BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] RECEPTION TO PARR. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON. July 1. Two thousand attended Sir James Allen’s reception, to meet Sir James and Lady Parr, including Hon and Mrs Amery, the Clarendons,. Lord and Lady Jellicoe, lion and Mrs Ormsby-Gore. Sir F. Dillon and l.adv Bell. Sir James and Lady Cook, Agents General and wives. LONDON, July 1. Basil Ward (Wellingtonian) secured second place in the competition for the Rome Jarvis scholarship for architecture. He would have been awarded tho latter had he. been a student or the Rovnl Institute of Architects.

SCENIC IN COMMONS. LONDON, July 1. In the Commons the final stage of the Coal -Mines Hours Bill opened menacingly. The Labour!to,Hr Batey, asked the Speaker not to press the third reading declaring if they did no Ministerialist would be allowed to speak. The Speaker said his duty was to conduct the business of the House and ho intended to do so.

Hr Bridgeman then moved the third reading. He was repeatedly interrupted bv Labourites who accused him of provocation.

Hr Bridgeman said he was defending the leader of his party, who had been called a murderer and a. liinr. Hr Jack Jones interrupted—“ You are a murderer,” and refused to withdraw and left the House. As he did so lie turned towards the Ministerialists shouting “The whole gang of you arc murderers.”

Hr Bridgeman was then allowed to proceed with his speech. COBHAM AT ATHENS. ATHENS. .July 1. Oobham has arrived. ROYAL PLOT SCARE. LONDON, July 1. All London evening papers are giving prominence to the storv of the Parisian plot against King Alfonso, mainly quoting the most sensational reports from the Paris press, some whereof protest against the panicky rounding up of two hundred Spaniards who were escorted across the border. As those out of the live supposed anarchists have not been arrested in France, all the British ports are most closely watched, lit addition to the King’s own usual police bodyguard, special men from. Scotland Yard were told off to ; assist to protect King Alfonso. who spent the afternoon at Wimbledon semi-finals. He and the Queen went in the evening to the Theatre.

WEMBLEY SALE. LONDON, July I

Tho liquidators of the British Empire Exhibition announce Wembley was sold to Beecbain Trust and James White for three hundred thousand, which, in view of the fact, that the liquidators were also iiuUminified against certain liabilities and expenses is the best offer received. A further call on guarantors will lie neoessarv and the amount whereof will be notified in due course. QUAKE DISASTER. WELTEVREDEN, July I. Many house collapsed in the town of Padano and Padjang during the earthquake. There were terrible scenes of distress. A train leaving the station was buried under a collapsed station. At present it is estimated two hundred a»3 dead and many injured. This does not include other stricken places where a search of the nuns is proceeding.