BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 June 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Tit" Times” Service.]

PROPAGANDA IN .MANILLA. MANILLA. Juno 24

Strike propaganda has been widely circulated among the Manilla Chinese, including circulars and cartoons, purporting to depict the slaughter of Chinese students and also the Shanghai riots and strike. Agents are collect ittg funds from Chinese throughout the Archipelago to -support tiis revolutionary movement which is directed mainly against the-British and Japanese. Bolshevik tiitlncmc is believed to he behind tli" agitation. IMPERIAL WIRELESS SERVICE LONDON. June 2d. The Imperial Wireless Service Committee met for the first time under the Presidency of Viscount Wnlmer, assist ain Post mast er-Goneral. 1 MIR NATION.) L- RAILWAY CONGRESS. FIGHT UoCit DAY DISCUSSED. LONDON. June 24. The discussion on the Eight Hours Dav attracted a large gathering of delegates at the International Railway Congress. The speakers described tbe conditions in (heir own countries. Mr Mason (New Zealand) argued that ait eight hours day was impracticable. especially in countries where there was a small population. Roderick Lighthill (South AfTica) sii.i, l they all ac-epied the principle lyut it was difficult, to apply it to the Railways under conditions to which they were net suited. An eight hour day could not 111- applied rigidly in South \ fi-ic-a. Resolutions were framed hut diseus--i m was deferred till to-morrow. AEROPLANE MISSING. BERLIN. June- 24. The Aero Lloyds Company’s aeroplane which left Danzig yesterday for .-Stockholm is missing, and in response In a request from the Company a tilht of torpedo boats is searching. I’ll f NCR’S ROSY PATH. CAPETOWN. June 20. Tlm Prince of Wales, at Johannesburg. witnessed a spectacular process':,u representing the trades and industries of the Rand. Tie also attended ,-i demonstration by thirty-five thousand children, who greeted him singing “Edward is our Darling.” Tho Hong Chevalier children strewed tho Prince's route for a, quarter of a mile with rose petaD.

A DUTCH SENSATON. HAGUE, June 24

A remarkable story is associated with the arrest of Gorrit Yarenhorst, Ibe soil of wealthy parents, on a charge of murdering a compatriot. Delwil and bis wife. Yarenhorst, while studying in London, became involved in a smart circle, and then drifted into hotel business. He was suspected of participation in the White Slave traffic, and finally was deported. He returned in 1010, and was again deported. He returned in 1017. and was searching for the Pelwds, whom he accused of taking the proceeds from his hotel. Yarenhorst attempted to asphyxiate the pair by inserting a gas pipe in their bedroom. and for this he was sentenced to ton years’ imprisonment. He served seven years, and then renewed his search for the Delwds, visiting America, and England, and Finally Holland, where he located them. He broke into their house and it is alleged he murdered them. H** did not attempt to escape. NATIDXAI. RANK’S PROFITS. LONDON. June 24. The National Bank of New Zealand, alter paying the stall’ bonus, totalling £13.100. lias a profit of L 135.581. To lie- premises account £IO.OOO is lading devoted. A dividend is declared of 12 per cent., with a bonus of two per cent., tax- free. To the Reserve Fund £lO.IKIO is being devoted, and to the pension and gratuity funds CO.OO’L while £li;7.i;ii:-( i- le-mg carried forward. TERR I'D HU AI S’ KHM STUNT. LONDON, June 23. Amusement and indignation has been aroused by the exploitation of tin? Hampshire Territorials in order to boom an American film. A detachment met the Berengaria and escorted an American bringing the film to the station, with a band playing. They accompanied him to London, ami marched along Wardnlir Street. The American smilingly inspected the detachment at Southampton. The whole proceedings were filmed. How the stunt was arranged is at present a mystery. honorary degrees. LONDON. June 24. Ml* Baldwin. Mr V. Churchill and Lord .lellieoo have been granted Tlon,,i*ary Doctor of Civil Law Degrees by Oxford University. Herd Jellieoe’s degree is in recognition ol his war services. STRIKE AT HONG KONG. HONG KONG, June 24. The stevedores and tallymen hero have struck, practically paralysing tho shipping. The Chinese delivery coolies for tho cable companies have struck. Bov Scouts and Portuguese lads have replaced them. It is authoritatively staled that Chinese casualties in Canton on June 23rd did not exceed thirty killed and seventy wounded.