BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1927, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

THE POPE’S BAN. PARIS, Jan. 9. The Pope is charging the Roculist daily newspaper “Faction Francaise” with an absence of respect for papal authority, an attitude of revolt and scorn for tho truth. He Idas placed tho newspaper and certain works of tho editor, Alaurras, upon the index of expurgatorius. The Pope recalls that Pope Puis N decided to ban the newspaper, but postponed action. Ho is now enforcing the ban owing to criticisms of the Pope’s approval of lCranee’s peace policy conveyed to M. Boumergue on .January Ist. INTERCEPTING AIESSAGES. PARIS, Jan. 8. A A’ienua correspondent mentions a new instance of tho interception or Anglo-American telephoning. The owner of a three valve set occupying a house in a noisy street iu tho centre of the city, tuned in and heard every word and even passed on part of the conversation to the local newspaper. By placing tho receiver of his set against the mouthpiece of the telephone he connected with the newspaper.

AVI R ELESS TR A NSAIISSION. PARIS, Jan. 9. Marconi’s, in conjunction with the Austrian Broadcasting Coy are inaugurating an Austro-Germnn wireless transmission of photographs and bills of exchange. It is expected the system will shortly be extended to Britain. SOVIET AIOVK. PARIS, Jan. 9. A Riga correspondent states the Soviet is fearing an improvement of the Anglo-Chine.se relations and is issuing daily statements exposing Britain’s subtle attempt to hoodwink the revolution with tho memorandum. STEPHEN AVALSH. LONDON, January 9. The ex-War Minister, Stephen Walsh, was elected President of the Lnncn-shire-Cheshire miners. Tho newspapers point out that it marks a new era in miners’ organisation likely to have farrcaching repercussions. A COSTLY LOSS. LONDON, .January 9. The loss of a railway plan in a cab necessitating a costly expedition to Africa was revealed by the death of Fox (cabled on 9th) who successfully * undertook the stupendous task of bridging Yictoria Falls. Arriving in London after a survey be drove to a restaurant telling the cab-driver to wait and. over-tired, dozed. He realised that he had left bis plans in the cab and dashed outside to find it gone. It was never traced and the re-survev cost .€4.900 sterling.

PHILIPPINE FIRE. AfANTLA. Jan. 10.

A fire destroyed four city blocks in Afanila. The damage is two million pesos.

Five thousand people have been rendered homeless.

TANT-AfEN'S STRIKE. PARIS. Jan. 7. For the first time for years, the streets were without the fearsome bonk associated with Paris taxis on the occasion of a three hours’ strike while the drivers attended a protest meeting against the decree empowering gendarmes to fine them on the spot for minor breaches of the regulations. The drivers declare that they will not tolerate the decree- because they have no faith in the gendarmes,