BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

AUSTRALIAN ARD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION,

TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER. CAPETOWN, March 22,

The Esteemrt-Cape Natal Express plunged into a river beyond Hartshill last night. The engine and a third class coach were wrecked. The driver, firemen and several natives perished, while wreckage was entangled ill tho girders of the bridge. Other coaches were saved by the couplings breaking, one coach being suspended over the river. The accident, which is attributed to a cloud burst sweeping away the bridge after the passenger train had crossed, follows a series of Hoods in Natal in which places between Durban and Zululand suffered considerably. A REPLY TO THE CHURCHES. LONDON, March 22. Replying to the Churches allegation that Labour is materialistic Air R-. AlacDonald said lie wished the Church would turn its eyes to the modern society materialism. Reports were filling the newspapers enough to make every decent man and woman blush and wonder what is coining over society. it was evidence of the deterioration of those not doing decent work. •• 1 would he the last to say,” continued Air AlacDonald, “that these tilings are confined to one class, but if society had more capacity for sacrifice. thinking ?nm\ acting honestly, fewer of these things would happen.”

j. H. THOMAS called A TRAITOR

LONDON. Alareh 23. \dd re.ss ing the Glasgow railwaymen, Air J. H. Thomas, ALP., was frequently interrupted by cries of “Traitor!” He retorted that anyone subscribing to Air Baldwin’s industrial plea, was accused of. being a ‘•traitor.”

lie said: “I come under that category.’’ Air Thomas went on to warn t |i«> pjiilw :iyinrti .assuming on tho possibility ol <\ strike. “ I here "ill not he a. .(trike if 1 can stop it,” ho said. “A mass attack upon the capitalists would he an attack upon the community, and it would hold the rest of the nation up to ransom. The only logical consequence of success would he to take over the Government of tho country.”