BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1927, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[nr TELEGRAM —PEIt MESS ASSOCIATION.] BISHOP’S BAN ON DANCING. LONDON. Feb. 27. “A greater <ltu.se for anxiety than ball dresses which are immodest, suggestive and an open incentive to passion is the senseless infatuation for the endless excitement of daiiling;” fi says the Catholic Bishop of Derry in Lent pastoral. “It is a corrupt plague spreading rapidly, dealing ruin to many homes. Some dances Unit ate the excited organs of savages. They are not merely an incitement to Sin but are so immodest th.it they cannot be witnessed without sin. Until we see this danger of corruption ending, I forbid Priests to promote dances for any purpose:” ARTIST DEAD. ' LONDON, Feb. 27. $ Obituary—-Sir Luke I*ikies, K.C., Y. 0.. artist, aged eighty-three. PRAYER ROOK REVISION. J LONDON, Feb. 27. The National Church League strongly opposes the revised prayer book as sanctioning church disunion and coirupting protesSDntisni by facilitating the restoration of mass, permitting the reservation of consecrated bread and wine under conditions leading to idolatrous worship thereof, opening the way to the revival of the doctrine of purgatory LENTEN PASTORAL. LONDON. Feb. 2/. ' Catholic Bishop Hoare of Armagh, in a. Lenten fftstoral says—‘‘Tlie first abuse which should he corrected m the Lenten season is woman’s abominable dress. Satan made no mistake in subjecting the fairest of creation to ridicule the sin ol perdition. . It brings a blush to the check to find that grave mothers and pious daughters cause scandal in order to present theif beflutiful appearance. Woman had never degraded herself fls m tlie present costumes, which lower her below the lowest family and suggests the loss and all regard for purity. cannot have a clean race until she is restored to her former dignity. lill then do-jiot, let her approach the Holy of Holies,”

AFRICAN FLAG, CAPETOWN, Feb. 27. The flag question entered a new phase. A commission being appointed by the Government submitted a report but meantime the flag committee orginisation representing the English speaking section interviewed the Government, strongly urging » the Union Jack is not included, the BUI should not he proceeded with. I tie Minister of Interior has now issued a statement that the Government >s impressed by the importance of settling the question, but strongly desired it should be settled by consent, it possible. It invited the co-operation of the flag committee with the Government flag commission in discussing various designs.

INDUSTRIAL FAIR. LONDON, Feb. 27. The first week’s sales of the British Industries fair at London exceeded a fortnight’s of last year. British typewriters exceeded a quarter of a million sterling. Orders received by a Birmingham section amounted to a million aiul a half sterling.

ADMIRAL BEATTY. LONDON, Feb. 27. The “Dailv Express” understands that Admiral Beatty is about to retire from the First Lordship. It is most probably Sir Roger Keys will succeed him ' BRITISH REPLY. LONDON, Feh, 27, The British reply to President Coolidge’s proposals will be presented at Washington to-morrow. When Sir A. Chamberlain made a statement ill the Commons,, he silted the Dominions replies were almost unanimously unfavourable to any limitation of Britain s cruiser .strength. Canada alone considered President Coolidge’s plan sympathetically, but Brithin not desiring tu embarrass Mr Coolidge by a negative reply will try to obtain the Dominions assent to a conference of Britain. United States and yjapm with agenda carefully limited, in order to exclude the possibility of a reduction of the present cruiser strength. A VATICAN MOVE. PARIS, Feb. 27. Possibly the Vatican will join the League of Nations. It is freely rumoured the Paff.il Nuncio conferred with M. Briaml and it is believed the subject was discussed. A NEW CRIME. BERLIN, Feb. 27. A new crime known as literary high treason is established as the result of a series of judgments at Leipzig. Trials arose from the condemnation of four Communist books, but tlie tribunal extended Liability for these to an amazing extent, imposing heavy sentences and fines ou booksellers., owners ol printing works, foreman, clerk, compositors and even messengers, bolding all should have recognised the matter as seditious; yet no action was taken ami inst the actual- authors. " EFFECTS OF BAD ALCOHOL. BERLIN, Feb. 27. Lawyer Bitterfield gave a large birthday party. The host and guests became seriously ill and the lawyer died in a few minutes and thirteen guests are ait present blind. It is all attributed to the bad alcohol contained in a liqueur from Poland.

DOCTOR’S VERDICT. PARTS, Feb. 27. A doctor who completed a post mortem on Mav Daniels states there was no indication of violence. He suggests that d/ith was connected with a - hypodermic needle found near the body. STEAMER SINKS. LONDON, Feb. 28. A Greek steamer, the Stenies, struck a rock off Lands End in storniv ewather. and sank in ten minutes. The third engineer, who was picked up clinging to a lifeboat, says that the crew launched a lifeboat, but it cap- . sized. All except himself and a fire- . man were immediately drowned. The ; fireman later relaxed his bold, and was . drowned. The engineer was rescued by a fish- . ing smack after being many hours in the water amid darkness. ENGLISH RAILWAY SMASH. LONDON. February 28. When the Manchester-London express was travelling at forty miles an hour, she crashed into ail engine at Renistone, near Sheffield. fhirty-two people were injured in the collision, the majority only slightly. By wonderful good fortune, none of the carriages was derailed. LANDSLIDES DEMOLISH TOWN. LONDON, Fob. 27. The Daily News’ Paris correspondent says: “Further landslides have practically wiped out Roquebilliers, wTTere slides ere cabled on 2dtb. Nov. Falling boulders have demolished a dozen houses and the village church, hospital and town liall were all destroyed.