BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

HARNETT’S CASE [Reuter Telegrams.] (Received this day at 11.0 a.in.) .LONDON, April 27. Justice Horridge in the cuso of Harnett, cabled on Alar eh 19th., after bearing the legal argument entered Into judgment with costs in favour of the defendant, whose counsel pleaded the Statute of Limitation. Justice Horridge said that the defendant was liable to face the consequences of his negligence then though ]in actual order for detention was made by the justices. His Lordship disagreed with the contention that though the jury considered Harnett to he sane, he should be viewed as a lunatic for the purposes of constituting the Statute of Limitations. His Lordship’s duty was to construe the statute, however regrettable the result-. RECORD BREAKING. LONDON, April 27. parry Thomas, driving a composite ear equipped with TOO h.p., and an American Aero engine developing 800 h.p. heat the world’s record on Peiulino Shnds, Carmarthenshire, traversing a mile both ways at the rate of 109 miles hourly, reaching "172 miles an hour with the wind.

IT.S. DEBT AGREEMENTS. WASHINGTON, April 27. After a short debate, the Senate today ratified the debt agreements with Latvia, Esthonia and Roumania. POLITICAL QUESTIONS. OTTAWA, April 28. Speaking at Toronto. Sir Esme Howard (British Ambassador at Washington) declared three of the greatest political questions of the near future were the evolution of the British Empire, its relations with United States, and the maintenance of the pence of Europe. Howard added : “If the League of Nations were to disappear to-morrow we would he compelled once again to join some European combination against any country which threatened to dominate the continent. WRESTLING. NEW YORK, April 27. At March field, Oregon, Ted Tliye defeated Bruce Noland in two out of three falls.