BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 May 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and .N.Z, Cable Association.) CHURCH OR SCOTLAND.. . . ! LONDON,- May ip. The House pf'XC^mmonsj read : the third time the' CHutch of Scotland (Bin. ■ . V.?' - -‘sy •' LA&IIR WNCERfiY. , y. May ' The Labour Opposition in, the House of Commons have-decided to', move thp rejection of the'Government’s Pensions Bill. . .- •.’■■ A 7l . DENNISTOUN RESIGNS:,./. /: LONDON;GMay 12. The- Gazette states ..that iLieiit. Colonel ; DeniiiStoun, 1 who .recently figured in/a legal .action, arid retired pay in the Reserve of . Officers, / has (resigned. ’ ./ / . . ' ■. BIG JAP. FIRE; ? 1 ... TOKIO,- ( May 13. A fire destroyed two .thousand; buildings ‘at Kumagac, including,': the ; station, the . College, • the ■ silk factory' and the Town Ha,ll.;,jiThe iiuinT b'er. of casualties, whiep. ■ include deaths',' has not' 1 been ascertained. . . RUSSIAN PRISON HORROR. • < > . 13. Savinkoff has coririnitted ..suicide in prison. ' A Tew hours' previously. ; . he wrote to the head- of the-police,, begging--. Jiis liberation. He,jyeceived. a hopeless answer. Himself freim-a fifth floor window’,’’and was killed instantly.' ■

WOAIEN’Sy.qwNCiL.; j. ' .-Washing c Th<> In tern a t ionah Cquqqi|l; WSWV voted' agaihst allowing it}tef national institutions...^!W®, Council.* ’Lady containing the names of ,’;?om.e_.tpir|y,five bodies, including J Army. and Internatjonajl Reach Bureau, which might, affiliate. 1 ' I > —- CHINESE OUTRAGE?;. < . ,? PEKINji,: JJay 13. ’ln . connection with Gnjnetoi/ rgunr boat firing on ’a.houseboat; at Shanghai,., the $ Cdhsul-G eneralj yesterday pointed out to the Admiral that owing to the gravity of . the offence, it.was impossible to accept, an. Apoldgy.:. He must first be satisfied that .tfie guiltyofficer has been adequately punished, and the question of compensation. cap be considered later.