BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1926, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] NINE BODIES RECOVERED. TOKYO, Aug. 13. Nine bodies were, recovered of thirty buried in the land slide at Wijunorts, Korea. EXPLOSION AT BUDAPEST. BUDAPEST, Aug. 12. Tho city of Budapest and the countryside have been shaken by a great explosion in the Weiss Munition Works. Enormous stores of explosives discharged with thunderous reports. Houses were unroofed two miles away, 'flic extent of the damage is unknown, as tho telegraph and telephone lines are down in all directions: but it must bo enormous. 'There is a great lire raging. This prevents access to the. scene. It is known that ’fourteen were killed. The works belonged to the Manfred Weiss Cov., and consisted of more than one hundred buildings, situated for safety, on Ossepe Island, near Budapest. Here most of the Austro-Bul-garian munitions were made in wartime, when these works employed sixty thousand men. The plant was the biggest in the dual monarchy.

LATER.. The explosion casualties were 2-t killed and two hundred injured.

QUKEN.SI.AND CONTRACT. LONDON. August 13. Tho paper “ Modern Transport ” announces that despite severe American and Dutch competition. Ferguson Bros, of Glasgow, have .secured a £58,000 contract for two hopper barges for Brisbane harbour. THE SUBMARINE, TRAGEDY. LONDON. August 12. The sunken submarine has been drydocked. Six bodies were recovered. DRIVERf,ESS TRAIN ACCIDENT. LONDON, August 13. At the inquiry into the driverless train accident on August oth evidence showed the control handle of the electric train had been tied with a handkerchief, apparently belonging to the driver. Who was found dead on tho line. The effect was to depress the handle, and thus allow the control to he left with full power on though the motorman was absent. Doctors gave evidence that tlhe driver’s death was due to his bead striking the bridge while lie was leaning out.

CROP FAILURE. CAPETOWN, August 12. The farmers are badly bit by tlie failure of the maize crop. None is available for export this year, there being only sufficient for local requirements. DUTY ON BEER. LONDON. Aug. 12. Lamenting the high duty on beef at a brewery company meeting, the Cbainna,n, Sir William Butler, said that the consumption of wine nor head had increased nearly fifty per ' inL over that of 1914. This was due to the alcoholic contents of wine bearing a rate of duty approximately* Ln 1 f that on beer, and one point six that on spirits. He was unable to understand why foreign products like wine should obtain this huge preference over homeproduced beer and spirits, unless, it was due to a strange British weakness for encouraging foreigners at the espouse of home producers.

TURKISH BAN. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 12. The police headquarters have ordered the Foreign Chambers of Commerce tc cease their operations immediately. Tlie ban had been threatened for some time past, but it was not thought that it would ever be enforced, as the Government had been considering whethci to apply tho Turkish laws to foreign chambers, or to permit operations in conformity with international obligations.

NIAGARA I,EAVES SUVA. SUVA, Aug. 14The Niagara sailed at , last night. She was delayed by engine trouble. MR COOK’S APPEAL. [“ Sydney Sun ” Cables.j (Received this day at 9.0 a.m.'. LONDON, Aug. 13. Mr Cook appealed to the Premier to confer with the miners with a view to a settlement based on a 7-hour day national agreement, with a national minimum wage. TRAIN SMASH. (Received this day nt 9.0 a.m.) BERLIN, Aug. 13. Twelve persons were killed and thirty injured at Langeback in Bavaria, by the derating of a train from Berlin. Three coaches were overturned.