BRITISH FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1924, Page 3

BRITISH FOREIGN NEWS

VUHTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAMI.E ASHOCIATION. i-ORJ) BIRK K.XII EAR'S APPEAL. (Received this day at 9 a.m.) LONDON. September 28. Laid Birkenhead speaking aUNcthcrby near Carlis'e said that had .saner counsels prevailed, the Labourites would never have been allowed to take cdliee, aii-l for ten to fifteen years at least Labourites would never have had a chance of attein'.ting to carry out crazy doctrines. The Unionists know where they sto. c! regarding the Russian treaty and no legitimate ] ailiamentary wo.tvcii would he left unused which would enable them tn destroy the scandalous wicked proposals. There must lie unity if the nation was to he sen veil, lie could hardly name a real cpiestioe. of public importance upon which honest Liberals and Conservatives were divided. “lias not Dull moment, come,” he asked, “fur sanity. Let us for on: fart make il easy and liouourahle for the Liberals to associate with us.”

BAND CONTEST. 'Received this dav at 8 a.m.) LONDON. Sept 2d. The attendance at C:\stal Palace was over titty thousand for the Band Championship. Newcastle Steel Workers Bmd, after a successful provincial tour, achieve:! a record, winning llalilax and Bellevue contests the same season. It Imped to add the triple crown, Rut had to take third place by the closest- margin. Sixteen best hands in Britain |a it ieipnted in the |es| I ieee entitl' d “On tin* Cornish Coast." It was a rhapsody specially eoiuj osed for the contest by Henry Oeilil. who irdril a., one of th" a'ljndii at"l's. The | icre was built iipoe old Coinisli airs, and w-is arranged lo test to the fullest e\ fryinslriimentali it.

'fhe Australians were cut ieally ovationed at a i oneert follwing the eo in pet it i oil when they | layi d Jenkins tone poem “Life Divine," for whii.lt they were doubly encored, giving “Zelila". hy ■(.''.ide Melhouruan, and “Bceause." In both eases Arlhur SM'nder played the cornet solos. T lie hand leaves on O .Inker 1 1 it 1 1 . to tour South Africa, and j ropo»ps later to t ntr New Zealand and Australia.

PKJ'RoOK AI) DAAi.\;:i:. (R&ceived this day at 8 a.in.) 'LONDON'. Sept. 27. The -‘Daily Express” Moscow eorrcPpoudeiit icport ■> a iy| land epidemic billowed the tidal wave in I’etrograd. with hundreds of cases daily. ’I hi--11....1s .swept through the cemeteries and carried oil scores ol collins. 'I he museums siillered heavy losses in tapestries and anti.pu-s. The Academy of Science lost 0-e natural history, cllinogra;hiial and znologhal < ollc-tinus. Losses to industry arc estimated al a million .sterling. A SPECIAL SKITLEAFEXT. [“Tub Ti.mks” Shkvico:.]

(Received this (lav at. 10.25 a.in.) LONDON. .Sep l. 28. A special AY.-mblcv Exhibition supplement incled.-.s messages Irom the lli.g.h Comiiiissioiiers dealing with the results . f the .Exhibition. Sir .las. Allen considers the heavy expenditure is .justified as tin- Exhibition proved a most valuable educational Inc--I,wbiib could | os-il.dy have been devised. It would be a tremendous advertisement lor New Zealand, and a great stimulus 1 > Imperial trade and sentiment. Me believes the vis.ts by the s he d-ihildreu v. hii !i was widely organised will ev.-ntiia'ly bear rich fruit.

RELKHOKS STRIKE. PAR IS. Kept., 28. _ A revival of religions si rile in Kranee threatened as the result of a Kieai-h Cardinal's letter to Al. Ilerriot. begging him not to excuse the i.eeision to supnress the Kreni-h Embassy at the Vatican, or to strictly enforce the existing laws regarding icligioils congregations. and urging the uininlenaiue of a lumpy raporoi-henient between the Church ’ni'nl State, which the wai effected. While the Clerical newspaper Caul „is” ..insiders the letter will profound. | v impress the (■onsii.-n.es of all no! Idinde.l to stupid sectarianism. t>< newspaper “Quotidien” regards tlu letter ns a demonstration of hostility n ,r.,inst the (ioveriiment and a provo cation to civil war. It urges Al. Her riot to accept the challenge to the be public. ~ . The newspaper “Oeuvre savs in. priestly uiu-tnousuess ol the lettei scarcely conceals its threat.

Al. MERRIOT’S REPLY. {Received this day at 9.2.7 a.m.) PARIS, Sep. 28. Replying to the Cardinal’s letter. .' Ilerriot does not admit the peace of .lie country is threatened by the measures recently taken. lie deelaies the (loveriiment will not interfere with the freedom ol worship, hut cannot permit French interests to he defended by any authority except that ot the nation.