MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ADSTHAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION KM IT R K I’AO KANT. (Received this day at 11.2 d a.m.) I.ON DON. duly 27. The first performances of the Australian and New Zealand sections of the {Empire pageant attracted crowds l" Wembley stadium. A succession of hrillianb spectacles and dramatic incidents evoked great applause. The performance opened on Windsor Castle greensward, Captain Cook receiving j George Ill’s commission to seek new lands in tho southern seas, and was followed by the landing of Cook and the battle of Orakau, which was a reylislie gripping affair. T' The Australian initial s'-eiie ua.- the landing of Cook in Botany Bay. Thcrcafter history was brilliantly pictured in the pageant, terminating with a spectacular grouping of all the Dominions and colonies, the crash of bells and music, nml the triumphal procession ol one hundred delegates.

ALLEGED MURDER. LONDON. .Inly 27. Frederick Southgate. ‘>'2. a farm labourer, visited Colcliester iisylmii. Me sought admission on the ('nmnds of having lost Ids memory. Shortly afterwards Sou t Ill'll te "lIS arrested end charged with havin'' murdered his wife, who though only ’2‘2 when she married Southgate, was a widow, and mother ol seven children. Southgate was jtidi-~F'""<-ially separated last. week. 11 i- :d----leged Southgate called at hi.s wife’s cottage and stubbed her to death with a butcher's knife. INDIAN FLOOD DA MAC ft. • [1? KI’TEnS TkI.KO.I AMS.] (Deceived this day at 10.25 a.lit.) DELHI. July 27. IMinima tinu now reaching Madras indicates the gravity of the Hoods which have caused widespread devattation in .Southern India. Though the loss of life so far reported is small, the - loss of property, cattle and crops is very heavy. Particulars are meagre owing to the break down in communications. For instance, communication to Ihilablir has been cut off since July 17th. Cochin is isolated. It is reported half the State was submerged. Caliaut, where twelve lives were lost, experienced a night of terror, the sudden rise of water imprisoning people in the houses till they were rescued in boats. Over a thousand houses collapsed. The thousands of the homeless have been swelled by refugees. 'I he damage exceeds fifty lakhs of rupees. The railway between Calicut and Olay vakode was breached in seventeen places. Call very has .risen thirty-four and a halt feet, and is rising rapidly in Mysore State, over-topping the famous Knislmarjasagra dam.

SMITH AFRICAN PRAYERS. CAPETOWN, July 27. To-day was observed throughout the union as an oliieial day for humiliation and prayer, by proclamation of the (Joveriimeut, in view ol the drought and locust plague. The .churches ol all denominations participated in special services of intercession. Lord Afhlone and Cabinet members atteiul- > oil a special service at the Dutch Deformed Church at Capetown. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.l PAULS, July 27. At the Olympic cycling C oppius was beaten in the second round and Dempsey in the semi-final. The final resulted: Michurd (France) 1. Meyer (Holland' 2. Cugnot (France). J. _ < POLISH 1 RONWOIIKF.DS’ STKIIxF. (Received this day at 11.25 a.in.) LONDON. July 2.. The 'Warsaw correspondent of the “Times” states that 30.000 iron and s tcel workers in Polish Upper S.les.n have struck as a protest against the introduction of a ten hours day without an increase in wages, which recentlv reduced. The employers contend that a longer day is necessary in order to meet competition from Oeiinan Silesia. where a ten hours’ day is otfeiinK‘ WINNERS OF MEDALS. _ PARIS. July 2.. l Five thousand people attended the presentation of Olympic medals. Tinted States received 45 winning medals, og seconds. 27 thirds. Britain 9 and ii Australia- 10 altogether. South Africa 3, New Zealand and Ireland t"<) fOCllf