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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1925, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN AM) N.Z. IABLE ASSOCIATION. KING GEORGE’S VIEW. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 15. Speaking at the Convocation tho King said: “1 share your view regarding the difficulty and the urgency of tho housing problem. No one can fail to realise the disastrous effects of the present shortage of houses upon' the social well-being. The deplorable results of the continued unemployment, combined with the high cost of living, has long caused me deep concern. L believe, like you, that the restoration of agriculture is one of the foremost necessities of the day.”

ST U DENTS’ MOV ID IENT. LONDON, February 14. The League of Nations Union gave a reception to a thousand students of the London University at the Imperial Institute, with a view to the formation of a University International Assembly under the aegis of the Union, similar to that established at Oxford. Dr Baker said London University was more eosmoplitan than Oxford, as its overseas students included one hundred and twenty-four from Australia, four hundred from Africa, seven lutiulrod from Asia, two hundred and fifty from the United States and 372 from Europe. Professor Gilbert Murray declared the task of building up a new world after tho war was one to which it was well worth the whole of the young people devoting their lives. RADIO PIRATES. LONDON, February 13. An Englishman’s home, under tho new Wireless Bill, will no longer be his castle, because if there is a suspicion that he is getting a wirclss on tho cheap, a justice of the peace may order his house to be searched, and the apparatus seized, in addition to penalties. The reason for the new policy is that, while there are 1,300,000 people who pay the licensing fee, there arc two million pirating. A popular dodge is to rig ait invisible aerial under the roof, or in an attic, or even in a bedroom, so that the pirate may hear concerts while lying in bed. LONDON, February 13. The text is issued of the Bill to amend the law relating to wireless telegraphy. The measure provides that anyone establishing or maintaining a wireless telegraph station without a license will he liable to 12 months’ imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding on conviction on indictment or imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding I‘so, on a summary conviction.

ANGLICAN I'LAN. LONDON, February 13. The Church Assembly on the motion of the Bishop of London, passed a resolution approving of the establishment of a Council of Overseas settlement which would disseminate information in regard to openings for settlers and attend to their selection and welfare. A council of twenty-four will include a Chairman nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and ten members nominated by the Church Assembly and the Bishop of London. It is understood..— the Government will contribute one third of the working expenses, the total of which is estimated at seventy-

live hundred sterling. The Dominions ~~ will guarantee another tmrd. The Bishop of Salisbury said that it was high time that the Church made itself lelt in the matter of emigration. They were hound to uphold the spiritual ideals of the British commonwealth. The best way to ensure a continuation of Anglo-Saxon traditions and customs throughout the Empire was to give settlers to the Dominions "ho had been brought) in the light atmosphere. The Assembly accepted Bishop Fords- J ham’s amendment, deleting from the adopted resolution the words indicating that one of the Council’s objects would he the promotion of a Government policy as embodied in the Empire Settlement Act.

SCOTSMAN’S WIRE NULLIFIED. LONDON, February 13. The Supreme Court has rejected the claim of James Taylor, a resident of Woolwich, to the estate of Pieter Taylor Yamlerhulst. reported to he worth six millions sterling. Yamlerhulst died at Haarlem in 1778. He ordered his money not to lie touched for a century after which it was to be distributed to his male descendants, many of whom have since filed a claim. l lie Court lias now decided that tbe right of the heirs has been superannuated. LONDON, February 13. The “ Daily Chronicle ” states that Yanderhulst was previously a Scotsman. He migrated to Holland and amassed a fortune as a shipper. Originally lie left three and a half millions and also left four steel chests which are still unopened in Ilaarem Museum the contents of which are unknown. Purl of his estate was bequeathed to the founding of thirty-two almshouses at Haarlem. The remainder has now increased the sum previously estimated. 'The claimants to this wealth have been legion, and they came from .Scotland, England and America. One group of nine Scottish families pooled their resources to fight a claim, hut they were unsuccessful. James Taylor is understood to have based his claim, on documents lately discovered in the secret drawer of an old chest which lias been mislaid since 1875. OPIUM CONFERENCE. GENEVA. February 14.

The second Opium Conference read the draft of the convention on drugs the first time. Article one maintained by 1 1 to 11 votes, providing that a contracting party may authorise the supply to the public by chemists in urgent eases of tincture of laudanum and Dover Porter, but not above 25

centigrams m one case. The Conference agreed to the members of the permanent Central Board for the Control of Narcotics and Drugs being appointed for five years. AN ASSASSINATION. SOFIA. February 13. Mileff, Bulgarian Minister Designate to Washington, has been assassinated. His assailant escaped. The crime is attributed to a Macedonian Federalist vendetta. NOT A SUrCIDE. MADRID. February 13. Senor Deban’s death (previously cabled as a suicide) was due to an accident with a revolver which discharged while lie was packing up. Delian was a widower with 11 daughters, lie was shortly to have been re-married. He was a member of the Spanish Directorv. LONDON. February 13. Obituary—Sir Robert Peel. OIL INTERESTS. LONDON, Feb. 14. The “Daily Express” understands that important oil concessions have been granted to Albania by the AngloPersian Company, and have been the subject of a formal protest to Albania by the United States, France and Italy. The original agreement, signed in 1922 gave the company definitely exclusive rights over Albanian oilfields, but the protests of other powers resulted in the voluntary omission of certain areas by the company. The modified agreement comes up for ratification shortly.