BRITISH & FOREIGN HEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN HEWS

[Renter Telegrams.] ROUMANIAN THRONE. BRATANO’S CABINET RESIGNS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) BUCHAREST, January 2. M. BraLano’s Cabinet has resigned. MABEL ESS AGR E E AIEN T. LONDON, January 3. The Marconi Company announces the conclusion of an agreement with the Postmaster-General enabling the company to conduct services with nine further European countries and foreign countries outside of Europe, in addition to four European countries and the United States which are already operating. This will enable the company to proceed with the establishment of a world-wide service. Tile directors are of the opinion that the beam services between Britain. Canada, and South Africa will he readv for working in April and India and Australia in mid-August. Ihe Company is also constructing stations to connect Portugal and her colonies with the rest of the world.

FREAK OF MEMORY

LONDON. January 3.

The misleading of a signal by a wireless operator aboard the Spanish steamer .Maria V ictoria was apparently responsible for the recent anxiety eoncorning the liner Coromado (mentioned on 30th December). Tho Master of the Maria \ ictoria. which has arrived at the Clyde, who was interviewed by Lloyd’s representative, said they picked up a message from the Coromado reading “ C'.Q.,” which he understood meant “Want assistance,” hut. wirelessing hack to the Coromado they received no reply. The wireless operators’ handbook shows “ C'.Q.” is a simple call signal and it is surmised that by some freak of the memory the signal “ C'.Q.D.” which preceded the “ S.O.S. ” as the official distress call years ago. was recalled by the Master of the Maria Victoria’s mind.

GREEK DEFEAT RECALLED. ATHENS. January 3. The echo of the Greek defeat in Anatolia in 1922 is contained in the announcement of the military council enquiring into the neuter, that it found General I’lastiras responsible and had decided, by seven vote:, to three, that he ho courtmartialled. SYNTHETIC WOOL. BRITISH CAPITAL INVOLVED. LONDON. December 31. The “Morning Post” stales that the two manufacturing concerns connected with the synthetic wool industry are financed mainly by British capital, though one is situated in Italy and believed to he a subsidiary company to one of the largest Italian artificial silk firms.

In appearance the wool resembles ordinary sheep’s wool, hut it possesses a sheen. It is being extensively made iit In cloth, combined with sheep’s wool the mixture presenting a distinctly pleasing appearance.

In preparing artificial wool fibres two to six inches are worked into the yarn like sheep’s wool. The Italian company is manufacturing under a German patent, hut the British company is producing the material in a different manner, and is not affected by any foreign patent. The price of synthetic wool in the United States is from a quarter to half the price of the real article.

IN DISGRACE. GREEK STATESMEN PUNISHED. ATHENS. December 30. M. P anngalos in a communique forbids the Press to publish speeches and articles by M. Cnfnndnris, AT. Afiehalacopotilos and AT. Papnnastassiou, former Premiers, on the ground that they have forfeited the right to call themselves statesmen, and even Greek citizens. MOSCOAV'S MONEY. LONDON. Jan. 3. The Athens correspondent of tic “Times” states an official enquiry into the recent Communistic activity in Greece has established that upwards of two hundred Communist agents have entered the country and have been receiving regularly money from Mos. cow. A MATTER. OF STOMACHS. (LONDON, Jan. 3.

The University College’s "Department of Anatomy’s investigation whether a Britisher’s stomach hangs lower than nil American’s, is seeking one thousand healthy volunteers, who will le required to drink two ounces of barium of sulphate in two cups of malted milk, after which they will be X-rayed.

SPENDTHRIFT’S TERRIBLE DEED. PARTS. Jan. 3. Charles Perrin, son of. a wheelwright, and notoriously extravagant, is charged with the murder of his father because be was refused money. He is also alleged to have assaulted his mother and tortured bis grandmother, whose feet he burned because she refused to reveal the hiding place of the family’s nest-egg.

IT AREA! OF 36 AIURPEREP. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 3

Aehrnrn Bey. a rich and distinguished aristocrat, displeased with the behaviour of his thirty-six wives, asked permission to dissolve his harem. The authorities refused, whereupon Aeliram invited his wives to a feast. He sprinkled hell a donna in the food and drinks and all were discovered dead in the banquetting ball, including Achram. NEW PERSIAN SHAH. HIS LEGS BLOAVN OFF. TEHERAN, Jan. 3. A bomb thrown at the new Shall, blew off both his legs.

STORY ABOUT THE EX-SHAH

AGENCY'S FAKE AIES.SAOE. [“ The Times ” Service.] (Received this day at 10.23 a.nt.i LONDON, Jan. 3. The "Times” Prague correspondent relates an extraordinary explanation regarding the news broadcasted from Prague on 30th. Dee. that the ex-Shah of Persia had committed suicide. It appears that the Radio Central News Agency, supplying wireless messages to C'ezclio-Slovakia and other European newspapers, had for some time susp ed tortnin newspapers of cribbing new> and in order to discover the culprits, the Agency, after warning its regular subscribers, concocted the Shall story, which was broadcasted with the desire* results. A number of news agencies and newspapers in Germany and elsewhere, not subscribing to the radio service, received, distributed and published the fake message. It is possible the ex-Shah may take action,