BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Reuter Telegrams.]

record prick. roit house. LONDON, Oetoher 10. A young American, Stephen Sanlord. paid the world's record price ol IO.IHH guineas for a steepleehaster. at tin Newmarket sales. TE I, EC I! AM 'IT) .Ml! BALDWIN’. A NOTH Kit BED LETT El! f LONDON’, Oetoher Id. The ” Daily X'-ws ” Paris eorre-pon-.|enl say- the Ro.vaii-t new-paper ' Action l- raiicaise " ptibli.be- a telegram from Alu-soiini which is alleged to have been sent to .Mr Baldwin a- follows; - -■ The newspapers i rebii you wit h an extraordiarv speech on the *lh Oetol,er. It vo 11 -aid tin-. I protest with all my energy. Such word- are contrary to international eourte.-y and unworthy of the head ol a British Oovernnieut and unworthy o! a true gentleman. There are time- when a Dictator is ucees-ary. Britain'- world Empire novel- ceased to he a dictator-hip abroad, il not at Home. Cromwell and other English dictator- are mil forgotten. M y dictatorship -aved Italy Irom a a. ll eh \ aml Pol-hevi-m. re-estahlished order, re-orgnni/.eii luiaiices. brought security, restored authority and -a veil Europe from greater chaos. You. too. soon forget Dais’s help in war Dimwit limit which Berlin might now hr dictating the law to Britain. It i- a singular Was ol maintaining the good relation- between 1 lie Allies. This gratilm.-ll- 111-lilt l- re-enied by all Italy. Ihe King; and the people. Mr i!aIM.-ay .MacDonald had already made a similar -tiiteinent and you. by rejH'aling it. have made n infinitely worse."

Downing Street denies bas ing if'-eiv-i-d such a telegram. I!CiIH EVACUATION'. I.OX D< >N', Oet. 1-J. The last Kr-.-m h defaeliment has be<-u withdrawn from the Hulir. thus mark leg a i' l l ni plets- inter. Allied military evacuation of the region. PI! INC If OK WADE'. LONDON. October IT. The Admiralty, in a message to the Prime ol Wale-, expre-.-e- the Navy's pride in having been entrusted with Ills Koval Highness's -aids on many voyages, and welcome- the Prince home, and congratulates him on the great since-, of hi s tour, hy which the Empire ssa- strengthened, and old links binding varioii- member- of Unvalued Eolith AmeiLau friend-liips i-on-iirmed and iuten-ilied. Reuter's special representative aboard the Repulse de-erilie- a solemn i-eremoiiv as a sequel to an iueident at Mardelplata. wlu-re a women's patiotie league sent aboard a wreath embedded in a block ol ice. requesting it to be cast in the seas. " In remembrance of the brave I true who died a death of honour, and departed in hope of resurrect ion and eternal lib'." The I’rim-e of Wale- to-day carried out the eereinous in the presence ol detachments o| seamen, marines and a Koval Marine Band, after an impressive service by a Chaplain-Captain svho read a pa-sage from Ecele-iast ie-. The Prince then brietlv reeounied the cirri! nisi a mes of the ceremony, and vnnv milted the Hovers lo the deep. Shortly afterwards the troop-hip Marglcn. on her wav to India, pas-ed c|o-c lo the Kcpill.-c. One hundred troops r-heerod. LONDON. October HU Loudon ha- prepared a great welcome for Die Prince ol Males to-day. At least half a million ocoplo will line a (wo mile route from Victoria Station to Buckingham Palace. Ihe cheer- ol ||,e crowd will be broaden -ted. The Duke of York and Priner llmiry will meet tin- Prince ol Wales at Portsmouth. Prime Oeorge. I’riuee.-s .Mary. Mr Baldwin. Cabin- t Ministers. and Dominion rrnre-eul a fives will nice! him at Vielnria Station, which is lavishly decorated. Ihe route is al-o bellagged and festonned.