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Hokitika Guardian, 10 January 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SEARCH EOR DIXMFDE. (Received this liny at, 11.12 A n.m.) PARIS, .Inn. !). A message from Bizerta states the despatch boat Fscaunt wiiicli was searching fur the wreckage of the Bixllluile recovered at sea a charred Indy with tattered fragments of a French L. nival nnilonil. clinging tliereto; also a mass of wreckage inetndiii;r a quantity of metallic fabric, seeming to conlinn iho theory that 1J i;• airship was hlown to pieces by an explosion, and hurled into the sea. PRINCE OK WARES. PARIS. ,lau. •• The Prince of Wales is vi-iiing Paris for a fen days travelling as tieEarl of Chester. PARIS FLOOD. (Received this day at 11.2 b a.in.) PARTS. Jan. !). Although the Hood in the Seine is falling slowly, the ontlnok is not re- ~ assuring, for damper weather has returned. .Meanwhile the situation in Paris and suburbs is much the same. The maximum height of the flood has now been reaeehed at Rouen where the (piays are flooded. A meeting ol deputies representing the - Departments of Seine, Seim.-etoise and Keiiieetinarne decided to introduce a Hill in the Cluiniher providing for the opening ol a credit of thirty million I fanes lor sufferers hr the Hoods and to create a permanent group of deputies fmln three Departments to (intend Paris from a recurrence of the disaster.

GENERAL BOOTH. (Received this day at 11.2 b a.m.) LONDON, January 0. den. IJrnniwell Rootli will reach N'—.v Zealand on ihe 2!Hli. Apii I. alter Limine, Auslrali'i. 11-- is accompanied by ids youngest sou and i- making tin- tour with the object of dealing with Salvation Army | lohlcms on the spot, and r- Inspiring ollieers and soldiers. He is anxious iji study the effects of the reorganisation made on his last visit. He ii also intensely interested in migration, especially openings for blind alley Imy.s and prospects of the development of schemes. He intends to 0 infer v, iill various Australian and New Zealand Goverueuiiits in that connection. lI[RLE SOCIETY. LONDON. January 10. Dr. Eilsun. Secretary of the British and Enreign Bible Koeiely sails on IStli. January to consult various auxiliary .•Deictic* in Australia and New Zealand. AMERICAN Or FT. TOKfO. .Tanunry f*. A liidance cf four and a half million dollars of American Red Cross funds lias been handed to the Japanese Emergency Relief Bureau by the Ann-riean charge (PAffaiies, one third for direct, social service, one third for hospital, eomstriietikm. niol the tiniaiue for tieendowment of same.