BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 July 1920, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association., AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. (Received this day at 9.4 U a.in.) Y LLi'RVRLiiFN, July' 28. —I'arer and iVicintosh. started to-day flora Sourabaya for Binia. (Rarer and .Mclntosh, despite the long period and hairbreath escapes, are determined, if possicle, to reach Australia by aeroplane.) SCHOONER IN DISTRESS. Received this day at 10.55 p.m. SYDNEY, This Day.— The four-masted schooner W. E. Burnham, bound from Wellington to Newcastle, was picked up in distress near Seal Rock and towed to Newcastle.

WHEAT INVESTIGATION. SYDNEY, This Day.—A medical report says that Georgeson is seriously ill with neurasthenia. If he gave evidence before the Wlmat Commission it would imperil his chance of recovery. The Premier made no‘ comment. INDUSTRIAL PEACE. MELBOURNE, This Day.— Mr Hughes introduced in tfie House of Representatives the Industrial Peace Bill, which was read a first time. It applies to industrial matters extending beyond the limbs of one State, and provides for the establishment of councils and local ‘boards equally representative of employers and employees in the same fashion as the Whitley Council.

150 OUT OF 10,000. TEHERAN, July 27. General Tolstoff commanding the Cossack army in the Urals has arrived with 150 Cossacks and fifteen women and children in an emaciated and desperate condition. They are the last remnant of ten thousand who returned to the Urals before the Bolshevik onrush in early Spring. They made their way on the ice down the Volga, and trekked thence across country to Teheran. MINISTERS ACCUSED. Received this day at 9.55 a.m. TOKIO, July 28.—Disorder broke out during the session of the Diet, when the Minister for Finance, Takahishi, and other Ministers submitted their records, denying the allegations that they had indulged in stock gambling. It has been decided to send the member who made the allegations before a Disciplinary Coinmittee, on a charge of

raaking false accusations. (Received this day at 10.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day.— The University is holding a religion and life week from September 20th to 26th, with the object of presenting every student with the Christian ideal of life. Referring to the recent commemoration process.on Professor David said it was a reflection on the students’ homes, rather than that of the University. ISLAND SERVICE. • SYDNEY, This Day.—Mr. Hughes announced the new Island contract for twelve months from August first with . Burns, Philp for £40,000 for a three-weekly service to Papua, Rabaul and Solomon Islands, and a two monthly service to Lord Howe, Norfolk and the New Hebrides.