BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1922, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

„ ..... ■ [Australian and N.Z. CWe BILLIARDS. LONDON, June 15. In the billiards match. Pqall ((received 2000) is 5314, and McConactiy 3331. JAPANESE 1< RANCHISE. TuKiO, June 10. It is stated that .ITemier Kato contemplates requesting'tne In'iom; to franchise all quaimed citizens ten years. A WAR HEaO. BRUSSELS, June 16 The lock keeper named Cogghc, wUo flooded the Yser during the German war advance, has died aged seventyfour. He had been lock-keeping till the last. Recently he was decorated 'ana received a State pension in recognition of his gallantry. COCAINE SMUGGLING. LONDON, June 16David Davis, from Hamburg, has been charged at Grimsby wiia snuggling a hundred butties vi cyc_nu- u.n cealed in a false bottom trunk. bx was remanded, bail being reinsert. v'ite account describes Davis as an Australian, and another that he was en rou-e to Australia.

METAL MARKET. LONDON, June 15. Copper £6l 18s 9d and £62 3s 9d; lead £24 7s 6d and £23 7s 6d; spelter £27 15s and £27 15s ; tin £l5l 7s od and £152 7s 6d. Silver -26 l-8d per ounce. ALLEGED LIBEL. LONDON, June 15. The newspapers state that Andrew Caird, vice-chairman and a director of the Associated Newspapers, has issued a writ for libel against Lord Northcliffe. EVEREST EXPEDITION. DELHI, June 15. General Bruce reports from Pharijong under yesterday’s date that Captains Finch and Bruce and one Gurkha camped 25,500 feet up Mt. Everest for two nights, finally attaining 27,200 feet by employing oxygen. SOUTH AFRICAN GOLDFIELD CAPETOWN, June 16. It is unofficially reported that a rich gold reef has been discovered in Keetsmanshoop district, South West Protectorate. The reef is 16 inches wide, and carries 4£ ounces of gold to the ton. The find is not confirmed, but the existence of gold there has long been suspected.

SOUTH AFRICA ATHLETES’ TOUR. - CAPE TOWN, June 15. The financial report on the South African Athletic Team’s tour of Australasia, states that owing to the poor attendances and low gate charges, the tour in Australia resulted in a heavy loss to Mr Hadley, the guarantor. The Committee expressed strong disapproval of Manager Emery’s action in disobeying. his instruction" not personally to participate in team’s relay races. TWO MINOR “SCANDALS.” / WASHINGTON. June 14. Two so-called scandals are causing a furore in Congress. Several Senators are condemning the action of a graduation class at the National Naval Academy at Annapolis, for issuing a book commemorating the class, in which the last page, containing the biography of a graduate second highest in the list of honour, of Jewish extraction, was perforated so that the page could be tom out without damage to the book. Charges are being made of racial and religious discrimination. Senator Sutherland sent a protest to the President of the Academy (Admiral Wilson) and called the act a “low down dirty trick.” The Navy Department is investigating the matter. ■_ A second affair that has excited Congress is a revelation that the Shipping Board vessels are carrying full lines, of liquors and wines for consumption by passengers. The Prohibition members of the House were deeply' stirred, and a letter was sent by them asking the President to abolish the practice.