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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1925, Page 3

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[Reuters Telegrams.] SIR lIART SINGH . FOFCLAKTIY ON THE WANE. CALCUTTA, Jan. 10. From London to Kashmir is a far cry, hut it seems that details of the notorious Potentate ease are now the absorbing topic of discussion in that State. The proceedings in the London law court have stirred feelings of uneasiness in Kashmir, and many questions are being asked' with regard to the action contemplated by tlieAfaharnjah of Kashmir, Sir Prate It Singh. Sir Ilari Singh’s popularity is on the wane, and there is a movement afoot to urge on the Maharajah the claims of

his adopted son, to the exclusion of Sir Ilari Singh. The Malm rajah who is now in Calcutta, is reported to he profoundly moved by the ease, and there are indications that he may he compelled b.v force of public opinion in Kashmir to approach the Government of India for a change in the succession. Supporters of the claims of the adopted son make a strong point of Sir If. Singh’s unpopularity. lie is reported to have lived a detached life, surrounded only by intimate friends. This is reported to have estranged him from prominent men in the State. When the disclosures in the Robinson ease became known, he was assailed from all quarters. Observers of events in Kashmir hold the view that it will not he long before the Alaharajali will he called on to make a decisive step. Undoubtedly the question will figure prominently in the near future. KRCFFS IN SPAIN. AIADIMI). Jan. 15.

TCrupps have completed the purchase of the Alieres Alining and Smelting Company, in the I’rovinee of Asturias, close to the sea. The property includes the richest coal mines in Sonin, while the iron is of excellent quality. CONFIDENCE IN COVERNAIENT

L Reuters Telegrams.] (Received this day at S a.m.) FARTS, January 10. The Chamber adopted a motion of confidence in the Government by do!) to •200. EX-KAISER ITES RET CRN. •Received this day at 0.25 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 10. The “Daily Alail's” Berlin correspondent, in reviewing the new .Ministry, says; “The old gang of ex-Kaiser-ites who threw Europe into the war are again in power.” The correspondent adds: “Dr Stresemaim remains at the Foreign Office, indicating that the Dawes plan will not he upset, although Stresemniin’s intrigues ousted Chancellor Alarx under whom the plan was accepted.”

ANOTHER TOMB EOUND. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. The American explorers excavating the pyramid at Sakknra discovered a to in 1 1 ante-dating Tutankhamen’s. TUTANKMAAI EX’S TOMB. CAIRO; Jan. 10. Air. Howard Carter proposes to reopen Tutankhamen's tomb on the doth. It is not known yet what will he the. extent of his work this season, hut it is certain that the inner coffin, which the removal of sarcophagus in I'cbrunry last revealed, will he opened and the mummy scientifically investigated, Archacologosits now believe that tin king's funerary regalia will yet he found. They express the opinion that when the annexe which was discovered ~solved with objects bilbo! ntoitrhcd and unentered. is cleared away, a stairway will be found underneath leading to further rooms and revealing other treasures, possibly the burial place of Tutankhamen's queen.