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Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1925, Page 3

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[Reuters Telegrams.! •s SUICIDE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 27. At tlie inquest on a middle aged couple known as Mr and Mrs Lord, who were found dead in a flat at Streathain, evidence was given that the man was previously married, but was separated and bad lived with the deceased woman for many years. The coriple made mutual wills in 1919 and new wills on the eve of the tragedy, raising the question of who died first. The doctors gave evidence that undoubtedly the woman died first from an overdose of drugs and the man from, self-inllicted wounds, he severing his wrist artery. Lord suffered from a malignant growth. The coroner pointed out that the woman, who had been attending the mans’ ineureahle illness for half a year passed through Gcthsemane misery. Like Romeo and Juliet the couple were so possessed of deep affection that they decided that neither could live without the other. A verdict was returned of suicide hv mutual agreement. REMARKABLE AERIAL ACCIDENT /Received this day at 8.30 a.m PARIS. February 26. A remarkable aviation accident occurred at l.ebourget. Three military aeroplanes were flying together when another aeroplane fifteen hundred feet higher, dived in order to avoid a cloud, and it crashed into the first military aeroplane which was completely telescoped, it falling to the ground, the pilot and passenger being killed. The areoplaue responsible for the accident was greatly damaged, but the occupants were uninjured.

MAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED. PARIS, February 26. Sir Nevil Macßead.v unveiled a tablet erected at Rouen Cathedral by the Imperial War Graves Commission in memory of the Empire war dead. It bears the royal arms surrounded by those of the Dominions and situated in the Chapel of St. Joan of Are. | SCOTS FOR NEW ZEALAND. LONDON. February 26. Another Scottish invasion of New Zealand is probable in June and July as the migration officials are conducting a super drive by lecturers and pamphlets in all Scottish centres to secure domestics, and farm workers before the half yearly re-engagements in May. Sir James Allen is participating in the lectures at the Geographical Societv and Chamber of Commerce in Edinburgh. It is believed that fifty thousand most suitable British emigrants will lie obtainable for New Zealand if nominations were available. KURDISH REVOLT. LONDON, February 26 The “ Times ” Constantinople correspondent says the 'Turkish 'Cabinet has decided on a military campaign against the Kurdish insurgents. Meanwhile the revolt is spreading and gathering adherents. Turkish airmen are bombing the affected areas. Tim rebels have occupied Diarbekcr. ROYAL HONORS UNWANTED. CAPETOWN, February 26. The Assembly after further discussion, adopted by 71 votes to 17, » motion • cabled on 26th.) for a petition to the King asking him to refrain from conferring titles upon liis subjects domiciled in South Alrica. Mr Brown’s amendment was dropped. During the debate it was affirmed and denied that Mert/.og voiced the views of a majority of the British element. IJR ITISIJ TR AI) E DI FFI (TI -TIES. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 12 30 p.m.) LONDON, February 27.

The federation of British Industries in a memorandum to Mr Churchill draws attention to the fact that British trade is handicapped owing to the war burdens, as compared with other countries, Britishers paying an cquiralcnt 7d income tax on France s debt to 'Rritjnin, 6)d ..on 1 Italy’s, O'd on otner debts, including Russia’s. The memorandum says assuming we aie entitled to five per cent interest and sinking fund on these debts we are subsidising France thirty-one' millions yearly, Italy thirty-seven millions and others forty-one millions. These sums represent not only an additional burden on British industry hut a corresponding lightening of the burden on the indutsries of these countries winch are in many cases in keen competition with us for the world’s markets. The memorandum declares the British note to France of February Bth pushes the concessions to the extreme limit and involves pi permanent sacrifice of a serious character, which justify Britain in demanding adequate safeguards against her generosity being abused. The memorandum suggests that the debtors pledge* themselves to take immediate steps to balance their budgets by increasing the taxation, aim also to abstain from obtaining an unfair advantage in the world markets, hv depreciation of their currencies.

' JAP CRUISER LAUNCHED. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m., TOKTO, February 26. The light cruiser Furutaka, i ,000 tons has been launched at Nagasela.

DEMAND FOR MEAT. (Received this dav at _J.2o a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26. Weddel's Review gives interesting details of the growth of the Continental demand for frozen beef. It estimates in 1924 the Continent imported 40.),U0,l tons of meat which is double the quantitv imported in 1923, and tour times the quantity imported in 1022. Italy loo k 125,000 tons, Germany 0-O.LUO tons and Belgium and France each 9->,-COO tons. All the countries imported cliiollv beef and very little mutton. Argentine and Uruguay supplied .6 per cent, of the imports in 1024.

POLISH FEARS. (Received this day at 9.15 a.m.) WARSAW, Feb. 26

Poland's anxiety regarding the possibility of the conclusion of an AngloFrench guarantee pact in the event of the rejection of the Geneva proetoeoi, has been voiced by the Foreign Minister, Skrynski, who expressed tiic opinion’ that the conclusion of such a pact prejudicial to the Franco-Polish alliances is impossible, the pact apparently guaranteeing peace in the kimfili channel, while leaving the whole of the rest of the world at Ine merev of others, and would not he a guarantee of peace, but a brutal war. The Anglo-French guarantee pact could onlv be"understood as an element in a vast edifice in which the Franco-1 ohsh pact would also take its place. Ihe best tiling would be to establish a gel - oral guarantee of security, based on the general conditions. Any other solution would bring Europe to suicide.