BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1924, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[RKUTEItS TeIEGItAMH.]

SPKEIi IX BIUC KJLAN INC. LONDON. 'n toiler o. lie- • Al'ifMUig. I’o: I," e'llllllelll log Ml a .slateiiieni in a, lecture by Air J. ,). Bradiield that, in building a railway in Sydney, the brickwork was completed at an average .speed of 11(1:1 hri.-ks it man. per diem. says. "While we admit admiral ion for the New South Wales single-minded BaMiu.se-'. we cannot remain blind to tlie fai t that their exploits will only he regarded by their British brethren as a wanton soldering iil«>n their own limbs of the corroding manacle.- of the capitalistic tyrant.

"The British bricklayer caught laying at tlie title of 11 CO bricks daily would I e hounded out of Jiis union.’’ AY 11 EAT EASIER. .LON DON. ll'ct'oher -e. Wheat cargoes iire easier, but there is a total absence of celling pressure, parcels being quieter. PRINCESS .MARY’S SOX. LONDON, tieloher 5. Prim ess Mary'.s second .salt was christened at (Inidshnroiiglii ] rivatel.v, even the. villagers being taken by surprise. LONDON’S AYOAIKX. LONDON. October •!. Kll'orts are being made to provide a series ol .social centres lor London's lonely .single women. It is pointed out - that there are D'.I.ObO women in London between -0 and 10 years of age in excess of tlie number of bachelors of similar ages. ZOO NOISES BROADCASTED. LONDON. October I. The only feature in the broadcasting of Zoo noises during the late afternoon was the surprisingly hearty groans of four laughing jackasses. NICY ZEALAND CHEESE. LONDON. October 4. - Three more of the great New Zea- 7 land cheeses from Wembley were auctioned, siniiier to those on September Tilth. .1 oiln barker and Company, of Kensington, I.Might two at 17(is i*er cwl. drimley, Hughes and Company, of Oxford, bought one at I7fis per eWt. ' AI'DIKNt E WITH POPE. ARCH BISHOP Pi El) WOOD'S YIGOEIt f REcmna Tki.kohams.] (Itcccivid this day at S a.in.) C^.„110 AIE, Cktoher 1. W The Pojie received in private atidi- . * cnee Archbishop Redwood, of Welling- if ton. and congratt:.!ated him on his vigmoits good health de-spite the A roll-in’-hop's eighty-six yea is. Tin- Pope gave Aiv'diishop Redwood a jat.'inal mes-age for hi- Hock.

EDECATIONA 1.1. Y AND FINANCf-JkJ ALLY. ■'.Received this day at S a.m.) LONDON. October .A. The ••Sunday Exptc.ss” declares that tlie Weur.ley Exhibit ion, certainly is a great failure financially, though not educationally. The deficit is likely to amount, t i between five and six millions sterling. Consequently the guarantors will he heavily affected.