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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1924, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

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[Reuters Telegrams.]

NAVAL REVIEW. LONDON. July 2-1

\n imposing assembly of the fleet ;,t Spithcad lor me King’s review on .Saturday was completed last night, q'liere an- l!!C> warships in the lines ten miles ill length. In the Queen Elizabeth King George ones to Portsmouth to-day. mompuiiied by the I’rince of •Wales, aml sees the fleet illumiiiiitetl to-night.

MAtT.AREN’S FLY. •Jtccfivcd this day tit u a. in.) TOKfO, July 2-T. .Mitel,ar. -ii has arrived :it I’etropavlov - k. FLOOD AND IT A l!TI iQI' A KE. DEI.III. July 2T. The horror.- of the Hood disaster ill Madras were added to by an cartli,gmke in the hilly region, which caused heavy damage to communications. SCHOI iL .SCANDAL. LONDON. July *2l. \i the impicst on the school tear Iters Holmes and Kaye, .-vidcmi.- was given iliat the former was engaged to Miss Fratiki.se, also a --.Tiool teacher. )t had been broken olf through :i quariel with Kaye, hut it letter was found ia Holmes' ('ii kei from solicitors, who demanded payment of three guineas “for .services rendered in re yoursdl and lyayo.” Mrs Kaye gave evidence that Miss Frank ise occasionally visited their house.

N.Z. MEMORIALS TO BE FNYEILKD. (Received this day at fJ.’-’o a.m.) LONDON. July 2.1. The King of the llelgiiins will till veil the New Zealand battle memorial at Messines on August Ist. Sir James Allen unveils the Gravenstale] Memorial mi August 2nd. N.Z. CHEESE FOR QUEEN OF SPAIN. (Rereived this day at 0.2.1 a.m.) LONDON. July 2.1. The Queen of Spain was so pleased with the New Zealand cheese that she tasted at Wembley that she has ordered a crate to be sent to Madrid. N.Z. AND QUEENSLAND BETTER. .'Received this day at 0.2.1 a.m.) LONDON. July 2.1. Mr Robert Joyce enquiring why New Zealand butter is higher priced on the London market than Queensland butter asserts that this is primarily due in the habit of there being little difference in actual value ol the best Queen-laud and New* Zealand butters. One detrimental characteristic ol Atisira linn tint ter is it- extremely solid texture, making its spreading difficult and il i- thus not acceptable tor the restaurant or domestic trade, hut it is acceptable to blinders. Further, Queensland butter is available oil the British market only tor six months of tic., yeat and it i-. therefore, useless for any British house to specialise in it. while New Zealand I,utter i- available f.ir a longer period.

PRODUCE PRICES. LONDON. July 2-1

Butter is quiet and steady at lati rate-. Cheese is 'lull and tendem-v i lie easier.

A NOTABLE WEDDING. (Received this day at 0.21 a.m.)

LONDON. July 21

Serge Obolensky, a Russian exile.; has been married to Alice, daughter of i John Jacob Aslor. who was drowned j in the Titanic, and Lady Rihhlesdale. , Three ceremonies were necessary owing to Hie bridegroom’s nationality, the first in a registry office, file second in the Chapel Royal. Savoy, and the third in the Russian Church. The bride who is a millionairess, appeared in the registry office in walking cost nine, anil then rushed home and changed into a wedding gown and veil lor the religions services. BUSINESS MEN CONFER. fßoce'ved this (lay at O.hi a.m.) LONDON, July 21. A sequel tn the recent Chambers ol Commerce Conference meeting ol Empire business men. there has been elected it committee to organise a coitforciiec in September of October for the purpose of interchanging information stimulating inter-Empire trade.