BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

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TROUBLE WITH MOSLEMS. CALCUTTA. June It

An ugly outbreak was narrowly averted in the city. Owing to the resentment of Moslems elaborate precautions were taken at Ilakrid festival, where they were determined to sacrifice cows in the Mosque .situated in the heart of the Hindu, locality. Armoured ears and large numbers of police were rushed to the scene and after some hours the mobs dispersed, with only minor casualties.

TRAGEDY AT BALL. NEW YOU K, June If

News from Porto Alege states that eleven merry-makers, mostly women and children, were killed, and twentyseven wounded, by a detachment of sol diets who were refused admission to a hall at Monohay, in Brazil. 'I soldiers fired on the dancers. Those alleged to he responsible have been arrested.

DRAMAITC SUI!IIENDED. PARTS, June I:!. The surrender to the police of M. Leon Daubet (Royalist Leader) was most dramatic. A procession of motor ears drove through the police cordon. M. Clieappe, the new Prefect of Police, stepped up and shouted—“ I want to speak to Daubet.” Thereupon the Royalist Lender appeared on the balcony, being haggard and intensely fatigued. Prefect Clieappe, said—“ Daubet, I am speaking to you as man to man. You must surrender, ns the blood which you may spill will not bring hack to life your hoy.”

For a few moments both faced each other. Hundreds of onlookers hurst into tears.

Then M. Daubet replied: “Monsieur Prefect, you have used human language. I know that the forces behind me do not wish to cause bloodshed, or to cause civil war. I surrender! ”

CHINESE DISASTER. 500 DROWNED. SHANGHAI, June 1-1. Five hundred Chinese were drowned at Swntow, a Southern seaport, when a ferry crossing the harbour capsized owing to the passengers crowding to one side, as the ferry swung on a strong tide, to recover a small package dropped overboard. A majority of the bodies were recovered. JEROME K. JEROME DEAD. LONDON, June 11. Obituary.—Jerome K. Jerome. EGYPTIAN CRISIS ENDED. CAIRO, June 14.

Sarwat has presented a satisfactory reply to Lie British Note, and the crisis is regarded ns ended.

ALBANIAN-J UGO-SLAV II,.TFT.l I ,.TFT. PARIS, June M. A telegram from Belgrade announces the Albanian Minister has received his passports, and departs on loth. .Tun?, thus breaking off Albanian-.Jugo Slavian diplomatic relations. BRITISH TRADE. LONDON, June 11. Imports increased by £15,186,000, exports by £17,512,000 and re-exports by £4,819,000. The principal increased imports are: Grain and flour £2,576,000, food and drink noil-dutiable £1,279,000, dutiable £1,815,000, oilseeds £1,092,000,' iron and steel manufactures £1,268,000; exports—coal £3,015,000, iron and steel manufactures £2,025,000, machinery £1,421,000, cotton and yarn manufactures £2,104,000, woollen and worsted yarns £1,187,000, vehicles £1,175,000.

AMERICA'S NEEDS. NEW YORK, June 14. Af Hammond (Indiana), President Coolidge dedicated the Wicker War Memorial, which is a recreation centre in the heart of the industrial section of the town. He declared America’s present needs were increased educational advantages and crime suppression, old fashioned religious devotions, work for unskilled labour and patriotism at the ballot box. President Coolidge emphasised his points by tracing the developments of the United States during the past decades, and dwelt on the prosperity achieved. Ho pointed out what he considered was still needed. At the conclusion of his speech President Coolidge and his wife resumed their journey to Blackhills, South Dakato, for their vacation.

A SPORTING VENTCRE. LONDON, Juno 14. In “Dinkum Aussie,” a Twelve ton, 33feet ex-pilot sailing cutter, Robert Kermodo and Fred Cillinges, of Melbourne, members of the St. Kilda Dinghy Club set out from Bergen tomorrow for Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, New York and Melbourne. It is purely a sporting venture.

SHIPPING STRIKE. MANILA. June 14. (•Shipping in Manila Harbour is badly crippled by a strike. Thousands of deck workers are demanding higher wages. It is feared the strike will likely spread to other labourers and tie shipping up entirely.

COST OF CHINA FORCES. LONDON, June 14. Captain King replying to a question estimated the British forces in China were costing a quarter of a million sterling monthly.

A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES. PARIS. June 14. “Tie Petit Journal” relates an extraordinary series of tragedies at Nice. A man attempted suicide and was taken to the hospital. Her husband motored at night to fetch her sister-in-law. With two male friends in the car he collided with another and his car fell into a. river, the three men being drowned. The conductor of a motor coach recovered the bodies. The motor coach was restarted and had only gone a few hundred yards when there was a crash. It was discovered the coach had run down and killed a man pushing a hand-cart on which was lying an invalid who was severely injured.