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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1924, Page 3

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[Reuter's Tereorams.] TRAOK CXIOXS COXOKKSS. I’KACK OK TIIK WORM). I.OXDOX. Si'jit. I. Tlic Trades I* ti ion (oneress agreed to employ :i general eoillieil th’ruuoli interimt iomil federation trades unions (o talie all possible steps to lilino tooether dilferent elements in t lie l.nlmttr mini'incut in all ellort to establish solidarity. inakitio tin- world peace. The president said that com.municatii.ns had been received from l''rance, Italy and Oermnny, showing that the Continental nations are looliin;; for a lead to I’ritain, where unity is most (irmly established. Therefore, it seemed incumbent on the British l.ahour movement to talie steps to consummate the desire and tints fulfil it- "rent destiny.

SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. LONDON, September ■). I’lofes-or .Maxwell l.efrov, of the Imperial Science College, states that cotton is becoming so expensive that the manufacturers are turning to silk, and their experiments justify the hope that silk will shortly become one of the most important Empire products, though the present output from the outlying Empire areas was surprisingly small. India’s, the highest, was only two per cent of the world's production. A GIANT PLANE. LONDON. September I. The Daily Express says that giant air boats are being luiDt in England uf a German design. They are all of metal, with petrol tank- under the wings, and are prael ieally fireproof. The saute German designers recently made an enormous similar monoplane. It was so successful that the Allies destroyed the model. A PARIS SENSATION. LONDON. September I. The "Daily Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent says: An amazing murder ns a joke, has been perpetrated bv a young Parisian girl, named Helene. An elderly commercial traveller, Henri Durand, desiring an evening’s fun, invited two girls. Helene and l.ucienne. to dinner. They drank Ireelv. All three became excited and they concluded a suicide pact, wliercundcr Durand would shoot them, and then hiuisell. The girls dared Durand to carry out the programme. Helene said: Give me the revolver! I "ill do it. He handed over the weapon. Helene shot him. Then she tired at Lucienne, but missed. Helene left Durand living and coolv went borne to sleep. When arrested in the morning, she refused, to believe that Durand was dead. She told the police in any ease it was “only a joke.” WAR IN MOROCCO. LONDON. September The “Daily Telegraph" Tangier correspondent says: Reinforcements from Spain are constantly arriving at Ceuta and Tetiinn. and are increasing tlm strain on the commissariat and trailport. The absence uf guild roads i hampering the advance columns Irom Te tu an. The medical services anworking under great diflicult ies. Even the most seriously wounded have 1“ be treated in field hospitals, which ai" moved according to military exigencies.

III! ITISII POLITICS. LONDON. Sept. L The “Daily Herald" says: A gn-j" national campaign in support ol t >•' La hum' Government, particularly '■ its action in signing HuTreaty, will begin on September l-D' and will continue for six weeks. MacDonald and *-'Vfr.v .member ol tie Ministry will be participating.

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LONDON. S.-pi, -.. The “Dailv Express” Moscow curie; pi, l, 'lent says: Twenty-live leaders i" the Anti-Soviet rising in Georgia have |,f»ou scntenreil t«> tl* *> v Cheka, and they were shut linin''diatelv. It is believed that they included Prime Andmnmkofh the leader „f (lie United Anti-Bolshevist Parties. POLITICAL AGENT'S DEATH. DELHI. Sept. I. Lieut Lawrence, of the West Yorkattached to the I’amen Infantry. a Asxistaii.t-I’olitiial Agent, was niurderd at- Perin. The murder is he lieved to be the work of Arab irregu-

THE .MI'RDEB MYSTERY. BOX DON, September t. Scotland Yard has not progressed my in identifying the woman's remains found in a Bag under a Bosh at Ditton Marsh (as caßlcil September JB I,ut they are seeking for a mysteiion.man who is believed to be able tthrow light oil the puzzle. Sir Bernard fspil.sburv. Home OHirc Honorary Pathologist, is of the opinion that the bag picked up some time ago mi Wimbledon Common Belonged to the same Body as llie.se remains, the sawn portions lilting accurately. AFRICA AND THE BEAM SYSTEM. fRmTTF.ns Tei.eokams.] fßfcceived this day at 3 a. 111.) CAPETOWN, September I. In the Assembly the Minister of Post and Telegraphs, stated the Government |,ad agreed to an extension, for six months for the South African Marconi Wireless Coy., in order to try whether the Beam system would meet with the requirements of the South Atriean seivire. lie also stated that at present it. was not intended to revert to penny postage owing Lo the loss entailed. AFGHANISTAN RF.P.EI J.TOX. /“Sydney Sun” Cables). 'Received this day at P a.m.) DELHI. Sopteinlier -R

Sporadic, But fierce lighting Between the Indian Frontier and Kabul amongst the \l‘dian rebels and the State forces, is reported. The rebellion is the outcome of a movement for a rcloiiii in the system of Government, hut it ireceiving scant tribal support. Advices from Peshawar state that oik of the leaders of the Reform movement was stoned to death in a prison at Kabul, alter a month's torture. The rebellion is under the leadershil of the pretender to the Afghan throne