BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] A SUDDEN DEATH. LONDON, April 30. Obituary.—Sir Timothy Coghlan. He met Messrs Dunn and McTiernan, N.S.W. Ministers, and escorted them to their hotel. He felt ill and went homo and died in a lew minutes. aviators land. PEKING, April 30. The Danish aviators landed at a village thirty-five miles from Thinsinfn, owing to engine trouble. JAPANESE LOSS. TOKIO, April 30. A despatch from Hakodate expresses the fear that the steamer Chichibii Maru lias been sunk with all hands, as no more has been heard from her, though she was equipped with wireless. TOKIO, May 1. A wireless riqiort states that a steamer has picked up ninety-nine ot those aboard the Chichibu .Maru, who have now reached land, but there are 100 still missing. tt appears that the crew attempted to escape in life boats, when the vessel struck ground. The ship broke her hack. The storm, however, drove the crew seaward. A search lor those missing continues. PA It IS. May 1. It is reported from Ujda that the Riffs have secured permission to return to consult Abdel Krim for the final answer. The time allowed expires on May 2nd. DISASTER FOR STOWAWAYS. PARIS, May 1. It now appears that there were only cfiirty-ouo Arab stowaways on the steamer Eidi Farrueh, on which the majority were found dead in the hunkers on April 28. A corresponding number of survivors and dead were recovered. Consequently the vessel has been authorised to sail.

PACIFIC CABLE BREACH. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, May 1. It is understood that ti lively position has arisen as the result of Sir Charles Murphy, Canadian Attorney General’s statement on the position of the Pacific cable, and Sir .James Allen’s reply thereto, which was cabled on Saturday. Sir Charles Murphy has no\y cabled hack to London to the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr Larkin, with a request to seek an explanation from Sir James Allen, wiiose comment, it is stated, have caused tho strongest resentment in Ottawa.

MAY DAY. LONDON, May 2. May Day apparently passed quietly everywhere except in Poland. A Warsaw report says there have been riots between the Socialists and the Communists. The mounted police charged several times and three were killed and forty injured. The Communists tried to storm the Town Hall but were dispersed, one being killed and fourteen injured. A WOMAN HATER. (Received this day at 9.0 a.m i LONDON, May 3. St. John Irvine, speaking at Birmingham declared that . the English theatre was being ruined hv tlie women. A law should immediately he introduced forbidding the admittance of any woman under forty and the attendances of those older should he restricted to two yearly. Most of the London audiences were women. A piny which was daring always drew crowds of women. ravenous looking women, clawing their way in. ’He concluded midst shouts and protests, by boldly asserting that women were inadequate companions for men, who were their intellectual superiors. i

WOMAN’S PITIABLE STATE. LONDON. A lay 2. Lady Houston has been declared mentally and physically incapable of taking care of herself or her fortune. The Court is appointed a curator. It is understood that her lmshnnd left- her two-thirds of his estate with ,an immediate payment of one hundred thousand, and a palatial yacht. MARITAL RELATIONS. LONDON, Al ay 2. Afrs A’iolet. Spencer was granted a provisional order of 30s weekly against Leonard Spencer, residing at Wellington. She gave evidence that her husband posted her a photograph of a girl, whom he said he loved, adding that as his wife was young and pretty she could easily find a more suitable mate, nevertheless she was willing to go land live with him. The judge pointed out that the ease would have to he reheard in New Zealand.

FRAUDULENT WOMAN. GENEVA, May 2. A handsome French woman, Josephine Lugrin. aged sft, has been arrested on charges of numerous frauds. Tt was alleged that she beuune engaged to thirty-four wealthy men in the past three years in Switzerland and France, and after receiving large sums, provoked a quarrel and deserted them. When she was arrested she wiid : “How can I prevent silly old men wanting to marry me and giving me presents?” CHINESE' BOYCOTT. PEKING, May 2. A boycott on British goods in South China continues, as intensively as ever. A special correspondent of the North China Daily News says: “The Canton Government is making no attempt to end the boycott,” and adds: “It- must be regarded as a war against Hong Kong and Britain. There is un other possible •interpretation of its completeness and ruthlessness. WTLKTXS’ INTENTIONS. VANCOUVER. May 2. Wilkins and Eielson have decided to use the Alaskan to seek land in the Polar seas. After an overhaul they will return to Barrow and hop off when the weather permits. AVilkins said: “We will have enough gasolene for twelve hours over the icefields and -return to Fairbanks. The Alaskan can cover one hundred miles an hour.

JA PANESE PR ECA UTIONS. TOKYO, May 1. Strict precautions are being taken against May Day disturbances. The police ordered leading agitators to remain in their homes and under strict police supervision. A procession of twenty thousand after passing resolutions in favour of an eight hour day and other labour reforms, quietly paraded the street. . FATAL FIRE. , • MANILA, May I. Seven Chinese were burned to death and much' property destroyed by a. fire in tho heart of the business section of the town.