BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

drug smugglers. BERLIN, Oct. G. The German and British police are co-operating in various countries and have unearthed an international drugsmuggling organisation. An elegantly dressed Russian woman emigre from Marseilles was in tho habit of meeting a Russian from Hong Kong. Both were searched, and a large amount of luggage revealed much heroin. The woman wore petticoats with twentytwo pockets for packets. A search of the flats of the woman’s acquaintances I revealed the key to the strongbox of a I Berlin Bank, in which was discovered a correspondence code for communicating with each other.

PAPAL AUDIENCE. POME, Oct. 0. The Pope received the Lord Mayor of London in audience. His Holiness blessed all living in London and the British Empire generally. migration proposals. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. G. Lord Stanley, of Alderly, presi- I ded at a conference of the Voluntary Migration Society at the Colonial Institute, convened by Coinmis- I sioner Lamb, who moved that Great Britain support the dependents of men in training to migrate. He de- I dared that whereas fourteen millions could have been spent under the Overseas Settlement Act, only three millions thus far had been spent. He I urged the Government which he esti- I mated was paying 50s weekly for maintenance of men at training centres, but' only paid voluntary societies Iss weekly to entirely recoup the societies. He added ho did not believe the dole was preventing migration. Parker, of the British Legion advocated the extension of the age of trainees from 35s to 40s.

Sir Geo. Mac Minn referring to the fact that charged mounting up handicapped the West Australian group settlement, said Britain ought to finance families until they were self supporting.

■Major Cohen of the British Legion, wng Of the opinion that the Australian scheme was failing owing to settlers being placet! on "unsuitable pntcliy^land. ' Mr Angwin replied that such criticism applied to land all over the world. People were placed on poorer land because they arrived before preparations were completed. The Government was now linking up poorer to better land. He urged settlers to bo trained in the use of the axe.

Sir A. Pickford advocated that boys should be trained overseas, after careful testing of qualifications in Britain.

Lord Lovat replying, explained they were unable to support the dependants of trainees, owing to the limitations of the legislation. Ho denied that the Government was spending 50s weekly on maintenance. It wns nearer 41s. They could not hand over the whole cost of maintenance to voluntary societies, because it would bo a negation of the Government. He emphasised the belief that the Dominions were sympathetic to Britain’s problem and hope to eliminate the difficulties.

Gladys Pott, emphasising the difficulties of placing women overseas, urged Societies to aim at the extension of the nomination system. She also urged the education of both girls and parents regarding the possibilities of the Dominions, which would greatly benefit by migration of well educated people to participate in the development of the Empire.

Canon Pugh, a Queenslander, suggested girls be sent out in small groups and established in suitable districts where they would be able to supply fresh eggs, fowls and garden produce to the cities. He good women migrants would help to rniso the whole tone of Australia. DEMPSEY LOSES CAR.

CHICAGO Sept. 30. Dempsey has lost his motor car as well as the championship by the Chicago decision. So certain was he that his employer would win, the ex-champion’s chaffeur not only bet all his own money, but threw in the motor ns well. Now Dempsey is looking for a new Car and the police are looking for the chauffeur.

GERMAN ’PLANE DOWN. LONDON, Oct. G. A British United Press message from Lisbon states the mystery of Junker’s whereabouts is cleared up. It is revealed the plane was forced down near Torres, Vedras, last night. The crew had a narrow escape from disaster, after a thrilling adventure. Engine trouble developed 35 miles north of Lisbon. A thick fog was lying over the coast and Pilot Loose, was compelled to hover over the beach for half an ’ hour, his companions meantime dropping Verey lights. These attracted the attention of fishermen who shout- ' ed a warning against landing owing to the presence of rocks. The pilot changed direction and landed on the sea, a short distance from the rocks. Pishing smacks put out and towed the seaplane out to sea. The crew are uninjured. It is revealed the plane carries as passenger an Austrian actress, Frau Dillenz.

CAPE FLAG. CAPETOWN, Oct. 5. The Union Premier, Mr Hertzog, speaking on the flag question at Bloemfontein, said that if the Flag Bill were defeated at the Referendum, the Nationalists would regard it as evidence that their independence was being ridiculed by the British jingoes, and the result would be that the Union Jack would become an object of detestation to the Dutch in South Africa,

.(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association,

NAVAL LIMITS. LONDON. Oct. 5. “The Times” Toltio correspondent states that Baron Snito has confirmed the statement that ho has recommended that tho Government of Japan should propose the holding of a second tri-partite naval conference, but he is not aware whether Japan will act on this recommendation. lie added that any conference would be useful, even if it were held two years before the Washington Treaty Powers meet in 1931 because an earlier agreement is I required if progress is to bo made with I Britain’s mayor proposals regarding tho size of battleships, which appealed to Japan on the ground of economy. I

■ ✓ AUSTRALIAN LOANS. r s LONDON, Oct. G. Concerning tho present agitation in New York for a wider field for Australian Loan flotation in New York, coupled with the New York bankers’ opinion, it is understood that an important official opinion on the subject has been forwarded to Mr Bruce from London. It is interesting to note that the whole of the proceeds of the last New York flotation have now l>een transferred to London, where there i* a conjecture of Mr But- j let’s reference to eighteen millions of a shortage. The Australian Loan requirements foreshadows an early approach either to London or to New York, or to both. It is understood I that there is no probability of such a move before November, if then.

and then the struggle for their own flag would bo waged more than ever with vigour and bitterness, and the verdict would banish the Union Jack for ever from South African national affairs.

The press describes the Premier’s speech as closing the last door to a rapprochement.

OBITUARY. LONDON, Oct. G. Obituary.—Charles Morris Woodford, British resident Commissioner in Solomon Islands SOVIET’S MISTAKE. LONDON, Sept. 30. Soviet frontier guards on the RussaPolisli border, says the Riga correspondent of “Daily News,” mistaking in a fog a Soviet ’plane for a foreign- ! er, shelled and brought it down. The pilot was seriously injured. The guards officer has been arrested. GUNS AND RAZORS IN LONDON FIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 30. Guns, razors, fire engines and several policemen figured in a gang figlit here last night when two men were seriously hurt. About 50 men were engaged in the battle and many revolver shots were fired.

Alarmed at the serious nature of the conflict a passer-by broke a fire alarm and six engines were quickly on the scene. By this time police had arrived in force and the rioters fled before the firemen could bring the hoses into action. The trouble began in a dance hall some nights previously, hut it was smoothed over, and only broke out again when the hotels closed last night. THE NEW WAY. LONDON, Oct. G.

A sign of the times was the appearance of a tootling pedestrian in Southampton. It was a small hut noisy motor horn attached to a walking stick and sounded a blast of warning to motorists that a pedestrian was about to cross the road. This is regarded as having a distinct bearing on the oft-talk-of question. Soon police court proceedings may furnish a variation of: “Did you sound tho blast before being run over? ”