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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N./,. CABLE ASSOCIATION, GLAND TPKATMKNT. LONDON. .Jan. ii. The possibility mat dark womei. may become lair at will, and fair wo men become dark. I- lures.hado-’,t-d o.v tile revelations of new gland experiment- made Ly Dr Winifred Cullis. a ho -1 a ted. a i an interview , that >-x - I [actions 1 rein the posterior lobe oi the pituitary gland -a pea-sized glali i at lhe la-e of the brain) changed sandy cnloutv I .-.emeu to pilch black. ”ll i- within the range of possibility that blendes may he changed in brunettes, and tie,- vi-r.-a,” she -aid, "If we wish, we may even see I,hull lie n turned into white, but there .-.ill he a daug'-r in tin-, for an individual'.eoloi.ring i. a proeatuai against tiesun’.- rigour t in hi- native ehiuate, TilKOi’V OF IfO.MI! OUTRAGE. TOKIO, Jan. ii. Alter -appro--mg for g I fioiir-. Ine new- of an un-uei i-s-ful attempt *.l s■ 11 lias been made to bomb the Imperial Palace, tiie police to-day eolifinoed the report- Dial a Korean hurled Dire bombs into (In- Miuietmvs in he Courtyard, where they could haw done no harm, even H tln-v had ex

plodei.l, which I hey failed to do. Public opinion supports Die Omni;, despite tin- tact that u we - a Koreoi who was immediately arri'sled. Den tile ineideiM i- a proto-t again-l -|m forlnatioii of a (bdiiiiet eouliolli-d ' \ Die llou-e ol Peer -. Count Kiyoura. Die Premier. r: peal's to Inn e Ik ell elil b;i ira •- -ed by Die oeeunvilee, and l:i-da\ la- an lioimee i a iil 1 1 her re urgaiiisni ion oi the ( a lan,-I i,i hied on Ja iiua lv w hereby M. Fiiiinui a will he mad. a M ini -ter. It i- reported that Die Koreans are arranging for a demon.- 1 ra Don against the It,■g.-nt .illst Lelore Lis Inil 1 lill go winch has now been arranged for ne fifh of Kebruary.

la Bonus confidence. | LONDON, Jan. 7. At the (’onference of the Sentli'ii Independent Labour Party, the delegates displayed remarkable confidence ba.-ed on Labour-, recent eb-elora] -liecess, and on the expectation Dial the Labour Party will shortly be in oflii-e. Mr .Maxtoii. M.P.. demanded Dial the age for the eld age pensions be lowered from seventy years to sixtv lie also demanded that the old age pension- he raised from ten --hillings to om- pound per week. There were eric- nf "Where is tie money l" come I'noii Mr M a Moo replied: •■The first filing that a Labour Government has to do is to lake me-,lie irom the rich and give the poor a chance. The Conference committed it.-olt In a far-n-aching resolution regarding the unemployed, including loans, grant-, and works on housing, roads, school.-: and afforestation, which would be paid for al trade union rales. A Communis! delegate, who shouted "Dirty Dogs!” was turned out amid cheers. WIT’ KLKSS FOP ('ll FPCII ES. LONDON. Jan. it. For the first time in the history of Ur- i.ish li'-iaadcasling, a complete elmreh service was wirelessed when the Evensong at Ft. Alartins-iii-Fields was l r.-i iismi! ted by means ol microphones in the church. Canon Nheppa rd preached. ’1 lie question is raised a- to whether the listener.-- a should voluntarily contribute to the offering.

1!E’l SUN OK VEND-'. ELO-L ATHENS. January G. M. Yenirch’:. had a. gioai li” • | tioo. v. hen he took the o l h a.. Deputy f"r Athens, lint he mcihs in poor health, lie left the Chamber immediately, and is now in bed. IDs election to the Aoling-IVexiih’iier is a tribute to his pel Mii.nlity. ratlier than a necessary agreement with Al. Venizeios's policy legal’.ling the Clown and tile Republic, v- bi”li coin] romi-e is satisfying either set of eNl ll’lllisO, AIR CARTER'S I LI.NESS. INTEREST IN COEEIX. LONDON, January 7. The ‘‘.Morning IV.-t's" special correspondent at l.uxor telegraphs that Air Howard Carter is eon lined to Ins house owing to his illness, which can bo traced to tile exceeditigly anxious i.'luc lie has experienced leceiitly. Ib’ gradually got worse, until Eriday, v. hen lie was rn the verge of collapse. Meanwhile, the iomh lias been closed. 'Phe photographers are hard at work, and the other excavators are carefully noting on diagrams, the position of iaeh object found when the .sarcophagus was opened. Eve witnesses insist on the exquisite aitistry of tlie scull ture 0,1 Tutankhamen''s .sarcophagus. Lines of female figures aic cut as pan feet ly as though they were venuses. ( The “.Morning Bust's" Luxor curie!- pendent adds that enly 18 inches of the side rf the sarcophagus can he seen, and the whole-, four feet high. I Hive broad. < I'. long, is revered with figures of gods, and inscriptions which cannot lie descril’cd in detail, until 1 1 . iii gold plated slu ines Ip w hich it nestles arc removed. Al CSNOLINI AND THE SEAMEN. IVANXCNZKI'S THREAT. (-Received this dav at (1.25 a.in.) RO.ME. Jan. 7. There is conj Jerahle agitalion among the sailors as a result ol tic breaking up of ib” Reunion's Convention. ’1 he situation now threatens ,o develon into a coullici between -Mussolini and D'Annunzio. it is repelled tliat the lasi mini tinned, v.’ho was cliosen by the seamen as the honorary cliii-f of the Confederation, intends t ,. proceed to Henna to place hinis.lt t!ie lead oi the Cuilctiu faction. D'Annunzio inis demanded tic convening ot another convention hinting (d tin’ same time that Cuilotti was wrongly expelled and must lie reinstated. Efforts are being made to dissuade continuing the campaign in favour of Ouiletli as it threatens to bring him into serious conllict witii the Easci'ti Government. HELD BY BANDITS. GARRISON TERNS TAIL. PEKINC. Jam 7. The American Legation reports that Tibetian bandit. Hordes ill Batang. AYestorn Szecsaan. surrounded ten Americans together with other foreigners, all of whom are in imminent peril of starvation. Tin- report states the Tibetianr. recently crossed 1 1"’ C hinese border, surrounded Bantang and hurtled and looted the surrounding towns. Toe local Chinese garrison, as well as Batang’s civil officials, tied leaving the victims to face death by starvation. An Orchestra of 10 performers, with Ale A. H. Lawn as pianist will supply the music for the dance tendered to Derrv’s Band in the R.S.A. Hall next Eriday night, at. the conclusion of the Band’s performance at the Exhibition. The price of admission has been hxed at gents 2s, ladies la,- Advt.