BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1924, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

[Reuters Telegrams.] WORLD FLIGHTS. YAXCOrVER. Aug. 1(1. A message received from Dutch Harbour. Alaska, says that the Canadian trawier Thiepval. with the British aviatyr Mai l.area, and bis party of world fliers aboard, lias arrived there. on route for Prince Rupert. Canada. Mael.aren expressed delight tit the success of the American fliers, saving that he appreciated the hazards they overcame. All the personnel of Mailmen's party ;arc well, hut Serge. Rowe flew for hours with fever at 111! degrees, due to sunstroke sustained at tile Kurile Islands. PLOT IN EGYPT. CAIRO, August 11. An investigation into the attempt on Premier Zaghlul Pasha’s life lias led to the discovery of a plot to restore the ex-Khedive Abbashemmi. Many arrests have been effected, including a Turkish Field Marshal. PAR LIAMKNTO. GENEVA, August 10. The League of Nations congratulated Professor Perrier, of Xotlrhnlol, who has invented a new international language, Parliament!!, which is .simpler and easier to learn than Esperanto.

A BRITISH PROTEST. LONDON. August 11. Advices from Riga state that Poland following on the Bolshevik bandits’ attacks on the Polish frontier. has strongly protested to the Soviet, demanding explanations, and threatening to break off diplomatic relations in the event of non-compliance. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks have carried out fin f lier raids.

BOY SCOI'TS. COPENHAGEN. August 10. \n International Boy S-outs Jamboree. attended by detachments from thirty-three nations has Ivcen opened mi Ermeltind Plain by Admiral C'arsti’niscn on behalf of the King of Denmarl;. COAL MINE DISASTER. 50 BODIES RECOVERED. (Received this day at S n.m.) TOKIO. August 11. Fifty-six bodies have been recovered front the mine. The dead are now estimated at 72. The mine is undamaged.

MARRIAGE IN TI'RKF.Y. [‘•Tin; Times” Service.] (Received this day tit 0.15 a.in.) COISTV.NTINOPLE. Aug. 11. The Judicial Reform Committee declares that the nrineinle of the single wife is essential to marriaL’C. Tt recommends that a man who desires more should l>c compelled to prove the necessity therefore and his rapacity t<J Ito just to l)dth wiyos.