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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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AUH'i KALI AND N 7. CABLE ASSOCIATION WOMAN’S MAD ACT. (Roeeived this day at. 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. Feb. 24. Mr, Day, of Hammersmith, aged about 37, and two children. Margaret and Catherine, aged eight, and live years, tell front the campanile of Westminster Cathedral yesterday and were killed. The woman and children passed into the tower shortly after eleven in the morning. The woman paid Is (id and went upstairs and chatted with the children.

A porter at the Ashley Garden’s lints said lie heard a thud and then two more thuds, lie thought that someone was having a joke throwing out bundles. Then he -aw the bodies of the children who do-,I as he reached them. The woman, being heavier, reached the ground first. She nu- for a long time unidentified. Th>- bale,.i,,, from wide!: tlu: unit llli ;• ... all I in ... foot -,V mein;; high surrounded by railing-. It i- thought the woman pushed one child nver fir-1 and ilm:i leaped with the ether m her arm . Her husband i . described as an up-; 1 1 ■> I - 1 « Tor, aged Til. Ho returned from werl. at 2..‘t0. which is the exact time ol tiie tragedy and found a note on the t able : “Forgive me. I am sorry I have gone away and taken the children with me. It is not your fault. You always have been a good husband. Good-bye.” The husband said his wife had been a little strange during the last fortnight. A neighbour said that Mrs Davey was a devout Catholic and somewhat temperament til. WHY BRITAIN LOST ORDERS. Received this day at 8.51) a.m.) CAPETOWN. February 2-1. In the Assembly, the Minister lor Railways in reply to questions. said the Dipartment ha- placed orders lot rails w Hi Herman, French and Belgian firms for 0117,320, while the lowest British ti nder wt‘s £181..0211. Orders for wheels and axle- Were placed with kiupps

v ho.-e tender was £7733 below ihr low lit British tender. lie had since t" reived a cabled Riiti.-b offer, where in the tender prices were reduced, thu -hewing the elfect of comp.-!itiuii

HUNS FOR I HINA. PEKIN. February 21. Italian arms, stored on Hodown, Tientsin Harbour, are being removed to a point mi the Kinlmii line, within lortmiles of Pekin. The quantity consists of over 20 cars loaded with case rille equipment, and gun limbers. Eighty of tU.* latter were counted. It is reported that T.saokun’s representatives purchased the arms for Of million dollars. THE PLIGHT OF CHINA. (Received this day at B.yd a.m.) 110NG KONG, February 24. Ai thu annual meeting of the llnii> Kong-fshanghai hank, lie-chairman -aid there were record events iii Chinn in 1,128. Tehie were anarchy and pi'lilhnl intrigue wherein one searches in mm for any sign ol heller I lung-. On Ihe cuntrarv the eemliiion el i In: euiiiiiry. politically, iii.aiui.dk., and ecoo'ine ev had grew n iippr'wmbfy , .. Any tm USUI •: "hilr b; !• .0! ■e ; 1 lie m . ol ~iw '."him !• o’'!!'! '.. to • T-' ■ ir.'Lena' a'.kggii . h i t• .n ,-e itt •. d

INDIA!- HOME R l LE. •ii-Cf'iJlVCi) till* fllY . 1 ! 1 » H.ni.) Ihe national conference o! Liberal leaders appointed Sapiu Sa.-.ri am Annie Besaut. a deputation to go to England io canvass .support for the demand for the appointment of a Royal Commission into immediate sell-Govern-lu,.ut. excluding the ainiy and foreign political relations, hut. providing for a .scheme for the automatic control of these departments within reasonable time. Trio speakers warned the Swarajists that a policy ol oh.st nut ion was suicidal. They also warned the Government that the failure to ic-poml to a popular demand would make the future cloudy. The conference decided to call a contention in April to draft a scheme toi the constitution. POTNCA RE'S SENATE VICTORY VI'S EFFECT OX FRANC. (Received this day at. S.oO a.mA PARTS. February 23. Taken in conjueiion with his victory in the Senate on Thursday by a narrow majority of sixteen the final passing of AL Poincare’s taxation proposals ufter an all night .sitting of the Chamber means that he can confidently look forward to remaining in office, at any rut,-, until after tile elections. The latest political development s are apparonth influencing the franc, which on Friday recovered to ninety-nine. A NATIVE CLASH DELIIT, February 21.

Troops employed in the native State of Xabha. came into conflict with a p, vee hotly of A kalis. The molt refused to disperse and were fired on. fourteen being killed and thirty wounded. * - ITS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY." (Received this day at 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, Eeh. -Jo. The “Sunday Express” states that Henry Williams, author and composcr “Its a Long Way to I ipperar.v, has died at Kenilworth. Warwickshire aged 50. lie was a native ef Birmingham ami a cripple from liirtli. BPI.G VBIAN REYOH'TTON REPORTED. LONDON. Eeh. 21. A message from Athens states that unconfirmed rumours are current <u revolution in Bulgaria, am! the estal*-lishnu-nt of a Republic. Ir is also stated the King has been sent to the country, and the Premier and other .Ministers murdered.