BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 1923, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

{AujitreJiMi and N.Z. C*bi« Association.) HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON, July 25. Mr. Baldwin, in the House of Commons, said that he hoped the House would adjourn on August 2, till November 13.

INDIAN RACIAL RIOTS. f _ DELHI, July 24. t A serious fracas between Hindus and Mussulmans occurred at Ajmere. ’The latter attacked a Hindu procession at a. temple. Troops intervened, ’ and restored order. Five were killed o and many injured. J BULGARIAN REVOLT SOFIA, July 25. A trial has opened at Plevna of , ninetyflve persons concerned in the ’ Communist rebellion against the new , Bulgarian Government This is the , first of a series of similar trials. TEACHERS’ TOUR f PARIS, July 25. i c The delegation of two hundred j members of the Overseas Education League, from Canada, Australia, and s New Zealand, who visited Paris and - the devastated regions, has returned . to England. ' ROYAL VISIT MISHAP LONDON, July 24. ■ While the Duke and Duchess of York were visiting; tlie Royal Infirmary at Liverpool, the horses of ' a carriage participating in the procession, and occupied by Lord Derby dashed into a cheering crowd on the pavement. Thirteen were injured, including seven children. The latter are all detained at an infirmary, suffering chiefly from fractured limbs. Three are seriously injured. i . TORONTO HOLD-UP OTTAWA, July 24. In a sensational street hold-up in Toronto, six bandits engaged in a pistol battle and wounded three bank messengers. The robbers escaped with a bag containing over 50,000 dollars. The messengers, who were returning from the Clearing House, put up a desperate struggle, and saved other bags containing a large amount of money. The exact sum is not divulged. WIRELESS AGREEMENT LONDON, July 24. The “Morning Post” editorially hopes that the agreement between the Marconi Company and the Go-

n vernment will be submitted to Pare liament for consideration, before bef ing concluded, and furthenflore that t the views of the Dominions should be made known. The principle of e combining State control with private ® enterprise is probably right, but the details require the most careful con--3 sideration.