BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

liY TEIiEGHAI'IT—PRESS ASSN'., COPYRIGHT. LINER DELAYER. LONDON, .fan. 29. Kathleen Robinson, a ten-year-old Swindon girl, who is going to New Zealand, unaccompanied, to join her parents, will long remember tho exciting start of her journey. She and her missed their train from LOll- - don, and they found that the next train reached Southampton live minutes after the Athenic was due to sail, the railway officials telephoned tho ship, the departure of which was delayed until Kathleen was aboard. OBITUARY. LONDON, dan. 29. The death occurred of Amiral Sir Ernest Troubridge at Biarritz, (France) during a tea dance. sjj, [Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge was born in 1802 and at an early age joined tho Navy. lie was Naval Attache at • Vienna, Madrid, and Tokyo from 1901 to 1904, and Captain and Chief of Staff in the Mediterranean from 1007

to 1908. From 1911 to 1912 he was -.Chief of the War Staff of the Admiralty, during the last named year being appointed to the command of the .Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron. Me was head of the British Naval Mission to Serbia in 1915, and was admiral commanding on the Danube in 1918. He was placed on tin; retired list in 1921. hut continued his service for his country, for from 1021 to 1921 was Preside mt of the International Commission of the Danube.]

SIR GEORGE FORREST. LONDON, Jan. 28

The death is announced of Sir (!oorg ( . Forrest, the historian, in his 80th year. [Sir George William Forrest was educated at Cambridge, and after reading for the Bar, was admitted to the Inner Temple. He was appointed by the Secretary of State to the liombav Education Department in 1872 and acted as Census Commissioner at Bombay ten years later. After several years of useful work in India, he was appointed assistant secretary to the Government of India in 1898 and secretary to the Government of India Patents Branch from 1894 to 1900. in which year he retired. Among his works was-" The Life of I/ird Roberts” and the. "Life of Lord Clive.”]

A NEW LAND POLICY. LONDON. Jail. 80,

The "Daily Express” understands that the Cabinet is likely to adont a new and far-reaching agricultural poliev based on the formation of u Control Land Mortgage Corporation, formed with th o co-operation of the joint) stock brinks, to provide credits on a national scale lor the farmers upon such securities as those of crops whiuh the banks Tiave hitherto refused to accept. . . , , i The Government will seek to 'levelop agriculture by similar methods to those employed on the Continent, -namely occupying ownership and small holdings. There will he a comprehensive land-drainage and reclamation scheme, opening up large areas for cultivation. The proposal will he on a scale calculated to affect the whole future ol British agrieuture. JEWS ANGRY WITH LI.OVD GEORGE. LONDON. Jon. 29. According to the "Daily Herald,” Mr Llovd George’s recent rolerenee to Sir Alfred Aloud, viz.. “Like another notorious member of his race, he lias gone to his own place” (cabled on January 29th) has caused bitter resentment amongst the Jews. Ajn the "Jewish ChroiM.dc to-da\. an editorial says: "H is merely ft piece of rude rugged ness lor a man n Air Lloyd George’s eminence to comparing to the disciple » >') cd Ids Master, one whom a few n„„. he would have thought ,t fitting, iiad it suited his political pm pose. ■ beslaver with that ripe uiictumisness ol which the cx-Vreimer appears to P- >•-=»- ess so unlimited a supply.

MR CHURCHILL ATTACKED. LONDON. Jan. JO. Alv Philip Snowden. (Labour cxof the Exchequer,) has attUSJff Mr Churchiirs Italian I”"; Settlement. He deemed that 0 M Churchill remained much longer M t-c Exchequer, the country would sno have n” national assets. He did not believe that anv man could bun Hie finances to such a deplorable state ... twelve months.

THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT . GIBB ALTER. Jau 29. Tallin" advantage of favourable conditions, Give Spanish airmail. Krnncos ion Lti.v dip’ Ho liopo» *“ ''“‘'K*' 11,0 Atlantic in sixteen hours.

A A LONDON AMAZON. LONDON, January 29. A promoter of girl’s boxing here has called off contests, declaring th.it she does not wish to oppose the public opinion which clearly is not ready to, such sport. This decision coincides with a letter from the Home Secretary replying to a protest against «««-'h contests, in which he points out that, though the contests would be an on - ra.rp, he has no power to interfere, the girls were merely sparring without the object of one winning by mflictinjuries on the other. He adds: « This would not he illegal, because the Legislative never has imagined such a disgraceful exhibition would ever be staged in Britain. Miss Newton, who is training with male boxers, is extremely disappointed and declares the action taken unfair. She says: “T will proceed tgHi mv sparring, nevertheless, and 1 wdTild not forego it for anything in the world. I do not know what all the fuss is about.” Miss Newton is described as extraordinarily active, and quick-footed and is able to break down a male opponent’s guard.

NOTH FORGERIES

C'THSTS IX HUNGARY. BUDAPEST. Jan. 29. The Social Democrats moved a motion in the Assembly demanding the ■Ministry’s immediate resignation. an< the supplanting of Admiral Hortliv s regency by a State Council 'Hie motion was followed by yiie stormiest scenes, in which the Social Democrats declared Count Bethlen Tarty were involved in t.:e foigi notes scandal. , Budapest messages states the i< ed bank notes alfair continues to he the subject of inquiry li.v a I.aihaue - tnrv Committee and a police inqui is" demanded. The French authorities are . also pursuing the mntU • A Vmhch police commissioner, 1-ouUct. feXtedlv is urging the re-exam.n-'Prince Windisgrnetz and 4ice Chief Nadossv to dear up nllcgej cep also declared it must «? tainod where the paper used <^ mn fncturo the f°rge ihe°mnchinery used cured, and when. • , f t »r the - Ttwillvet Lc found in Hungary. The Premier, Count Deth ,n,ule to clear «P ? The Oovernmcnt had noththe a flair. «*• ■ . ks from abroad had 'oriented ' wns°'to plunge bo«esf leaders into the nine.

IXHSSN ATTONAT, COXTOimKCS. 1 lONDON, January JO. Britain, following on correspondence with Belgium, France, Ttaly and Geimanv, has decided to call an early conference of these Powers at London to consider the possibility of arriving at an international argeement for regu « Jing the hours of work in industry.