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Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1925, Page 3

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[ItIfiUTERS Tki.EOHAMS.] A CASE SETTLED. , , . LONDON, Jan. 24. cur John Simon told the Court that negotiations had resulted in a set’ilo,,lellt °f Hie case North v . Vickers cabled on Jan. 21st. The cross-exam’ illation of plaintiff's witnesses produced a profound change in the ease. Judgment was entered for Vickers, who did not press lor costs, owing to the esteem and honour in which they he'd North.

CKOYDE.V Al|; DISASTER. LONDON, January 23. A formal investigation into Croydon air disaster ordered hv the Secretary of Air, opened this morning. The Court was crowded. Sir Arthur Colefax presided. Trevor Watson, for the Air Ministry, stated the wercked aeroplane was officially re-certified on November 18th., after a (light test. Evidence would be called showing the machine was not overloaded. It had been inspected by a certified .ground engineer the morning before the flight and also by the dead pilot, Copt. Stewart who was a. man of quite exceptional skill and capacity. An examination of the wrecked machine showed the petrol p¥pc was blocked or partially blocked.

DISASTER AT SEA. LONDON, January 23. The crew of the trawler Ulster had a dreadful experience in being wrecked at the foot of a sixty foot cliff, on the coast of Kincardineshire. Six were dashed to death against the rocks. Two climbed the cliff, their feet and legs being dreadfully torn. They summoned the coastguard, who rescued a battered sexagenarian sailer

by means of ropes. Eight persons perished in the wreck of the oil tanker “Red Line,” in a hurricane on the Cornish coast, [leetor Durragh, the mate, was the sole survivor, and he landed at Swansea. He said that the ship was swept by the seas and she filled rapidly. She was sinking, when her rockets drew the attention of a Swansea trader, the Therese. The tanker’s crew stood to their posts until the captain shouted “Abandon ship! Every man for himself!”

The Red Line was then at an angle of sixty degrees. The crew, with life belts, dived and made for the Therese, but only Durragh reached her. Duo man sank as a searchlight was thrown on his face.

A NEW Earl. LONDON. January 21. There have been recent rumours that the lit. Hon. TT. 11. Asquith had accepted a Peerage. These have been eonfinned after inquiry. Though it is not yet officially announced, it is stated that Mr Asquith has chosen the title of Earl of Oxford. Mr Asquith's decision ns attributed to the changed fortunes of the Liberal Party, and to there being no likelihood of his re-entering the House of Commons. Asquith previously refused a Peerage, also the Order of the Garter. His acceptance now will facilitate tlic reorganisation of the Liberal Party.

YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. LONDON. January 23. On tlic Young Australian Leaguers’ arrival at Southampton on the 31st of January, they will he given a reception ami luncheon by the Mayor and citizens. They reach London the same day, and will he escorted by twelve thousand London division cadets to the Cenotaph, on which they will place a wreath in the presence of Air Arner v (Colonial Secretary) and Sir L. Worthington-!'! vans. Arrangements for visits by the Leaguers to Frame and Italy have practically been completed. The French Government has underta"'lvcn to provide accommodation during the tour. The hoys will he received and entertained by Lord Crewe t licitish Ambassador), and also by Marshal Fosli at Paris. During their visit to the Riviera, the Duke of Connaught entertains the hoys at tea. at his villa at Nice, where Mademoiselle Lenglen (world’s lady tennis champion) has agreed to play an exhibition game of tennis. The Italian Government has agreed to provide free, railway pasos for the Young Australian Leaguers in Italy . FAMILY MURDERED. ROME, January 24.

The sign of the cross, made with a dagger, was found on the forehead of each of eight members of a fa indy discovered murdered in their beds at Jerzu. The police believe them to l>e victims of a vendetta. TH EFT OH AH OR. LONDON, January 2:1. ' Robert Delaney, a civil engineer, aged 21, was remanded on a charge of breaking, into Lady Northcote’s house at St. James l’alace, and stealing jewellery and documents, the latter including Lady Northcote’s instructions in the event of her death. The documents were discovered in a radway cloakroom. ST. “PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. LONDON. January 2.3. M William Dunn. the architect, writing in the Royal Institute of Architects’ Journal, declared that the controversy relating to the safety of St. Paul’s Cathedral, too much deference is being paid to Sir Christopher Wren, that all kinds of secondary causes are suggested and debated before it is admitted that Sir G Wren built the piers carrying, the dome in a manner which present day speculative builders would shrink from Yet, such is the ease. Mr Dunn, who is an authority on concrete, is of the oipnion that Hie graftin'* and replacing of stonce is .inadequate, being both a waste of money and a serious danger. The piers, no says, must he rebuilt with proper material, capable of carrying the load. TRAIN OVERRUNS DUFFERS. (Recoived this day at 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. \ crowded fotoball special train overran the buffers at the Central Station, Glasgow, and . two of the first coaches were telescoped, forty-five being injured, the majority not seriously. MDULE. LENGLEN INJURED. PARTS, January 20. Suzanne Lenglen has iujuied the muscles of her arm and it is expected that she will compete fmthei in tho Riviera tournaments.