BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 August 1920, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) POPE’S ACCIDENT. Received this nay at 1 a.m. ROME, August 14. —The Pope slipped on the waxed floor while walking from his bedtoom to the library, slightly injuring his knee. BUBONIC PLAGUE. PARIS,' August 15.—There has been four cases, one being fatal, . of bubonic plague in the city, x recautions have been taken to prevent, tne spread of the disease. FREIGHT INCREASES. (Received this day at 10.55 a.m.) OTTAWA, August 14. —The Government Railway Board has authorised substantial freight tariff increases, in some cases. AUSTRALIAN WINS. ANTWERP. August 15.—Kent and Hughes of Australia won the heat in the four hundred metres hurdles in 5/ .seconds. They were defeated .in the semi-final. Hunt won the heat for 100 metres.

MINERS FOR DOMINION. LONDON, August 14. —Owing to a crisis in the Cornish tin mining industry thirty miners have sailed for New , Zealand under a three years’ engagement to a mining company there.OLYMPIC GAMES. ANTWERP, August 15.—King George has sent a message to the Empire’s competitors in 'the Olympic Games wishing them v good luck. Sweden has four hundred competitors and America comes next. New Zealand is last. » GREECE’S PREMIER. ATHENS, August 15.—The attack on Venizelos is causing popular demonstrations, also reprisal attacks on. ahti-Yeni-zoiosists. Several of their houses and newspaper offices have been wrecked and set on fire. The ex-Premier, Dragoumes, was fatally shot. MEMORIAL TO NORFOLKS. LONDON, August 14,—The King contemplates the erection of a memor- * ial on Gallipoli to the lost Legion of Norfolks which mysteriously disappeared. The majority of the men work- ‘ ed on the Royal estates at Sandringham. FRUIT COMBINE. LONDON, August 14. —Leading Loudon and provincial fruit and vegetable firms have amalgamated under the name o c Fruit Produce Exchange, with a capital of £1,125,000. They also propose to establish subsidiary com panies in America and Australia. SHIPPING ON THE DANUBE. LONDON, August 15.—The Sunday Express states that a British syndicate including shipowners and bankers has bought out three German commutes controlling ninety per cent of the shipping interests of the Danube comprising IGO steamers, barges and tugs. MUNITION FACTORY EXPLODES.

LONDON, August 14.—A terrific explosion occurred in a factory at Luaon, where ammunition was being broken down. Over a million rounds of cartridges were destroyed. The explosions continued for three hours. No one was killed, but six were injured. JAPAN’S VIEWS. TOXIC, August 15.—Japan is expected to soon call a naPonal mass meeting of its citiwns to obtain their views on foreign affairs, owing to the increasing gravity of the international situation. The Japanese Pi ess considers that the Chinese Cabinet is decidedly pro-American and anti-Japa-nese in sentiment. PRINCE AND INDIA. NEW YORK. August 15.—An article stating that advices has, been received by the New York branch of „nitt i i ■ j ■

a well-known London bank having an important financial interest in India, to the effect that the British Government has decided that it would not be-advisable for the Prince of Wales to visit India until conditions became more settled. EXPLOSION ON BARGE. LONDON, August 15.—An explosion occurred on the barge “Dorcas” carrying to Woolwich 450 barrels of petroleum, and both cargo and barge were totally burned, while six othet barges were sot afire and damaged. The captain of the “Dorcas” is mis-

sin'i and two of the sailors have been sent into hospital suffering from severe burns. MONSTER GAME DRIVE. CAPETOWN, August 15—Five hundred Europeans and five thousand natives assembled at Empangeni, in

Zululand to commence a monster game drive owing to the prevalence of the tsetse fly among the game, causing deadly stock disease. Settlers intend to carry a drive across the Umfolosi river into the proclaimed area, in defiance of the Government regulations. -PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN. LONDON, August 14. —Although •polling will not take place till November a great prohibition campaign is in progress in Scotland. A Bill on similar lines to the New Zealand law provides for a bare majority decision on the issues of continuance, and reduction and prohibition. Both sides are putting their best efforts into the fight and are spending much money. The prohibition advocates include many Americans.