BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

AfST It AI.IA.s AND N.Z. tl fll.E ASSOCIATION POLK"K DKCKIVKI). LONDON. Kepi. It). Jaeiiirke has been wandering all over Kurope calling himself ennui Von Walges. Willi a woman and three girls, the CotliH eltiimed til lie a re. I ogee trom Lorraine whence In- lied alter killing a black soldier in tinFrench Army. The nunautie tale pru-<-n n-d .Lii-nicki* general sympalhy. lie otlerly del eivcl the German polite and a number of promineoi Cerniaiiaiit I Austrians including Cahinei Minit.l-. who made collect ion- mi hehall of the alleged an I oil una 1 e Count, his wife and daughters. Finally the police now hud they hale no power to arrest as JaeiMcke 1 s eovered l,\ I lie statute of lliuitalion and l aiiuol be i on-igned to gaol, either as a dcr or a luna-

.-'COKE'S AIM’EAL. NEW YOKE. Sept. 9

Kcnpes's counsel has completed lii.s brief, which he will present to the Court of Appeal at Knoxville. Tennessee on September 28th. The appeal is being presented on the grounds: First that the conviction of Scopes waallegedly contrary to the Fourteenth amendment of the Federal Constitution. -ecoMilly that the eonviction ti as contrary to the religious provisions of the Tennessee State Constitution. Four Dayton defence attorneys will also argue at Knoxville. KC-KLUXERS. BERLIN. September 0. The police here have discovered a secret organisation similar to the Kti Klux Klnn. under the leadership of three Americans, aiming at tlie restoration of the monarchv in (lennanv.

AN INTERNATIONAL LAND LACK. (Received this day at 12.80 p.m.) LONDON. September 10. The Trade Union Congress resolved that the workmen's compensation should not he less than two-thirds ol the average earnings. It also instructed t l -. general council to adopt Esperanto as the ollicial international la nguage. NEW ,-ZEALAND KM 10KANT'S. A RECORD OIOTA. LONDON. Sept. 11. New Zealand emigrants fur August numbered 1078. the highest monthly quota, on record. Thcv comprise tittythree doniest ies. 217 juveniles, the remainder being farm lahourers. The maiority were noniinated. The migration ollicer has arranged for an addil imial --lii;> during Oi - tnher. BODIES FOUND. LONDON. Kept. 11. The bodies of Captain Owen and his wife were discovered dose together ill the cabin during salvage of the wic k. BRITISH I'OKTS NORMAL. LONDON'. Sept. 11. The Keamen's Union state that all ports are normal. Picket ing is >laialiening ilailv owing to a .shortage nl strike funds. MANNA RETIRED. LONDON. .Kepi. ||. Manna, (ho Derby winner, nill not run again owing to injuries su-taiin-d in the race for tin* Kt. Leger. II will he rehired to the stud at once. ROOTLEGGING KCHOOXKII'K IM.fO HT. LONDON. Kept. 11. The live masted auxilliary schooner General Kerret with a rreii ol I bil lyone. and commanded hi Capiiau Whit burn and owned by an Argentine woman with a cargo of ten thousand eases of whisky destined for bootlegging in America, put into Dover lor repairs to her engine. Captain Whitburn says that he is unable to leave owing to lack ol iuinls to buy coal and pay wages, which are considerably in arrears. .

NEW FRENCH TANK. PA R IS, September 11. The French, in Ihe Army manoeuvres are using a seventy ton lank with a crew of thirteen. The tank is armed with machine guns and seventy-fives, having a speed of 7! miles per hour, ft is capable of crushing most formidable obstacles.