BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION PRESS ATTACKED. CAPETOWN, April 29. Roose, the Transvaal Nationalist leader, speaking at Potehefstroom. complained of misrepresentations of Nationalists in the Press. He foreshadowed legislation making any false statement actionable whether libellious or not. He instanced a statement by a paper that a Nationalist had gone over to the South African party, saying the paper might be sued if this were untrue.

A MISSING NOTABLE. LONDON, April 29. Colonel Jarett disappeared, and his friends bad no trace since 24tli March when lie left Maidenhead to play golf, ft is believed be lias lost bis memory, possibly as the result of an accident, in the Gordon Bennett Cup race His secret marriage to Countess Rosslyn created a sensation in 1903.

KING DRIVES “WINDSOR CASTI.E.”

(Received this day at 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, -April 29.

The King while visiting the railway shops at Swindon unexpectedly mounted the footplate of a new engine named “ Windsor Castle,” and called the Queen to join him. He then drove the train back to the railway station amid the cheers of the workmen. ADMITTANCE BY DIPLOMA. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, April 29.

Though not associated with the nununion theatre campaign a movement has been begun by the Actors’ Association with the object of regulating entry to the stage, li is suggested that admittance lie only hv diploma. The secretary says that the movement should eventually prevent’people getting on the stage with no qualifications beyond private income or certain notoriety. .SPAHUNGER TitEATMENT. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this dav at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. •Sir James Allen stales lie is still negotiating with Spahlinger, and is hopeful of realising an arrangement whereby Britain and New Zealand will combine to help him to continue his research, as well as the production ot a vaccine serum.

Doctor Blaoknioiv, of Cashmere Hills Sanatorium, accompanies Sir James Allen in July to Geneva to test the accuracy, of Spahlinger’s claims. A NEW TURBINE. LONDON, April 30. Krupps have successfully tested a turbine railway engine reaching six to eight thousand revolutions per minute. It is more expensive to build than an ordinary locomotive, hut burns twenty per cent less coal. AIR FLY. DELHI, April 29. The French airman Doisy left Bunder Abbas for Karielii this morning. . A BIG BLAZE. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) SEOUL. April 29. A serious lire destroyed a. number of Government buildings. I roups were called out. to help the firemen. Incendiarism is suspected. The lire originated in the premises of Chosen. Printing Company, and under a strong wind spread to buildings belonging to the Civil Engineering Department, Land Surveying Bureau. I ohacco Monopoly. Railwav Department, and Justice Department and GovernorGeneral’s Office ill old Korea. Ihe balance is safe. The total damage is estimated at a million yen. MARIE CORELLI. LONDON. April ”9. Marie Corelli’s parentage has been exploded by a niece who explains that .Marie was horn in London over (0 years ago. Her real name : s Caroline C’ody. She was the eldest daughter of a family of nine. Her father was in humble circumstances and she was adopted when five. She frequently visited her parents until she became famous with the publication ol her first novel.