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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1925, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS

GERMAN ITEMS

[“The Times” Service.J 1IINI) E NI! V 1 i O’’ S E LECTIO X VALIDATED. BERLIN, May 10. There inenibei s of the Reichstag and two judges of the Supreme Court confirmed ] I incleiihiirg's election. BRITISH l FOREIGN NEWS

iltirttALlAN AND N.E. CABI.B ASSOCIATION. a uolelnt; feat. LONDON, A lay Id. Two women playing golf at Ramsgate halved a III) yard hole, one each. Only once before has inis been accom-' [dished in the wlude history of golf, namely, by two men at Enrest Hills, New Jersey, in 11111). AIORE COM Al EXISTS ARRESTED. WARSAW. Alay IC. The police arrested a number of Communists in Warsaw and Grodno. The charge alleged the plotting of a series of bomb outrages, the thelt of secret documents front tho war office and other Government- olliccs. Detailed instructions were found in theft' possession and proof’s are said to have been obtained of their connection with tho Soviet legation. THE It lEE RESE. AIADItID. Alay 10. The Itilf ruse that failed as narrated in the communique dealing with tho Meiilla area. A fore:' of over a thousand tribesmen who were apparently advancing into tno Eretu-h zone' suddenlv wheeled round and invaded tho Spanish zone, hut the attack was trggtratrd by th*' Spaniards who captured prisoners and guns. AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT CAPETOWN, Alay 10. An historic joint session of the two houses unanimously passed an amendment to the Constitution whereby in Africa a localised form of Dutch has been declared the official language of the' Euiuii. The Dutch members warmly tributed the sympathetic action of their English colleagues and they expressed the hope that it was the beuiniii" of a lie" era of understanding.

POLITICAL- REVENGE. VIENNA. Alay 10

During the progress of a play at tlie Burg Theatre a woman fired five shots with a revolver, killing a man sitting in front of her and seriously wounding a man and woman. The audience became panic stricken, many clashing to the exits. The murderess is a young .Macedonian, Aleroia Carnictii. She said that she sought political revenge, declaring that.the victim, Tndor Arnaucovia, had killed two Macedonians. Six other Macedonians, with Carniciu. who were armed with revolvers were all arrested.

AN JAI PORTA XT CONFERENCE. LONDON. Alay 10. The “Daily News” states that it is __ reported Mr Baldwin and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitlaml met prominent Trade fnion leaders to discuss the industrial stagnation. The purpose of the meeting was to sound trade unionists regarding the Government summoning a representative Conference* of employers and workers to di-cuss mutual cullies and clear away to a tire programme to overcome tho stagnut ion. Some trade unionists, notably Mi- .1, H. Thomas favour the conference'. while' others are strongly opposed to the idea, although Air Baldwin, speaking at Birmingham, recently told the employers that they must not regard the' labour factors as being solely responsible lor the' lugli costs ol pt 0“ dilution. He declared that "atoicd capital, inefficient management and wasteful marketing also needed invesl igat imi.

ITALIAN AVIATOB. (Received this day at. 9.15 a.m.) BOMBAY, May 11. The flyer Depiendo has reached Cocaitodos. JAPAN KSK AM BASS A DOB. TOKIO. -May 11. Al. Tanaka has Ix-en appointed Japanese Ambassador to .Moscow. TYPHOID AT FIJI. SUVA. May 11. There is a typhoid epidemic at Suva. Tf is officially reported that 125 Europeans, ten Fijians, and one hundred and forty Indians are alleeted. The following deaths are reported: Mrs French, aged 33 years, Mrs Saunders, aged 32; Mrs Dansey, aged 40; Messrs Stanley. Taylor, aged 35; B. A. Blanche, aged 15; Herbert, Ewitts, aged 15 and also four Indians. The Chief Medical Officer considers the outbreak abating. Temporary hospitals have been opened at Toorak. and at the Methodist School for Natives, and the Boys’ Grammar School for Europeans. A doctor and five nurses are arriving mi Thursday front Sydney, and a doctor and four nurses from Auckland. No more cases are officially reported in the country districts. The Auraugi is due on Friday. She will have no contact with tno shore, taking in neither Witter nor vegetables.

amendsen delayed by cold. LONDON. May 10. Captain Amundsen has wirelessed as follows from King's Bay. Spitsbergen: “A winter of intense cold prevails. 'I he ice eondiions are had. Theretoro it has been decided to postpone the flight until later in May. nr the beginning of June.

A 1.1 CKY ESCAPE. LONDON, May 10,

A Glasgow shop-keeper spoilt an anxious night, owing to the fact that he laid sold to a butcher a pound of Salt, of Sorrell, fur preserving instead of saltpetre. When the shopkeeper discovered his error, and that lie had sold the deadly poison, he ran to the butcher's shop and found it - • closed. lie returned at dawn awaited its opening. He was relieved to find that none of the poisoned meat x had been sold, though it had been Tu t

out on the counter in readiness lor sale. BA BIS ELECTIONS. BABIS, May H. The second ballot at the Baris Alunicipal elections confirm the previous movements to the Left,. ’lhe Communists gained three seats, the Socialist- ]l.. The Council is now formed of: Conservatives 4. Bight Republicans 14. Left Republicans 23. Socialists 31, and Communists 8. article on empire defence. LONDON. May 11. The “Daily Express” interviewed Mr A it'Gui Chamberlain (Foreign Secretary; who had a memorandum published in the “New York Herald,” on British Empire defence, which allegedIv Mas prepared h r the British Cabinet. Mr Chamberlain says lie cannot recognise the article. IMMODEST FEMALES WARNED. CAIRO, May 11. A warning wi’-.s delivered from the pulpit,.; of till the Roman Catholic Churches that girls and women attired immodestly would henceforth be debarred from entering the churches.