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Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1924, Page 4

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•j [BY TELKOHAPII—PEE PEEKS ASSOCIATION'.] J PEERESSES OX STAGE. I J LONDON', Eel.. 29. 4 Two peeressexi lire appearing .on tlio I London stage, they being Viscountess t, Torrington as Xorali Bvng in “The T Green Goddess” and Viscoinitess Duns--1 ford as Peggy Rush with Marie TempJ est in “Alice Sit. by the Fire.’’ 4 THE CATHEDRAL TRAGEDY. = { LONDON, Feb. 20. J At the iiaiuest on the Westminster J Cathedral tragedy, the verdict was 4 that Mrs Davy murdered her children 4 and then suicided. The husband gave ] evidence that the family was the luipJj piost, hut tile wife during the past feu J mouths, was ilepros-.-';, being idighih J neg.igeiK ot tier household duties. She I persistently refused to see a duel or. She never threatened snu-irle. On the g day of the tragedy she kissed him good-bye- when he went to work. When he returned he found the letter, as | cable !on 21th. J The police gave ovid.-m-e that the 4 lower was surrounded by a vail and u was impossible, even lor the tallest 1 person to fall over, j LONDON. Teh. 22. .1 The Administrator of the Wc-.t- ---| min.-!.: Cathedral announced at the =1 inquest that the tower will he closed ’g till the balcony is enclosed < as lo J make falls impossible.

•sOVIF.T AND RELIGION. LONDON. Eel.. 2D. A Riga enrro'pondoni -.ays the S-j----viol's war on religious liu- taken a ucu form. Bolsheviks realising the futility of frontal attacks are now tolerating religions observances among peasants, hut. insist that priests must declare their support for the Soviet Government. The drafting “j all resolutions submitted to religious conferences must he nttpervi-ed by approve 1 Soviet agents. If they are mil approved, or if amendments are introduced arrests among the priestwill inevitably follow. Spies work everywhere. They report private conversations wherever churchmen anther. This espionage recently resulted in the arrest of twelve Baptist Fadeis at Leningrad (Petrograd), nine of "'horn are still imprisoned.

UNIVERSITY ( ON FERE NOE'. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) LONDON. Eeh. 20 The Empire University t'onleronce, rallied on the IBt h. opens a convention ii„ July Bth. After a formal inaugural meeting, tin: delegates entraining for Loudon, after which tin- (..nnieicinc *.vi!| he continued probably at Oxford. STUDENTS’ REQUESTS, LONDON, Eeh. 29. The- National Union of Students is approaching the High Commissioner for new travelling conditions and other facilities for delegates students visiting United Kingdom during the Exhibition. The union is also communicating with the inter-1 arsity Athletic Board with the object of promoting a special sports meeting at which Dominion students can compete.