BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.]

THE KING AND THE 151 RLE. I.t )N IX IN. October ] I. Rear-Admiral Emdiii. speaking at 1 In.' World Eva ugelieal Alliance at Wemblc\ staled the King leads a, iTiapter of the liilile every day ol bis .life in consequence ol a promise given. t<> Queen Alexandra in IK-1. UUTUItK ()E WEMBLEY. LONDON. (iritTcr IT. Mr .!. 11. Tboimis, interviewed M r Ra Id w iii emuerni ng the I lit tire ot Wembley. but the re.-II It is not disclosed. Sonic Dominion quarter- predict the Government will undertake to realise the whole exhibition and discharge tlm guarantors’ liability. which is still, iinilcr-totid to be in tile neighbourhood ol ;i milliuu. Mr Tliuma- put three proposals to Mr, Baldwin that Wemblcymight still be maintained I'm- fnrlhciI mperial developmeii L : tliat tfm building- might be inaiutaiiied for a nation-

al nurpo-e: and that the as-cts might be realised. He gave aim detail, of offers received from oiit-ide sources fin* the land and building-. Il is the general (million oT the eoiuii’itlro that it

national or Imperial use would be preferable to breaking nil and sale. One idea advanced i- to the effect that the buildings be used for an Imperial war museum.

A PROCESSOR'S DEATH. LONDON. October 11. Professor l.e Eroy, who for siiimi years bad been experimenting with poison gases for the destruction of insect pests at the Imperial College of Science, was found by Ins wile in the experimenting room, in a collapsed condition, apparently -littering from the effects 111 poison gas. and was remov'd to the hospital in a -el lolls condition. lie was -till uneoii'iioiis a He: three days and three nights. The duetors were handicapped by nut knowing the properties ol the gas with which lie was experimenting when be was overcome. lie eventually succumbed to the effect sof the ga-. He narrowly escaped death In March by inhaling odourless l.ewi-lite ga-. designed in Ibl-s for the war. but not used. LONDON. October I I. The " Morning Post " -tate- only a few of Professor l.e Eroy’s iutiinale friends knew l.e wn- snlfering Horn ill- - eaneer. lie emit inited work in his la lima lory. knowing hi- lile limit was three year-. lie had ilci lured : " i want, before I die. to -eo the ileat bwa leh beetle exterminated. - ' He told a friend a week ago lie believed he was mi the track nl a substance would could so treat wood a- to make il impossible lor insects to breed ill i r .

BRITISH RAI I.WAYM EN LONDON. October IT. The Central Wage- Hoard tailed to agree m ilm i ail u a ynieii'- demands for increased wage- amounting to loftylive millions yearly and the railway emepanil's claims fur a reduction owing to the receipts in R2T being three million- Ir-- t liu ii in It-t and were relerred to the Disputes National Board. ( DISRUPT Ol'T'K T A l.s. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. October IT. Peter Noll’man. Slierili ol ( bieago. and a prmiiiueiil political figure in lllinos. and Walter Westbrook, gaol warder. have been sent to prison, following mi the exposure of their nib".:" gralt and eorniptimi ill allowing l«< the gaol as a summer resort in ennsideration of the payment ol live thousand sterling. Il i- staled the youths were allowed out al nights and attended cabarets.

against the beds. LONDON. Oct. !•:>. Mr Havelock Wilson has received a telegram from New York stating: ■'Great American Federation of l.alumr Convention, representing the uhole of organised labour in America, to-day, at Atlantic City, adopted a resolution congratulating the olli er- and members of the Sailors' and Firemen's Cnhm ,:f Great Britain, on their firm stand against the Beds, and Destnietionists. (Signed) Orlander, Foresetli and Pryor.” FRENCH SYRIAN LOSSES. PARIS. Oct. LY. Replying to a member of the Finance Commission. M. Paiuleve stated the French losses in the Syrian campaign to July last wore 0.012. tie promised to supply figures ol losses to loth. Sept. t OMMI'N'tSTS REMANDED. (Received this day at 9.J0 a.niA LONDON. Oct. LA. The six Communist Leaders Harry pullitt, Thus. Wintringham. J. Boss Campbell. Albert Inknen. Erne.-t C'ank and Win. Bust arrested during the raid on their headquarter-, in Loudmi last evening, and charged at Bow St. with conspiring to incite to sedition and mutiny, were remanded for a week. I,ail being allowed in securities for jB 10!) each. BRITISH All! TESTS. LONDON. Oct. IT. The first experiments in England in th ■ use of the dirigible as an aeroplane carrier were carried out at Pulliam ibis morning. The R.fid left her ring mast with a light aeroplane lived to a special apparatus under the hull. Ihe aiiship cruised for a quarter of an hour and tlien the monokine D.11.0J. piloted b\ Elight-I.ieut. B. 1.. Haig. Chief Test Pilot of the Royal Air.raft F.stahlislinioiit. «;e released from the trapeze slung beneath the airship. The plane was unhooked safely and flew for some time, hut it appeal's that when being reliooked the propeller of the plane got damaged through striking a wire stay. The pilot then unhooked .successfully a second time and descended.

COAL COMMISSION. LONDON. Oct. IT. There was an attendance if the ,mb(ie at Hu' first sitting ol the foal t oilimission in V estminster f Ldl. Ernest Gowers. Permanent I'm.ler Seeretarv lor Mines, stated that the present demand, and cnn-cquenlly, the present output, o*. British coal had descended to the level of twenty years ago: but the Industry was employing upwards of a quarter of a million mors per-ons. The consumption by customers in Russia. Germane and Australia was reduced by forty-six million tons. Replying to Mr Beveridge. Mr Gowers mentioned that there were seven men now employed where previously there were six. Ifo agreed that the pre-war standard of wages could only he maintained by increased output per head or a material increase in the prices of coal. Tn relation to other articles, he said he realized he had painted the gloomiest picture.