BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[“Tnv Times” Service.] LEGACY TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT. LONDON, Aug. 3. Sir Wilson ALappin’s estate is assessed at £418.337. After legacies to his servants, wife and daughters, the residue is left to the Treasury for the reduction of the national debt incurred in the late war. MAKING FLYING SAFER. LONDON. Aug. 3. The Air Alinistry is examining the Savage-Ilrampton indicator, the invention resembling a balanced vane attached to the streets. It is designed to obviate stalling, which is the most dangerous feature of modern (lying. When a stalling speed is approached the vane automatically warns the pilot to adjust the joy stick. SECURITY PACT CONFERENCE BRUSSELS, Aug. 3. The “Etoile Beige” understands that conversations are proceeding, through diplomatic darnels, between London, Paris and Brussels, with a view to a possible conference in which Germany would participate for the purpose .of settling the question of the Security Pact after the mooting of the League of Nations on 7lh. Octoliei'. It is believed tlie British and Belgian Govern- rincuts are in favour of a conference, but France is hesitant.. PRINCE OF WALKS. ' ST. HELENA. Aug. 3. The Prince of Wales has arrived here. ADMIRAL RODNEY’S PENSION. LONDON, August 3. It was announced in the House of Commons that tfio Admiral Rodney perpetual pension is being commuted in January by the payment of £42,000 to the great grand-son of the famous Admiral. BANK HOLIDAY. LONDON, August 3 The weather was showery for the - Bank Holiday. The King and Queen attended the Cowes regatta. The King sailing aboard his own cutter, the Brittauia, finished fourth, behind the White Heather, winner of the principal races. There were one hundred and fifty thousand at Wembley liefore the lunch hour, when the turnstiles registered forty thousand hourly. There were great crowds at other holiday places. Hundreds slept ill dock (hairs oil the seashore, owing to the hoarding houses being overcrowded . Unfortunately there were, many accidents, line to excessive traffic on the roads. Fourteen fatalities are already recorded. MIDGET AEROPLANE RACK (Received this day at S a.m.) LONDON, August 3. At Lympne Mr Alan Cobhum, piloting a .Moth, after a ninety-five miles nook and neck duel with Bulman. piloting a Hawker Cygnet, in the filial of the International Handicap, crashed within sight of the winning post, unhurt. Bulman won. Holmes, piloting a Bristol Lucifer, was second, and Unwins in a Bristol Brownie, was third.

PR ISON CONFERENCE. LONDON, August 4. The Government gave a reception to the delegates to the International Prison Conference at Lancaster House. There were one thousand guests, including many Dominion representatives. SHANGHAI STRIKE CONTINUES. LONDON, August 4. The first lengthy despatch from Shanghai, published in the “Daily Express,” states that the general strike continues there. The operations of the British manulecturers are practically at a standstill. The student agitators are most active everywhere. The Chinese newspapers are publishing li'ts of banned British articles. The foreign settlement remains calm, though a renewal of hostilities is feared. The local leaders of British commerce stress the urgent need for a settlement of the. outstanding issues.