BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1924, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.]

FLYING TRIALS. LONDON, September 1!). Sir Bracket 1 , at a conference of the Institute ol Transport at Wembley, expressed the opinion that about three years would pas* before the first two airships .now being constructed would he living, after which there would possibly lie another two years before the eslahlishinenl of a regular biweeklv service to India.

PREMATURE STATEMENT. LONDON, September 10. The statement that the Empire Kxliiliiticii will he continued in 1025, has Been nuthoratively depreciated as at least premature.

ASSASSINS CAPTURED. v SOFIA. September ID. 1. The assassins of Tudor Alexandroff were captured on the mountain find executed. Thirty thousand attended M, x.iiidiolf i••• l iii<'i" t'oc.-s ill tile Cathedral.

ILLICIT ARMS. CAPETOAVN, September 10. The Nortlimarl; was loaded with a full cargo of German gnus and ammunition at Genoa. These were covered with sand at an uninhaliitatcd island oil' Gold Coast, where an unknown vessel coaled her. She will probably lie forced into Durban.

FRENCH COUNT’S MURDER

LONDON, September 10. The "Daily Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent says that a most important discovery lias been made in connection with the Count de Kerninou murder mystery (cabled September 16ih). Th? Countess, who was accused by tlie Comte on bis death-bed, maintained that only one shot was fired, and that it was accidental.

The Magistrate at tile enquiry discovered that there was a second bullet embedded in a door. He asked bow a defective revolver could explode twice accidentally when requiring to be cocked hv band each time. He also discovered that a door panel bail been broken bv vigorous kicking. The* Countess said she kicked it ill her anxiety to fetch assistance.

The Magistrate* pointed out tlrnt sho was wearing only stockings, and that this bad Ken done by boots. The Countess refuses to confess, stoutly maintaining her ignorance.

SUMMER TIME ENDS. LONDON, September 20. Summertime ends at three o’clock on Sunday morning. REITISII AIRMAN’S FLIGHT LONDON, September 20. The “Daily Telegraph” Tangier correspondent says that a Rritish airman, Cohliam. arrived there at 7.30 on I*ri—day evening, having flown from London in II hours with only one stop for half an hour at Madrid.

BRITISH PARLIAMENT SEAL MONKD. LONDON, September 20. An oHii'ial announcement has been issued summoning the British Parliament for September 30. '(,>('A K E DISASTER. " CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 20. There lias been a further earthquake in the Erzerum district, and great fissures opened in the ground. Terrifying subterranean noises were heard for 60 miles . Mauv villages were destroyed. Sixtv deaths are already reported. A SPANISH ATTACK. LONDON, Sep. 20. The "Daily Express” Madrid correspondent says that live columns are operating to relieve Gorgttes Post. They lost heavily, the Riffs offering tierce resistance, but the lighting continues. The "Observer” Barcelona correspondent says that nearly 20,000 troops have liven engaged in the relief of Gorgues Post. After heavy fighting. some strong positions hate boon captured, but only at the point of the bayonet, and an intense aeroplane bombardment.