FRENCH Bl DGET. PARIS. Dee. 26. The Finance Commit leu has sub- 1 nutted the 11)21 Bud.;.*: to the Senate. It estimates receipts at 2:1.060,000. 1 (;;;() and th** expeniiitu;e m 2.i.*'!S2.oot>.- • till!) francs, leaving a 'Urple*' otiS.niiu.diHi francs. The cannniUee stated chii■ sieady increases in tax collections, due to nn- ' lional and luisiue-s pro-pent'. m.ua possihle the surplus. The Chamber of Deputies approved of a measure reducing the number of deputies from 626 to oh 1 !. LCNOI! FINDS. LONDON, Dee, 26 The Luxor correspondent of Die ’■Morning Post" reports that Mr Howan! Carter and Ids a* i-tains an* dmmantling a framework on which m hung a gold-studded linen pall covering the second shrine. 11 is understood that tluy loiind two alabaster tablets bearing inscriptions _ which are expected to shed stronger pJo ~n the tacts "f Tutankhamen's | | RENT II TRIM' EINISHED. PARTS. December 26. The trial of Mile Germaine Berthoii ended dninaii. idly, the girl maint.ami„g a delimit attitude to the end. She declared: “1 have nothing to add in’ to retract.” The inry was half an hour in agreeing on its verdict, which was ice. ived both with applause and di-sent. (Jermaine lieaid the acquittal with , absolute impas-ii Tty. She was ordered to pav one Irani’ damages to the vietiniLs family, and the costs o! the trial. LONDON, December 26. The Palis correspondent of the “Morning Post” says that the result was received by the hulk ol I* reiicli opinion with pained siirpii-se. since Germaine not only rdmitted her guilt, hut glni ied in the crime. Hut. speaking frankly, a vast* ntaji ritx of the people have litlle sympathy for either of the factions Royalists or Anarchists and would prefer to leave ■ them to light out their quoin's themselves. This perhaps offers some explanation for the verdict, which, to English eyes, is little short, of astounding until it is remembered that m France, rs in most Continental countries, pidi t iea I murders are sliil 1 hoed i*i a special category lor whirl leniency is universally claimed. The "Daily Express” -ays that after the trial Germaine was handl'd a packer eoutainiiig IHO letters, mostly offers ol ir,*’ii riage. She* is now in the country wiih her Anarchist friends. MISSING AIRSHIP. SIGHTED AGALV. [ft N DON. Dee. 27. The Dixmnde was sighied again ml Wednesday evening. Sin* was at a height of two l.undr-d metres, in a gentle hroozo. Patrols have ir!i In.-ahdi and el-e----where to follow her course. THE niXMEDK LOST. •Received ibis day at 0.46 a.in.) PARIS, Dee. 28. Official. -The Dixmnde Inis been lost ;;t SOil. PEAIH.S AND 'U RKEYS. LONDON. Dee. 23. '|’he “|)ailv Express" (Madrid eorrespoudeiH slate- Romamu s i x-l .• i ji.i,,,- j s p.ui’c ha-iug thousands of tnr-j Keys ill the hope of recovering three hundred pearl- which a mischievous .aaml-on aged four used to feed a (lock ef turkeys as they passed beneath Romances' palace window to the CarisLim.s mark*. The Count brought the perils as»present to a relative and placed them in ail onyx dish on the table, lie ownt our from the room i loavinc his grandson at the window. | The child noticed the owner of the turkev.s scattering peas to the birds and | In* thereupon threw out the pearls i.ifh the turkeys eagerly gobbled. N,', one suspected the child and the I ott-e was turned upside down in a seat eh for the ! N ’ c ' xL dav tin* ehiul happened to see a lU! - I*ev and asked for more "little round white things to feed to the hmis. ko--1 monos mobilised his servants and ordered them to buy every r 1 ” * could find. Thousands were -d.ei am thus one hundred pearls were roeovet--1 cd Meanwhile dealers put the once ’ of Turkovs and later other people ' tried to buy Turkeys nt any price, ' but Romanes outbidding all rn | l l '’"' > tinlies buying killing and searching the Turkeys,