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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 July 1920, Page 4

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NEWS IN BRIEF. London, July 18. The Berlin eorrespjmdent of the "Daily Expre-s'’ states that Prince Joachim, the ex-Kaiser’s youngest son (aged 30). committed suicide at Potsdam. The Prince shot himself. tic wo- removed to a hospital, where Indied on Saturday night, four hoars later, ills wife left him at Christmas. Prince Joachim had been gambling heavily in Switzerland. Sensational revelations were promised ia divorce proceedings, which Princess Maria ot Aaliaulr instituted. Christiania. July IS. Tht* newspaper “A ft enpo.-ten ” states that Amundsen ’s expedition pas.-ed two hard winters in a new land and explored near <V.ar Nicholas 11. Land. Amundsen met with an accident, j falling from the ship to the ice. and breaking an arm. He also had a narrow escape ia a light with a bear. New York, July 18. The "New York Times'' Toku* corespondent states that the Japanese War Office announced that an agreement suspending hostilities ia Western' Transbaikalia was signed on Thursday between the Jai'anese and Verkhnoudiiisk tiovernmeats. pending the completion of the negotiations going on betwe.-n the Russo-Japanese committees in Siberia. Hohart, July 19. The Prince of Wales has arrived, and was enThnsiasTically welcomed. The route of the Koval procession was gailydecorated. and was lined by many thousands of people. A London message states that Mr Rhode- Disher. a Fellow o' the Royal Geographical Society-, has appealed for a thousand British subjects who are willing to work two hours a day. dress in light clothing, and cat plainly, to accompany- him to Samoa and the Marquesas Islands and live the simple life. Six. hundred have already applied. There i- no improvement in the gas strike position at Melbourne, but the point.' of difference are gradually diminishing. The companies arc- utilising volunteer labour, but. are experiencing a shortage of coal. A message from Mexico City states that, following an unsuccessful rebel attack at Monterey. Generals Pablo Gonjcalf.- and Carlos Garcia were ar-re-ted. by order of the President.