BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.] THEFT OF ivTNG. LONDON, April 14 A diamond ring valued at £250, stolen from the Majestic Theatre, Adelaide, on November 15, figured in a Bow Street case when a music hall artist, Harry Lamha, was charged with V heing in unlawful possession of a ring belonging to Bessie Clifford. The prosecution stated that Lamba went to Aliss Clifford’s dressing room . to congratulate lier on her escape in a railway accident. Miss Clifford later missed the ring. The police were inlonnetl, but no action was taken until bv a curious coincidence Aliss Clifford learnt that. Miss Annie Coben had received the missing ring from Lamba upon becoming engaged fo him. Lamba stated that lie brought the"*’ ring for £225, after lie had won £250 from a bookmaker. Lamba was released on bail of £SO. HOMELAND INDUSTRIES. 'LONDON, April 14. A lengthy statistical report, issued l>v the Empire Trade Dcparment Union, points out that while twenty-one foreign countries made considerable past-war trade progress, British industries were stagnant or declining. British exports were not showing signs real recovery. Foodstuffs imported to Britain increased by sixty-two mil-' lions last year to a total of 555 millions sterling, whereas British manufacturers, which pay for imported foods, are twenty-five per cent, below prewar. 'Flic figures would have been worse but for the increase in exports to the Dominions. There had also been a huge increase in imported manufactures. . . . 'Pbe report concludes: If the Lritis.i race is again to become supreme, industrially. it is only possible by immediate drastic action in association with the Dominions. DIIOAA’NED THROUGH COLLISION LONDON, April 14 Returning from Chatham, with a party of a dozen men, belonging to tho naval store ship “Bacchus,” a motor launch collided with a barge. [lie launch capsized. Six of those aboard it were drowned including the third officer. SHIP’S BUNKERS AFIRE. SUVA, April 15. A fire was discovered in the buukois of the Clan AlacQuarie at Suva. The vessel is discharging coal at the wharf but meanwhile copra loading continues.

THE ROYAL YACHT. LONDON, April 14. The newspapers mention the possibility of the Royal yacht being near Marseilles at tho time of the arrival of the Alolola whereon the Duke and Duchess of York embarked at Port Said. It is hinted that the \orks will spend the night aboard the yacht off Marseilles.

A MERE COINCIDENCE. LONDON, April 14. There was a curious sequel to tho suicide of a man aged 26, who was found dead ill AVhitton AYoods. Twickenham. The police discovered torn up love letters and photographs nearby and they sought out the writer and found that two lovers had quarrelled. \ The young lady had destroyed letters, etc, and threw them in , tho wood. ' She accompanied the police to the mortuary in a most distressed condition, but was relieved to find that the body was not that of her former sweetheart. The conjecture is that the suicide and the letters were a mere coincidence.

1 \BOUR AND NATIONALISATION. LONDON, April 14. An impassioned speech hv a Commoner. Mr Alaxton, marked the resumption of the Labour Conference at Ginuosler, when a. Commoner, Air Hugh Dalton, moved the adoption of j tho majority of the Financial Enquiry Committee, favouring the payment of eempensation to owners of nationalised industries and declaring confiscation inexpedient. Air Alaxton strongly opposed the proposal for compensation and declared that profit was robbery. He did not believe that nationalisation would occur gradually. Capitalism was cracking up. The problem was not how to transfer property in twenty years time, hut how to create a new social system on the ruins of the old one. The Conferences decided to refer the report hack to the branches. NO AVEMBLEY STRIKE. LONDON. April 15. The threatened strike.of building employees at AVomblev did not materialise to-day despite tho reported ultimatum to the exhibition authorities and all contracting firms. Work is proceeding as usual this morning. It is stated that all the workers turned up. BELGIAN POLITICS. BRUSSELS, April 14. The King has asked the Socialist leader, M. Yandervelde, to form a Cabinet. Vnmlorvcldc is consulting his i nlleaguos. PRINCE OF WALES. ACCRA, April 14. The Prince of AA'ales has left for Nigeria. He was given a great send-off b v the local inhabitants.

LABOUR CONFERENCE. LONDON, April 15. The Labour Party's,.Conference has concluded. There was a resolution passed protesting against the Government's return to secret diplomacy. A resolution was also passed directing that the following resolution be submitted to the next Labour Party Conference: “ That a Labour Government should he free to repudiate any secret treaty agreement made by its predecessor.” KING BORIS ATTACKED. SOFIA, April 15. A motor car in which King Buj'is was travelling to Sofia, was ambushed outside the city, by an Agrarian Coin- j munist band, which fired a lu.xilade / at the car.

The shots killed two attendants, also wounding the chauffeur. llis Majesty escaped uninjured. Troops are now semiring the countryside in search of the assailants. This is the second outrage which has occurred near Sofia recently. The first was when General Gheorghieff, a member of the ( liainbsr, and the leader of a movement to overthrow the Stamboliliski G JVoi-miK-nt, was assassinated, outside his residence.

AMUNDSEX’S PROGRESS. LONDON, April 14. Captain Amundsen, on the ship “Hobby” has arrived at King’s Bay, after an exciting voyage. Owing to a stiff breev.e arid hoavy seas, which washed against the ease containing the aeroplane wings, which lay. across the forward hatch, projecting a yard over each end of the ship, the “Hobby” had several times to heave to in order to reinforce the fastenings. Captain Amundsen states: ”1 am pleased to see the 'planes and the pilots safe.”