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Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. tow PUNCHING AT WEMBLEY. A SOCIETY’S PROTEST. (Received this dav at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 30 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals tnreaTens legal proceedings if the Empire Exhibition authorities carry out the cowboy contests involving steer roping and hull dogging, m which the animals’ legs, horns and necks are sometimes broken. The authorities have already sanctioned the bringing of American champion cowboys and cowgirls to give displays. Mr Cochran, the promoter of the competitions, has offered to pay their fares to England of six Australian and five New Zealand expert rough riders and also to pay the return fares of the first ten who cable him. He will provide the necessary horses. The “Daily Express” says that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals lias entered a protest against Rodeo at AYembley and Mr Cochrane, the organiser, replies denying cruelty. He affirms the display reveals the skill of the cow punchers as the beast in every instance has an enormous advantage over the man.

NEW SUBMARINE. LONDON, March 30. Construction has begun at Chatham, of a new type of .submarine 0.1. Tt is believed to surpass the latest X I which has a surface speed of thirty knots. A LABOR MEASURE. LONDON, March 30. Mr Askwith introduced a Bill in tlic Lords, making either strikes or lockouts illegal. Ivetween the appointment of a Court of Inquiry into a dispute and the presentation of its report thereon. For breaches employers are liable to a fine of a mtiimum of twenty pounds and maximum, two hundred daily, and employees two pounds and ten pounds daily.

SCI EXT I FIG EX L’ KD LTI ON. LONDON, March 30. -Miss Cltcesinan, curator of insects at London Zoo and Alfred Duggan son of Marchioness Curzon, Doctor Grossman Marine Biologist and L. Chubb. Geologist will sail on the sth. April in a thousand ton auxiliary steam yacht St. George on a .scientific cruise to the Southern Pacific. They will investigate treasure supposed to be buried at Cocos Islands and will visit Lite Island of Juan Fernandez. THE STATUS OF INDIANS. LONDON, March 30 The special Indian committee lias arrived to discuss with the Colonial Office the status of Indians in Crown Colonics and Protectorates, chiefly Kenya and Fiji. NEW GERMAN TREATIES. LONDON, March 30 The Berlin correspondent of the Federated “British Industries” reports that Germany has already concluded new commercial treaties with Ameiica, Lithuania, Siam and is endeavouring to negotiate treatcs with other countries. OBITUARY. LONDON, April 30. Obituary.— Sir Charles Stanford, musician. POSTHUMOUS HONOR. LONDON, March 30. The King has ordered that Airs R. H. Nolan, of Auckland, shall have the stylo and title to which she would have been entitled line! her husband survived to lie invested with the Order of Kobe, cabled on Ist. June last. GERMAN SENTENCED. (Received this dav at- 9.25 a.m.) BERLIN, March 39. Zeinger, Socialist cx-Premier of Saxony was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and three years loss of civil rights for having, when Minister of Justice, accepted bribes of money and goods from persons awaiting trial, ft is alleged that Zeinger, in return arranged for the suspension of proceedings or destroyed incriminating documents.

IRISH POLITICS. LONDON, March 30.

Mr .McGrath is forming a new independent party in the Dail. Hie defection will place Government in a minority of ten. out of 128 members, but it has a working majority of 34 as 44 Republicans elected have never taken their seats in the Dail. GERMAN IMAITGR ANTS. BERLIN. March 39. German emigration is rapidly incensing. From three thousand for the year following the armistice the number reached 120 thousand last year and a further increase is predicted foi 1924.