BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1924, Page 1

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE DAMAGED BAItDIO. LONDON, Oet. 17. Thu Bardie lias completed temporary repairs and has left Falmouth for Belfast, accompanied by the salvage steamer, Banger. ELECTION NOTES. LONDON, Oet. 17. The Council of tlie 'Trade Union Congress voted £K)kO sterling for the Labour I’arty election publicity fund, and appeals to Unions to make special grants to the Labour Marty’s lighting fund. Mr Baldwin in going to Taunton from London to-day, declared be was much encouraged by the reports front all parts of the country. He was confident, provided the Conservatives turned up to vote oil polling day. WEMBLEY TO 'REOPEN. LONDON. Oct. 17. It is practically certain that Wembley will re-open in Hik’d. A SPANISH SUCCESS. MADRID, Oet. 17. A eommunii|iie stales there is a big concentration of rebels, strongly entrenched in Sliosbiian sector. The enemy attacked a food convoy, bub were, heavily repulsed, leaving over one hundred dead. The Spanish losses were small.

A NOTH EM SHOT AT Mi. EVEREST LONDON, (Molar 17.

At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, Lord 'Roimldsay announced that the .Mount Everest. Committee intended to apply imenidiately, through the Government of India, for the permission of the Tibetan Government to make another attempt on .Mount Everest in 1020.

WEM BLEY SHOW IN DOUBT YET LONDON, October 17.

It is officially staled that the report of a definite decision to continue the British Empire Exhibition is inaccurate. There has been no further development, beyond Canada’s intimating her willingness to continue the Canadian pint ion next year.

ZEPPELINS DEFENDED. LONDON. October 10

The destruction of the Zeppelin plant in aeeordaneoi 'with the Versailles 'Treaty, would be a crime against civilisation, said Mr (A G. Grey, editor of “Aviation,” Loudon, at a banquet honouring tho German crew of Zlt iL Mr Grey said he spoke for the great majority of English people.

BETTER MEAT FREIGHTS. LONDON. October 17,

.Members of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board hero are pleased at the new freight agreement. Whereas the Argentine had previously great advantages over the Dominions, tho position i.s now reversed.

DANCING BEARS ESCAPE. ROME. October 18

A telegram from Turin says that when a locomotive was shunting at Gaisin*, it collided with a van containing a travelling menagerie. A lion,' three bears and a hyena escaped. The lion was injured, and so it was easily raptiiii'd. 'flic bears, however, trotted to the market place, tlie populace fleeing. The three beats rose on their hind legs and began io dance until tlie arrival of their beeper. The hyena was captured in a tunnel after several hours of limiting.

COLLI Kli Y DISASTER. !!RI'S.SKLS, October 17. Fifteen miners were entombed as the result of a heavy fall in a colliery at Elemi, wherein work bad jllsl been resumed alter a strike. Two bodies have been recovered.

St‘l Cl |)E EVIDENCE. LONDON, October IN,

At tln* impicst in connection with the suicide of n man named hash (cabled yesterday), his youthful widow pave evidence that she was secretly mai lied lo him in July. Her husband was normal and cheery mil il a lortniplii ago, when he hepan lo weary, because a woman friend threatened to disclose the marriage. The I'ear of disclosure so preyed on his mind, that he threatened to go to Brighton amt liuish himself..