GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1928, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

Australian. Press Assn.—United Service

THE SUFFRAGIST LEADER

LONDON, June 14

Tho death is announced of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragist.—Aus. tralinn Press Association—United Service. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. AN IMPORTANT, JUDGMENT. LONDON, June 14. Tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment dismissing an appeal by the Board of * Trustees of tho Roman Catholic schools in Ontario, Canada. Lord Haldane described the case as .amongst the most important that they had before them from Canada in recent years. The case related to the education of Homan Catholics in Ontario. The Board of Trustees contended that certain statutes passed by the Legilaturo of Ontario and regulations passed under them were prejudicial to tho rights conferred by the British North America Act. They also contended that they had a right to

establish and conduct in their own schools courses of study and grades of education such as are conducted in continuation schools, collegiate institutions and high schools, and that all regulations to the contrary were invalid.

ATTACK ON PRINCE

DAGGER THROWN IN KOREA

TOKJO, Juno 14. Tho press ban has been lifted on the attempted assassination of Prince Kuni at Formosa on May 14. Details show that a Korean rushed at the Prince’s motor-car and threw a dagger at the Prince, who was not hurt. Mitsunoshin Kamiyama, GovernorGeneral of Formosa, has arrived at Toldo, and has tendered his resignation in consequence of the great responsibility placed on him. . - THE MANDATES GENEVA, June 15.

Sir Granville Ryrie (Australian High ■Commissioner) presented the Nauru report to the Mandates Commission of the League. He said that there was a dearth of Chinese labour. He pointed out that the Administrator held himself personally responsible for seeing that tho workers received satisfactory treatment, and seeing that the employers fulfilled their obligations. The Chinese there had- in 1927 remitted £12,500 of their savings to China. He outlined several schemes for ineulartwr a spirit of service and for character forming which were being carried out.

He also drew attention to the spirit with which the Nauruans were taking up games. The cinema there was under a strict censorship, and was proving of great educational value. There lias been n noticeable reduction in tho death rate in 1927 as compared wii'li 102 G, due to the untiring devotion of the medical service.

NIAGARA’S PASSENGERS. SUVA, June 15. The Niagara arrived to-day from Vancouver, en route for Auckland. The disembarked at Suva were Major R. D. Furse and Mr R. I. Robinson, whcf’proeeeds a. fortnight hence to Sydney to represent Britain at the Forestry Conference tlvere. They are now the guests of the Governor of Fiji, and will inspect the colony’s forests. Tho Fiji representative at the conference will he Mr Islay Maekowan (Secre-tary-of Native Affairs). A passenger by the Niagara to Auckland is Sir Jas Gunson. DR VORONOFF, LONDON, June 15. In tlie House of Commons, replying to Mr Bryant,/, Sir W. Joynso'n Hicks (Home Minister) said that no limit had been placed on the duration of Doctor Voronoff’s visit to England. The object of the visit/ lie said, was to give lectures at Cambridge and elsewhere. No license hadTieen given him to conduct experiments. RASPUTIN’S MURDER. • PARIS, June 15. Madame Doris Solovieff, the daughter of the Russian Monk Rasputin, who is represented by iVJ. Maurice Garon, a noted barrister, is claiming in the civil courts two hundred thousand pounds damages against Prince Felix Yussupoff, ‘.and the Grand Duke VTadimr Pnvlovitch for the assassination of her father in 1916.

Madame Doris Solovieff contends that Prince Yussupoff’s recent book, describing how Russia was rid of Rasputin, proves his responsibility for the crime.

The suit is being brought in France, because the parties' are resident there.

SLATER’S APPEAL. . LONDON, June 15. /

Oscar Slater has yielded to the advice of his friends and is allowing his appeal against his conviction for the murder of Miss Gilchrist in 1908, to continue. J Sir A. Conan Doyle says that he is sick and tired of the whole thing, but it would be absurd to call off when the chances of success are so good.