BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[‘•Tn» Times” Service.]

SALE OF SARGENTS. LONDON, July 27. e The sensational sale of the contents if Sargent’s studio was completed at bristles, which was again crowded oil|i European and American buyers, l'lie successful bids totalled ten thousand guineas per hour, though most ot ,ne works were only copies of Yelaspiez's and Hals’s and other wellknown paintings which had been lying ibout the studio for years. A copy ot v'clasqoc'.’s Hilanderas was sold for nineteen thousand guineas and the •opv of a head by Hills brought 1 ~100 guineas, the prices of which suggest iriginal masterpieces. Other offerings )f light sketches of Sargent’s own work, including the decorations ol Boston Museum and sketches of a Bedouin chief brought thirty four hundred guineas. Christie's sale of Sargent’s pictures totalled L'l 75.2G0. HEROIC MAN HONOURED. LONDON, July 27. Mr Tibbie, who has repeatedly given his blood for transfusion in the hospitals. has been presented with the Meritorious Service Medal, ami the Order of the British Empire. On 50 occasions he has given a pint ol blood. JAP FLIGHT. TOK 10. July 28. The ” Asahi ” planes have left Taeliiarai for Hei.in. PEKIN STRIKE. PEKIN, July 2.8. The voluiiteeers at Hong Kong have Is'cn partially demolished. RESEARCH YACHT’S TROUBLES. LONDON, July 27. Arthur James, a member of the crew tf'lhe research yacht “St. George” (which left last year for research in the Pacific Islands) lias arrived ill England. lie says he and four others complained of short rations, and obtained their discharge at Balboa by means of an application to the British Consul. The St. George ran on to a reel in a gale at Rapa, hut was refloated. At Easter Isabel she was blown seaward with the Chilian Governor and a wealthy ranch owner aboard. They were unable to return for three days. The voyage from Easter Island to Balboa took 403 days. The food and coal > were exhausted. They were then towed to Panama, and a tug was summoned hv wireless.

lIAPF.R DIVORCE CASE. LONDON, July 28. In the Uai>cr divorce case a decree nisi was granted the husband. AIRMEN CRASH. PARIS. July 27. The Belgian airmail, Simonet, remained six hours alolt in a ipj)torless plane. Then he crashed, and was killed. at Cherbourg, before the eyes of his voting wife. Another airman, who was aloft for leu hours, crashed into the sea and was unhurt. SHTP SUPS TO BOTTOM. MANTLA, July 28. The British steamer. Egrenunit. Castle, which grounded last week off Tuhhatha reef. Sulu Sea. slipped off the reef in a snuail on Sunday morning and sunk. The crow of 50 were picked up hv a coastguard cutter.