BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION ENGLISH COLLIERY EXPLOSION. LONDON, August 9. Five were killed and fifteen were injured by an explosion in a colliery at Wallseiul, in Northumberland. A RAID. LONDON, August 11. Detectives raided the headquarters of the Communist Party and National minority movement and discovered insidious propaganda printed in Soho. .MOTOR RACER KILLED. (Received this day at 9.30 a.in.) LONDON, August 11. During the Belgian Grand I’rix motor cycle race, a Britsh rider, Hollowed, fell owing to his machine skidding when rounding a dangerous corner, and he died from his injuries. TRIBUTE TO SCOTT AND lIIS FELLOW HEROES. [Reuter Telegrams ] (Received this day at Pi.3o p.m.) LONDON. August 10. The National .Memorial to the dead of Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1912, was unveiled at Devonporf before tin immense gathering. Commodore Charles Royd, a member of Scott's first Antarctic expedition unveiled the memorial and asked the .Mayor of Plymouth to aeeept its custody, lie suggested that the children of the local schools should lie brought, into the shadow of the memorial to hear tinstory of the expedition as an example. 'Those who laid wreaths included Mrs Hilton Young, Master Peter Scott and the surviving officers of the Discovery. The monument is of granite pylon, surmounted by a bronze group representing Courage, sustained by patriotism, spurning fear or death. SUCCESS AT K.XA.MS. (Received this day at 11.2.3 a.m.) LONDON. Aug. 10. The following New Zealanders were successful at Ihe stall' college promotion examinations in April:—Captains 11. Redwood, E. Rowlings, .M. Stedninn, Lieut. S. Allen. BRITISH PICTURES. LONDON. Arg. 10.

Six hundred and twenty pictures, representative of British artists, valued at £09,000 are being dispatched by the Tangariro for Dunedin Exhibition. Dickseo and Charles Holmes were upon the selection committee. The hulk of the exhibits in the British section will be despatched by Hie Rarongn. RUSSO-JAPANESE AGREE.'.!ENT PARIS, Aug. 10. 'The “Petit ParisienV Berlin correspondent learns tlml the Russo-Ger-man (inference, held in Beilin reeenlly, draw up an addendum to Hie Treaty of Rapallo. 'The terms have been kept secret, but it is believed l bey determine the lines of future Russo-Ger-man collaboration in the event of Germany entering the League of Nations or signing tho Guarantee Pact. ROBBERS HOLD HP TRAIN. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) DELHI, Aug. 10. It is reported from Kaikori, near Lucknow, that four armed and masked bandits held lin a guard on a moving passenger train at the revolver point. They pulled the communication cord and stopped the train. 'The assailants, who were joined by sixteen others, who were also masked, rifled the brake van and decamped with the cash chests. After the starting of the train u Gurkha passenger while arming himscll was shot dead; also a Mahommodan and a European passenger, later while attempting to come mil of a compartment. An armed contingent of railway police have been despatched. THE CHINESE TROUBLE. PEKING. Aug. 10. The wharf coolies at Shanghai have again struck. ■ A conference of missionaries is being called to discuss future mission schools throughout China in view of the. aidespread movement among -.indent-- not to return to school, owing to Hie nationalistic and anti-Foveigu agitation. Some missionaries advocate re-opening next term, while others favour closing for periods from three months to a year. Still others suggest handing over the schools to native Christians for terms of one to three years. .Meantime many Chinese are withdrawing from the mission churches, tunning independent churches of their own, and. further, the question lias arisen whether or not to hand over the churches to native Christians. Many missionaries opine that in view of the feeling of bitterness and hostility at present, it is not nil opportune time lor such courses.

A SUMMARY HELD VP. (Received this day at 12 JO p.tn) LONDON, August 10. It is understood the summary cabled to the Dominions Governments ol the imperial Economic Committees’ first general report on marketing overseas foodstuffs, •publication is held up pending a communique by Mr Baldwin. PRISON’S CONFER ENCE. (Received this day at 12.110 p.m.) LONDON, August 10. The International Prison Congress -was concluded hv the adoption of a series of resolutions. One demanded, inter alia, that Judges should he acquainted with the character and antecedents of offenders and have a choice of penalties for prevention and security. It would lie better that magistrates should be compelled to attend lectures on psychology, sociology, forensic psychiatry and phrenology. Judges should have a full knowledge of prison trials which should lie divided in two parts. The public should he excluded from the part dealing with punishment. Other resolutions demanded classification of prisoners and urged the desirability of recompensing prisoners for work, the gratuity to be expended in paying liabilities of the prisoner t< the State and his victim. The desirability of treatment of abnormal dangerous adults in a noil-penal institution ; development of institutions lor menla hygiene; establishment of foster tan lies for convicted children, whose parents are incapable morally oi educat-

ing them. The next equi-quennial congress will lie held at Prague.

NAVAL ORDER. LONDON. August 10. The Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth has issued an exact Admiralty official letter stating the rebuilding ol the Fleet is seriously burdening the financial resources of the country. The Admiralty trusts officers and men will do their utmost to minimise any reduction of efficiency that might ensue and cheerfully accept any accompanying inconvenience and discomfort. M. BRIAND IN LONDON. LONDON. August 10. M. Briniul accompanied by foreign experts Berthelot and Fromageot has arrived and was welcomed by Mr Chamberlain. An important conversation on the pact will be given to-mor-roW.