BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

ICSTBALUN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ADMIRAL’S XEAV ROLE. LONDON, March <L . Rear-Admiral Taylor, who commanded H.M.S. Renown 011 the Prince of Wales’s Australian and New Zealand tour, contested the Finsbury municipal elections as a Reformer, and was elected. LA 110 U R (’ON FER EXCIES. I.VJNDON, March 7. As a counterblast to the Federation of British Industries, the Rnilwayincn’s Transporters and Engineering Unions have accepted the Miners’ Federation’s invitation to a series of conferences in order to seek for a plan of joint action in the event of industrial disputes. The combined membership of these unions is live millions of workers. AIR KIRKWOOD'S REPLY. LON DON, March 7. Mr David Kirkwood, the Glasgow Labour M.l’.. made a remarkable speech at Dumbarton. He said that the money of the working classes was not to he wasted on nincompoops liko the Prince of Wales. As their Member of Parliament he did not intend to he suppressed. His interjection in the recent debate in the House ol Commons was a pertinent and Pni liaiuentary one. He had refused to apologise for that reason. Air Kirkwood declared that if ever there was an incapable man in the House of Commons it was Air A. Chamberlain (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) who was neither mentally nor physicallylit for his job, LONDON COUNTY ELECTIONS. LONDON, Alarch 5. The iin aid state of parties at the London County Council elections is 83 Reformers, 35 Labour, and six Progressives. A FAMOUS SONG. ROME. March 7. The Spanish singer, Raquel Afeller, had a private audience with the Pope. She sang her famous song “Pendant t.a Procession,” which has aroused so much opposition in Paris that she has been reprimanded and threatened with ex-eemmiinieation by the Archbishop of Paris. The song tells the story of a young girl who utters the most extreme blasphemies as she witnesses it religious nrecession. Later through a priest’s teaching, she becomes a most ardent convert. The Pope and a number of Cardinals heard the song. The Pope pronounced a benediction on Signora Afeller. and gave her permission to 0011i inue her song.

VISIT TO PALESTINE. LONDON, March 7. It is officially announced that Mr A men* and Sir S. Hoare, accompanied by officials of the Colonial Office and the Air Ministry, will leave England on the ll'tli. of Alareh on a visit to Iraq ami Paelsline on official business. They will return to England about the end of < April. THE OPAAVA SAILS. PERLAf. March 7. The Opawa sails on the Bth ot Mai oh. The lire was extinguished, and the necessary repairs effected.