BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Tii" ’f'liiEa” Service.] BISHOP DETAINED. LONDON, June 0. Tlie police have detained Bishop at Sevenoaks. Bishop was recently living in a disused hut at Aldershot where lie was charged with housebreaking and pleaded hunger its the excuse. Bishop is a gloomy lad, and reads many detective stories. A curious feature of the ease is a message in boyish handwriting pencilled on a calendar hanging in Rix’s room: “.Many are the roads by which God carries his own to Heaven.” * PRESSMEN'S TRIP. LONDON, June 9. The I'nitcd Kingdom delegation to the Empire Press Union Conference has now bene completed by the addition of Sir Pereival Phillips, representing the ‘Daily .Mail” and its associated papers, and Mr Frank N'ewues, representing the Newnes Publishing ' .imp my. I .nrd \st or is also coming. Tin- majority of the delegation sails on July lltli. A special trans-Canadian lour has been arranged, after which ten days will lie spent in New Zealand. The official reception will take place in Australia on September Ist. followed by two mouths’ tour of the States, including Tasmania.

WHEAT MARKET. * I.OXDOX, June 8. 1 Wheal cargoes are fully steady, bill " tlu-re is line weather in F.iiropte ami i 1 rain in America, which is'causing the ' buyers to hold nil'. For parcels then 1 is small enquiry, and they are occasionally lower. ii EXGl.lSir .MOTOR R.VXDITS. I I.OXDOX, June 9. At Olouccster assizes the three surII viving young motor bandit's whose an ■ rest was cabled on .May 7th, were sen--1 teneed to three tears iu a Borstal in- " stitution. ' A COiXCJDKXCK. ’■ box DON, June 8. By a strange eoineidenee, two priest,s have just died while at prayer. The Rev, Alexander Canipdiell-Yorko. was conducting an early service at Fiiulmorc. when he died on the floor uf the chance!, in the arms of tho i only other worshipper, who rail for help w hen the Rev. Yorks co-lla] red during prayer. Rev. Vo rite was for many yea is in Australia and New Zealand. On the same day a Rome telegram aunounred the death while praying of I Moi-'isigmir Kunahi! berry. Bishop) of Malabar, who was making a pilgrimage | :o Rome, and wjo had expressed a wish Ito die before the tomb of St. I’eter. j He was appiarentlv in the best of health on his arrival. Ihe Dope gave him an audience ami Dr Gurialaeherry tl on w ent t > St. Rotor's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica. He never rose from bis knees but died praying. MEAT WAVE DEATH ROLL. XKW YORK, June 9 ’I lie death roll for the ten-day spell “i intense Inat, which is now returning to normal .June weather, stood above the !jvo hundred mark on Monday night, with Philadelphia and Xew York were the heaviest sufferers. The oll'u iai records in Philadelphia place tho heat toll at 130 lives.