BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(Australian it N.Z. Cable Association.) FAITH CONFERKNCE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LAUSANNE, Aug. Id. The Faith and Order Conference has a most difficult task considering tho committee’s reports. The Bishop of Bombay CDr Palmer) said Calvin made a most amazing mistake trying to reform the church oil the pattern of the Apostolic age, minus apostles. The Church was not a democracy, but a monarchy of which Christ was King. Or Scherer, of the American Lutheran Church, declared that before a reunion of Protestant and Catholic Churches, a constitutional episcopate might he possible, though the growth of unity was independent of outward forms, but lie feared that the theory of the Apostolic Succession would lead to the acknowledgement of the Pope’s supremacy.

Critics anticipate the delicate question of the number of sacra incuts to be observed, will prove a stumbling block to the desire for unity. One touching incident was recorded when a Norwegian delegate, Reverend Hertzeherg, who is dying, realised lie could not live through tile night and handed over an address to a friend, who read it after his death, ail the members of the Conference standing with bowed heads.

AN AERIAL MAIL TO U.S.A. BERLIN, Aug. 11. The aeroplanes Bremen and Enropn left for America. Enough mail matter was offering to fill three giant planes, despite the charge of 23s for each item. BRITISH MINERS' ACTION. LONDON, Aug./ 13. Mr A. J. Cook, Miners’ Secretary, in a rallying speech in Durham appealed to tho miners to co-operate in the movement to smash the Eight Hour Day Act. He declared that human endurance had reached its limits and this was an occasion not for patience hut for action. Jt was a choice between starvation wages or closing the pits, compelling tho nation to pay miners a living wage. He was not willing to await the advent of a Labour Government. They might starve be. fore that happened. He was organising a revolt from Lands End to John o’ Groats in order to arouse the tvorkers to united action. BIG BROTHER. MOVEMENT. LONDON. Aug. Lb Lord Galway, Chairman of the Big Brother movement has written to Sir I John Higgitk, appealing to the slm.ro- * holders of the B.A.AV.R.A. for a donation of 10s, per cent, totalling £175,000 for helping to send to Australia, firstly, ex-service men’s children, and secondly, potential farming settlers. The letter points out that the B.A.AV.R.A. shareholders received £230,000,C00 of which £33.000,000 represent surpluses above the war price of wool and another £7,300,000 is distributable 1 . Ho points out that New Zealand wool growers donated £210,000 war profits for the benefit of children of the mercantile marine sufferers, and a similar contribution Firm B.A.AV.R.A. would exceed £4,000,000.