BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1926, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] LINER- OTRANTO’S DA.MAGE. LONDON, May 18. MY AV. A. Dcttman, of Sydney, is the first of the Otranto’s passengers to reach London. He said they had a most terrifying experience when the liner struck rocks in the Mediterranean, though there was no panic. He paid a tribute to the courage wherewith all the passengers stood by, wearing lifebelts, during two hours’ uncertainty. When tlie collision was imminent, the officer at the bow promptly ordered the seamen from the forecastle. Eighteen of them just managed to rush out before the c;rash, though one was struck bv tlie smashing timbers, and luid a portion of bis face practically torn away. He (Dettman) was just leaving the dining saloon when- he was hurled some distance. His leg was badly bruised.

It is learned at Lloyds that the estimated damage is over £IOO.OOO, and will necessitate a new how. The vessel proceeds to the Clyde for the purpose. She anil be out of commission for four months. NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION. MANAGUA (Nicaragua) May 18. , The United States Collector of Customs, Mr Crompton, and the Deputy Collector, Mr Peters, have been removed by the revolutionists because they refused to transfer eolleetions. PRINCE OF WALES’ POULTRY. OTTAWA, May 19. It is announced that the Prince of Wales is sending an exhibit fowl from his Cornwall chicken farm to the World's Poultry Congress in August 1927. - BABY WEEK. LONDON, May 15. The National Bal»y "Week Council is offering a silver shield for the annual competition throughout the Empire, excluding the British Isles, for the best bahv week campaign year beginning on the Ist. June next. RACE MEETING CANCELLED. LONDON, May 19. The stewards of the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee arc unable to obtain gun rant esc from railway companies that they will be able to deal with racehorse traffic, consequently they are tillable to issue any statement in regardf to the resumption of racing. _ The chairman of the Doncaster Race Committee therefore cancelled arrangements for the Doncaster meeting! ADDRESS BY SIR F. BELL. LONDON. May 19. Mr Amery presided at Sir Francis ; Bell’s address at tlie Empire Parliamentary Association upon the external interest of New Zealand, with special reference to the Pacific Islands and the mandate over Samoa. Sir F. Bell believed in the New Zealand naval policy. M?' Wilford also paid a tribute to the work of the New Zealand Government in administrating the Pacific Islands. Earl Jellicoe proposed the vote of thanks to Sir Frauds Bell.