BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.] A'ETEBAN PLAYKIt DIES. LONDON, April Kb AA’iliiam Dobbs, aged 77, the oldest playing cricketer in England, was buried at Botherham. He captained the village team till the last. He played for So years. His flannels, hat and club colours were placed in the coffin. PRINCE HEN BA' FALLS. LONDON, April 16. Prince Henry’s mount, Ocean, fell dead at the first fence from the post while leading the field in the nomination race for the point-to-point meeting at Horsham. > The Prince was not injured. The horse had strained its heart. \ TEST OF BITE ED. BUENOS AIRES, April 16. A horse race covering eight hundred miles, with thirty-eight runners, and which will probably last a month, began here on April loth. The Course is over twenty miles on a ranch near here. The contest is to detremine whether the crigolo, the native Argentine horse of the Pampas, is superior to the best horses of pure breei I • TRAGEDY OF A WOMAN. LONDON, April 18. The tragedy of a dance-mad wife was unfolded at the inquest on Mrs Enid Woodman, aged 46, who was found poisoned in a fashionable AA’est End Hotel. The evidence disclosed that Airs Woodman was separated from her husband and she threatened to commit suicide unless taken hack. Her husband declined, because she persisted going out- dancing night alter night, generally with one man. Her husband allowed her one thousand a year. The Coroner, in returning a verdict of suicide, said the deceased, like more people, nowadays, treated dancing not merely as an occasional amusement, but as a serious business of and lie read a letter addressed to the Coroner, wherein the dcceifsed wrote: ■■The lasi thing 1 wanted to do was t‘> take my life, us 1 love tile, but my husband has forced me.” The Coroner added that tire husband was not blameworthy.

PRINCE OF WALES. LONDON. April 17. The Prince of AVales arrived at Minna. Nigeria, at midnight, accompanied by the driver of the train who drave King Edward, when as the Prince of Wales, he visited AVcst Africa cn route to India.

A CLEVER BOBBERY. LONDON, April 18. A robbery of uncut diamonds valued / at twenty-live thousand, from the shop of Ernest Whiteliorn, gem merchant, | lolliorn. is bn tiling Scotland Yard. There are no marks on the doors all of which were locked, the sale was locked and undamaged. It is thought the thieves secreted themselves in the building onenecl the sale with master keys and then relocked it. A watchman was always on duty.

AYOBI.D AYIBEI.ESS LINKING UP. LONDON, April IS. The correspondent ol the “.Morning Rost” after describing the new beam station at Bridgewater, states that by, October England will he in constant wireless telephonic communication withCanada. After the Empire is linked up wirelessly, England will be sirni- p-*, In fly connected with the rest of the - world, the Alarconi Coy maintaining the services outside the Empire.

SINGAPORE DOCK. LONDON, April 17. Referring to a Press announcement that the Admiralty is selling a huge cx-Gcrnutii floating dock, which, hitherto it was intended to send to Si mm pore, the Admiralty denies there is any interference with its Singapore plan.-, whereunder the limiting dock fins already been arranged for, and probably will he installed within the A vear. ll is being lowed out in three w sections to Alalia, and thence to Singapore. Haste is unnecessary because a dock will not be required at Singapore until battleships become part ol the Pacific Fleet. The Admiralty further point out that even if another floating dock m an emergency will be requited, they lutve the' right to utilise the best clock available within the Empire, including that at Southampton, which has recently established a record by floating the liner Majestic.