BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

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Ileeeived th:- da.) at |H a.m.) LONDON. June "

A contingent of American cowl.o-..-? and cowgirls fi,r Wembley have arrived. 'i ravelling m charabancs, tla v caused amusing scenes b\ las.vu.qg bank nie-.-enyei s and belltoppei .. (* r-illpof u omen were al- o -oped. I he horseplai bring aceep’ed good to redly. A CAEI.OIS < ItI.MK. I.ONIION, dun-.- T. Following 11• ■ ietll l ioill--' -lories lh.it a ten months old babv hov ot a married couple named Traci'. residing ;>» .Maryhdione wa- missing. 11 1.• police (|Uestiolied llicin. They tii - ( slated the ha liv had heen sent, p, tin- ear.- of Irii-nds. I.ater. Travis who i- aged 21 admitted the child ivii . restless at night and he 'qurezrd it* uo'e (o (|iiieten it till il ceased hrealliing. !!-,- then placed i la- holly ill a kit hay and Idl it at New Street railway cloakroom. A detective Impid il there iml | arrested Tracis on a ilia rye of mu-- j der. 1.0 V A LTV OF Ml! IT IK I f SAILORS. SOVfKT ATTEMPT TO I'XDER.MJXE TT.

l ßecei-vcd this day at f).2A a.m.) LONDON. dune S.

The “Times” |{iya correspondent describes a sensational Soviet attempt rn iltidennine the loyalty of Mritisli milors. ire says tintt. Comrade Stuart, who attended the recent, conference at Moscow, was a|ipointed direi tor of propaganda ainoiiy British sailors. Stuart is to be assisted l.\ about one hundred Russian Conuiuiiiisis v. la> are at present being inst niete.l in the Fii-yli.sb language at tin l Soviet's ,-n----cjilled cyitatioii s bool. As soon as 1 1 ley pa-s tile necessary tests they will be sent to Britain to pursue active imitation WIRELESS FOB El Flf BO ATS. ■ Received Ibis day at t'.LVi i.m.) EON DON. dune S. The Muloyu has sailed from Tilbury. She i' tin- lir.'l Aii.s ll ;ilian liner to carry lifeboat' equipped with the nev. tyi e of .Muivnid wirolo" with a di-le'-tioiial receiver, enabling tl’.o occu-

pants to locate the nearest ship and summon help. The apparatus is dosiynod as a result of the Tn-vessa disas-

ANONV.MOI'S LETTER CASK. EON DON. dune S.

After three days - heariny at the Norwich Assizes, the .I my for the second time, disayn-ed in the ease of .Dorothy Myrtle Thiirhiirn. a pretty yirl of twentv-five. who was accused of send-

iny anonymous letters to residents o‘ C'iievinyham where she lives. The previous trial was held last November and the next trial has been fixed for October. Meanwhile the Crown may drop tne ease. The .Tudye commented: "It is not fair to the yirl tor the ease to liany over her head for months and months. She is youny and it may ruin her whole life.’’ O’ DAVY KB'S II FA ETH. I.ONPOX. dune K. The newspaixu- ‘"IVople” says (V Dw yer was vindicated too late. lie suffered a nervous hreakdowii and was stricken by paralysis in |!)2I. and lies paralysed at bis hciim in Bristol, nursed by a devoted wife. lie i- too ill to be told of Justice Mel'ardie's prnnouiieeinent. as such an excitement would prove fatal. I! is Anglo-Indian symptitliisers before he broke (low c. subscribed twenty-live thousand sterliny and purchased ;( secluded A\ iltsliire farm,