BRITISH & FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1922, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

—- (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ARRESTED FINANCIER. VIENNA, June 24. Gerald Bevan, the absconding financier, has relinquished his hunger strike. TOBACCO TRUST. LONDON, June 24. The estate of the late H. H. AVills is valued provisionally at £2,750,000, making £12,795,000 left by six members of tho AVills family. ROYALTIES AT SHADAVELL. LONDON, June 24. The King, Queen Alary, and Queen Alexandra visited Shadwell, where the King declared open King Edward Alenion?al Park. Thc Royal parly had a wonderful reception in Dockland.

OLD AVAR HORSE. LONDON, June 24. Sir Dar, who has won the Prince oE AValcs Cup, for jumping at the International Horse Show, at Olympia, is a Queensland-bred horse with an interesting career. He is 19 years old. He originally was sold to India, ami served all through tho war on the . Alarnc scatheless. NATIVE LABOUR. I CAPETOAVN, June 23. . Tn thc Assembly General Smuts announced that negotiations for a- renewal of the ATozambique Convention had broken down. Tho Governor oi Alozambique was going to Lisbon to state tho Union Government’s views ami endeavour to reconcile the conflicting opinions respecting tho recruiting of native labour from Alozambiquo. 'Failure would mean they . -would be compelled to negotiate with Lisbon on their own account. PARIS SENSATION PARIS, June 24. Alademoiselle Bessarbo, daughter of ' Hie women sentenced for murder of i her husband, ha s had numerous proposals of marriage since the trial, in- » eluding one from a wealthy Rouma- : mian, who has offered her an immense ■ fortune. Some American cinema pro- : ducers are desirous to reconstruct the i trunk murder and offered her a regal i salary if Alademoiselle would go to ; America and play her original part in ■-the tragedy.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS. LONDON, June 24. A demonstration was held at Hyde Park to celebrate the third anniversary of the signing of the Covenant of the League of Nations. Lord Robert Cecil, Air G. P.arnes, Lady Astor ami Airs AVinteringham and other members of thc House of Commons with Mrs Phillip Snowden and others delivered addresses from ten platforms. AFr Lloycl George, referring to Germany’s admission to the League of Nations, said : I want Germany there, and if the proposal is put before the League Council, the British Government will vote her admission. AA r e also want the United States and when Russia is clothed and i idler right mind, we want her there. AArn want the whole earth there.