BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

COBHAM’S ELY. DELHI, July 25

Cobliam has arrived at Rangoon. He encountered bad weather. He first alighted about 30 miles up the Irawaddy, having lost his hearings. Later lie proceeded to Rangoon.

COMMUNISTS DIFFER, (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) MOSCOW, July 25. The plenary sitting of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party expelled Zinovicff from the Political Bureau Party, owing to the increased opposition to Zinovieff’s faction, which the Central Committee accuses of the Secessionists’ agitation.

SHOCKING DISASTER. NEW YORK, July 25. At Charlestown, West Virginia, five people were killed and fifty seriously injured when a bridge bolding three hundred carnival spectators collapsed.

WIRELESS NUISANCE. LONDON, July 25

There is a danger of wireless loud speakers being legally classified as public nuisances. The town council of Reading lias taken the initiative for 'Government sanction to a by-law providing' a five pounds penalty against anyone operating a loud speaker upon or near public places. The idea was to prevent wireless shops from attracting obstructive crowds but Rending like others throughout Britain transport the speakers into the garden during the summer evenings and find ideal ways of enjoying piogrammes. A legal authority is of opinion that before a householder can he prevented from using a loud speaker in his own garden, it would be necessary to obtain an injunction from a Court. Mere Council’s are powerless. Another Council, Sidoiip, threatens to emulate Rending. It classes outdoor wireless with Salvation Army Bands and (Boy Scouts’ Bugles, declaring these are instruments of torture and must bo stopped.