GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association. SCENES IN ANGLICAN CHURCH. LONDON, Feb. 19. A strong police force with difficulty coped with a mob of thousands at St. Cuthbert’s Church, where the scenes were the most disgraceful yet. Twelve hundred protesters inside the church, some standing on seats, demonstrated against the sung Eucharist, singing the 3Sth hymn loudly, and coughing and talking. Sixty of the Vicar’s supporters, deavouring to follow the Cm ate, Nm man Crawshaw’s celebration service, were drowned, though they persevered from 9.30 until noon. The Vicar mounted the pulpit and tried for two hours to preach, lie eventually brieflv delivered a message to his followers. amid a volume of hostile psaltnodv. concluding with the National Anthem. He proceeded home between lines of police, whom a hooting crowd of eight thousand charged, knocking the Vicar and several constables into a shrubbery. Mounted police rescued the Vicar. A skirmish near the vicarage followed, the crowd dispersing half an hour later. LATEST PARIS CRAZE. PARIS. Feh. 19. The latest novelties include a midnight theatre near the Opera House, with a large swimming hath in the basement, and a large hotel where smart hostesses are arranging bathing parties. The guests arrive in bathing costumes and greatcoats. Next yeai a beach of heated saml will he installed, and the bathers will take ultraviolet rays and sun batlis. The new vogue is typified by a dross parade of 30 mannequins i» bathing dresses. J APANESF. KLECTIONS. TOKYO, Feh. 20. To-day the first general election under the extended suffrage laws is absorbing public interest. The polling commenced early in the morning, am is proceeding orderly, although excitement increased. It is generally expected that the Suyakai Party will exceed the Alinseito, hut will be unable to secure ail absolute majority of the parties. ' PRINCE AH' SCHOOL. STRUCK BY THE CONDUCTOR. LONDON. Feh. 18. ‘•Look here, don’t let us have any formal programme. I just want to see the hoys and girls. ’ This was the Prince of Wales’s first remark to the headmaster on arrival at West bourne School. The Prince was in a jovial humour and " seemed to become a happy schoolboy himself. The children listened to his delightful speech with rapt attention and then the Prince listened to the children singing songs like “John | Brown’s Body," and “Here’s *a Health ( Unto Your Majesty." and when the conductor accidentally hit the Prince’s hat. it was the Prince who led the laughter with the remark: “It’s a good iob it is a hard one. ’ PRAYER BOOK REVISION. LONDON. Feh. 17. The next stages of the Prayer Book i are firstly, the House of Bishops revision. beginning on A!arch 1 ; secondly. the joint session of both Houses • of Convocation, beginning on March , 28. at which it will he decided dT the measure will ho submitted to the Church Assembly; thirdly, the final approval stage at a special session of [he Assembly on April 26. MOSCOW ON RATIONS. LONDON, Feb. 20. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin corI respondent says that Moscow is being , rationed on a drastic card system including butter, tea, eggs and macaroni. A 1 embers of co-operative societies arc being allowed double and are also allowed to buy rice and potatoes, which is denied to the rest of the population. Meanwhile clothes arc' unobtainable in town shops as the manufactures are being sent to the country in the hope ot inducing tk' peasants to exchange coins for them. The shadow of Trotsky still hangs over Aloscow, many believing that the , new troubles are traceable to sabotage bv supporters of the exiled ’1 rotsky.