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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 11 June 1919, Page 4

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1 NEWS IN BRIER., : , ' Melbourne, June 9. It is announced that when the battle- J ship Australia was ordered io leave , ; Fremantle some members of the crew ! refused duty, aa they wished to delay 1 their departure in order to entertain , their friends. Petty officers got up , steam, and the vessel proceeded to sea, ] where she was stopped and the men j ordered to their posts. This order they , obeyed. Later seven were sentenced to } ninety days’ imprisonment, and the | others will be court-martialled. ; . Capetown, June 8. In the Assembly the Hon. Colonel 'H.-j Mentz communicated the contents of a ; cablegram from the Secretary of State, J announcing the Imperial gift of aero- > planes (not exceeding one hundred) to any Dominion requiring machines, the object being to assist the Dominions in establishing an aerial force, thereby j developing the defence of the Empire ■ by air. London, June 8. j In the House of Commons, in reply to a question, General' Seeley stated that the Government was presenting some of the surplus aeroplanes to the Dominions for postal and similar services. The Jews are raising a million sterling for a college memorial, including the endowment of a college of Jewish learning St Oxford or Cambridge. . Paris, June 8. Prior to quitting Riga, the Bolshe- ' viks indulged in a reign of terror. About .1780 were.executed out of 20,000 inhabitants who were sentenced to death. ; Sydney, June 9. Three minesweepers, the Geranium, < Marguerite, and Mallow, have arrived ! cn route to New Zealand. After a few j days’ stay for replenishing they will i steam direct to Cook Strait and com- j nicnce sweeping. They are each of .1000 tons, and are high powered, up-to-date vessels. Washington, June 9. j General Pershing has asked to be al*j lowed to take part in the Atlanitc flight of the R 34. The airship is expected to start, from the .East Fortune I aerodrome, near Edinburgh, about the. 14th June. Tlie whole of the crew will 1.0 composed of officers, who are conti-' dent, of the success of the voyage. London, June 9. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Stockholm correspondent says that according to the Finnish staff reports, the Russian < Bolsheviks have entered Finland at Systerback. A dozen parishes in Viborg have declared a state of war. Vienna, June 8. i Refugees from Western Hungary do- b scribe as a bath of blood the events following on the defeat of 4000 antiBolshevik peasants at Kolderhof, near Odenburg, London, June 8. i A sensational “unwritten law” case has been heard. Bodmin Nicholls, a miner, was acquitted of a charge of -j the man slaughter of Captain Sehiff. who figured in the Billie Ca"ricton case. Sehiff was a notorious profligate, and duriHg a holiday tried to lure Nieholls’ 1 daughter, J 7 years old, to London by , f means of immoral letters. Nieholls interviewed Sehiff; a fight resulted, and Sehiff died. % The Freedom of the. City of London has been conferred on the Prince of Wales. In his response,* the Prince said he would never regret his service overseas. “In those four years I mixed with men,” lie said, “I found my manhood. ’ ’ i The Duke of Abereorn is selling liis estates in Ireland (about 20,000 acres), and is emigrating to South Africa. Sydney. June 9. There were seventeen, deaths from influenza during the week-end. Brisbane, June 9. There is an epidemic of influenza at Barambah aboriginal station. Sixty- - nine deaths have occurred. London, June 9. Oil borings near 'Newark have been sanctioned. Melbourne, June 9. The clothing factories in the city of the Barnet, Goldstein Company and the Leroy Manufacturing Company were destroyed by fire. The damage runs into many thousands.