BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

iI'BTKILiAN AND S.t. OABLB 488OCIATI0N. OBIT'FA B V. LONDON. May 2:5. The death is reported ol Sir I’.dward lltiiton. Dart., formerly a prominent newspaper proprietor. A FISH INC DISASTKB. ~ BA BIS, May 24. Two lifeboats- left Penniarch to hclj> two distressed fishing smacks. Mountainous waves overturned the lilehoats, drowning several u! the crew, who were lashed in them. Others were fatally hulled against the rocks, and only one of the sixteen survived. Both the smacks were 10-t, but another smack saved seven of the crew. UK BIN KUO'S FI. I CHI’. ' SINCABOBK, May 25. De Binedo, the Portuguese airman, arrived here yesterday. He lett to-day for Batavia. (,)CA KK AT MANILA. MANILA, May 25. There was a sharp enrtlaitiake at 11. Id ibis morning, the supposed centre being three hundred kilometres tr»>tn .Manila. BBl.Nt F. OF WALKS TOCB. .Becrive.] this day at 0.15 a.tnA ' ( APK TOWN, May 25. The Prince of Wales has complet'd! a three weeks' triumphal tour of the_ ('ape Province. Before crossing into the Free State he expressed gratitude at the warm-hearted welcome everywhere. lie eulerd the first Free -State town, .lagersi’ontein, at the head of a Loci' command and was warmly welcomed. On Sunday lie attended service at the Hatch Bcfonni’d ('hurt’ll. A BI'SSIAN COMPLAINT. MOSCOW. May 25. > The “Lsee.- l ia’’ states that several powers in normal relations with Bttssia reently refused visas to ropresentatives of the Soviet economic organisations. thus injuring the development of economic intercourse. Many responsible representatives of Soviet firms are obliged to cease work anil leave England owing to the refusal of prolongation visas. Frame and Sweden are apparently adopting the same policy. FOUNT) IN' THE THAMES. LONDON. May 25. The body found in the Thames at Botlierhiibe is believe to he that of ('Wyeth Morgan’s. SWISS INSUBANCE SCI!TIME. r (■Received this day at 9 a.nt.t BEIINE, May 25. A referendum on the question of the establishment of a fund of 250 million francs for a system of sickness, disableness. and old age insurance, covering hot only those insured, but also dependents, resulted in the re- ! jeetion of the scheme by 58-5 votes to j 285. Tlte result is a victory for the Bourgeois who favour an alternative scheme prepared by the Federal Council under which only aged people and orphans can benefit while suffering from sickness or disablement. A portion of the scheme has been postponed on financial grounds.