BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] A MISSING \VA U,F,T. LONDON, August 14. It transpires that while attending the Foreign Office, M. Tlierry, tho principal private Secretary to M. Briand, discovered that a wallet containing £-100 sterling and important documents, was missing. So far no trace lias been obtained. AIRMAN ,iRRIVKS. TARAUKK, August 14. De Pinedo lias arrived. AT WEMBI/FV. LONDON, August It. Two million have visited the New Zealand cinema, at Wembley since the opening. A MEAT CONCERN. LONDON, August It. 1 .Mr Baldwin told the miners deputation that the Coal Commission must bo a small, impartial body. The deputation was dissatisfied but the miners will attend the inquiry. A MEAT CONCERN. LONDON, August it. 'i'be rumour of a clash of interests 1 between British and American meat concerns in South America was mentioned at a meeting of the Union Cold Storage Coy. Replying to .shareholders in that connection, the Chairman Roger Sing, said there had always been a clash of interests, but lie did not think the company need fear if in any way. He declared the report' of tiie I Food Commission bad enhanced the < Company’s prestige. Bo stated th 1 cold tstorago ineeommediation in the '■ country particularly in London and • Liverpool, considerably exceeded the '• requirements. Some, of their stores re- ' rnained closed. This was a legacy n. 1 the war. The balance on the working 1 accounts was £075,000 sterling, an I ord. A dividend of ten ]>cr cent was declared and £1 19,000 was carried forward. 'l'lie business continued to grow. The report and accounts were adopted. WOOL DISPUTE SETTLED. i LONDON, August 1 1. ' It is officially announced that the i wool dispute is settled. r BRITISH FA SCI.STL < i THREAT TO MR COOK. t v LONDON. August Ft. t Air Cook, the miners leader, to-day. s received a black edged envelope con- t taming a British Fascist! pamphlet “Communism unmasked,'’ wherein was 1 written “AVo are ready for you and your dupes, swift, sudden, sure. We long for the day to clear the country 1 of such blackmailers, and we are no t five hundred thousand strong. 'Phis is \ the first of three warnings.” I Cook commenting on the pamphlet I suggested it was time the British Government took action against persons threatening the leaders of the Trade Union movement and British citizens. He was British and no threat would deter him from doing his duty. Open t 'encouragement of such threats would i only lead to the formation of sinii- 1 lar working class organisations, which i would result in serious conflict and l perhaps civil war. i EM PI RE PA EL IA M EXTA R V ASSOCIATION. LONDON, August 15, The Empire Parliamentary Assoeia- ; lion will accept the Commonwealth's | invitation to visit Australia in 1925, 1 and will send sixteen representatives. i PREMIER ON HOLIDAY. LONDON. August 16. Air Baldwin lias gone to Aix !e Bains * "y for a month’s holiday. A TRAIN SMASH. PARIS. 'August 15. In a smash at St. Denis between a train from Lille and the Cologne express, tho impact was terrific. The former’s guards van was smashed to !l matchwood and two coaches overturn- 1 ed. One person was killed and fifty vinjured. *• c CYCLING. a AMSTERDAM, August 15. <’ For the World’s Cycling Champion- v ships Spears was hen ten in the prelim. inary heat of the thousand metres. f KING ALFONSO SHOT IN ARAL (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) r LONDON, August 16. The “Daily News” Madrid correspon- 0 dent says King Alfonso while motoring in Santander district was shot with a revolver by an anarchist, the bullet entering his arm, also an officer necomponying the King was seriously wound- | ed. r IMPERIAL TRADE. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 16. In nil editorial, commenting on the I report of the Imperial Economic Coin- , mittce, the “Sunday Times” says: j t “Few committees have done work more .speedily or with greater commoMsenso 1 and thoroughness. Tt found ways of developing Empire trade without offending anybody’s fiscal conscience. For the British Government to spend a , million sterling pushing the sale of | Imperial produce is a highly novel pro-, needing, but it will he absolutely justified if the result is an increase in yol- 1 umo of supplies from the Dominions i nnd the repricnl purchase of British goods.” i AN ARCTIC MESSAGE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The MacMillan expedition has established a provision depot at the bead of (Flagler Fjord, Ellesmere Island, midway between tho bases at Etnh and Cape Hubbard. According to a message relayed here by a Cedar Rapids, lowa radio mnatuor, who said lie picked up voices from Boudnwin on a fifteen wave length, after he had suc- , cessfull.v completed the voice test, said to bo the first made by an amateur on a similar wave length and distance, he took a code message. Two of the expedition’s three seaplanes are now available. No 2 being on the top deck of the Peary, after being damaged bv heavy seas. It is doubtful whether it will be used again. BRITISHERS INJURED. LONDON. Aug. 16Only three Britishers are mentioned in connection with the Amiens’ tragetly, a Glasgow man and two Putney . , rrirls' who are among the injured. T“ g " FRANCE WEALTHY. LONDON. Aug. 16. Sir T*. Bradbury in an interview with the “Sunday Express” says that France under arrangement comparable with that made between Britain and TJnited States, could discharge the l ylh of her obligations without imposing an undue burden on her own people. 110 declares France is relatively richer than before the war. Ninety per cent, of her war damage has been restored. ANGORA TRIALS.^ (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. Kb Seventy-seven members of an alleged secret committee working against the Republic were nrraingect at Angora. Eleven were sentenced to death and twenty-two were sentenced to imprisoument ranging from five to fifteen years. ~ The remainder were acquitted. M AIR CHAMBERLATN’S STAND. LONDON. Aug. 16. The “Sunday Times” political correspondent commented on AH Chamberlain's stand against any automatic war committments. It says even in a Hagrant case of aggression by Germany or France, tve reserve the right to determine tho hopr and manner of intervention.

A TORNADO. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 16. .SCven inches of rain fell in Kansas City during the six hours tornado which destroyed everything in its path ton miles wide, through a rich wheat , district. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. j NEW YORK. August 17. ( Four thousand cattle were destroyed in Texas, following a new outbreak of foot, and mouth disease in that State. i A ROBBERY. OTTAAYA, August 10. Six bandits at Winnipeg robbed a tramway cashier of twenty thousand sterling and then used the company’s _ motor car to escape. JAPANESE FLOOD. TOKIO, August 1(5. A Xagova message reports serious damage bv floods, estimated at ten million yen, including a number of pottery kilns destroyed. | MURDER OF DR SWAYNE. ] ( Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, August 16. At the inquest on Dr Swayne a verdict of wilful minder against Wreford ; Brown was returned, the jury adding ' that his state of mind should l>e investigated. Brown was gassed during the war. . WOMAN’S .MAD ACT. ’ LONDON, August 16. Mrs Eliabotli Yauglmii, of Rockberry, Birkenhead, who was charged ‘ on Friday with theft and released on j hail, took her six children to the Mer- j sey’s side early on Saturday morning | and threw them in one by one and fill- i ally herself. She and three children were drowned but the others scrambled ashore and recovered. The childroll’s ages ranged from the baby to a j boy of eleven. ( i THE TEXTILE AGREEMENT. : (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) ' LONDON. August 16. •' An agreement reached in the textile dispute provides lor the resumption of work at the old rate of wages, pending an agreement based on the finding . of the Court of Investigation which will sit privately under an official chairmanship and which will have two representatives of employers organisations and two representatives of the workers organisations but not corniceted with the woollen industry. Both sides agree to accept the reeommendations of the Court. MI-SING CHINESE STEAMER. " HONG KONG, August 16. Two seaplanes from the 11.M.S , Hermes have started on a search lor the overdue Chinese .steamer Yuoyingwa, from lloilimv to Hong Kong, lilelioats and rafts from which have been found off St. John’s Island. a ANOTHER FRENCH RAILWAY 1 .•VCCI DENT. PARIS. August 16. 1 The action of the signalman at Pontoise in accidentally changing the points while a train was passing is beliovcd to have been the reason lor another accident at Ponlnise station, tie- . railing four coaches. Six persons were 1 injured, hut. not seriously. The ; man was arrested. FRONTIER, dellmixatiox. J PATHS. August To. An agree mo lit’ regarding tlie deli mina lion of the Franco-German frontier. ‘ particularly the question of Rhine . bridge lias Ik’Cii signed by Franeo-Gcr- ‘ man representatives. _. _ i