BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 June 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

.Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) WAIMATE WRECKED . LONDON, Juni) 23. The steamer Waimate, ’which was sold a month ago to a .company ot Italians, is ashore near Cape St. Vincent. She is a total loss. The crew were saved. FRAUD CHARGE FAILS. OTTAWA, June 24. After a. long trial at Winnipeg, Joseph Moyers, a New. Zealander, who was arrested months ago in England, was acquitted on a charge of fraud by “salting” the Bingo mine. . diamond stolen. NEW YORK, June 24. A most daring robbary took place in the middle forenoon in Broadway. Five robbers entered Feldman’s diamond store, tied up two clerks- liiied up against the wall the customers who arrived, while confederates packed diamonds worth £50,000 and got clear away r with the booty. PRINCE AND CHILDREN. . CAPETOWN, June 24. The Prince of Wales at Johannesburg witnesAed a spectacular procession representing the trades and industries of the Rand. He also 'attended a demonstration by ihirty-fi.e Ilioiis) •ind children, who greeted him s iu,p'-. intr “Edward-iw our-darling,'/the boniite. chevalier.” The children strewed the Prince’s route for a quarter of a mil« with rose petals. ' - “FORTUNE” SURPRISES... G. !■ . PARIS. June 24. The heirs of Madame Pellerin, who lived in seclusion and in apparent' noyerty. were astonished to learn that he police had discovered 820,000 irancs in securities and bank notes hidden in a safe. The police invited the heirs to come to the house and claim their unexpected fortune, meanwhile locking up the shares and cash in the safe. The heirs received their second surprise when the safe was reopened, for they found that burglars bad heard the story, and had been there first. The whole of the money and securities was stolen.

LIQUOR EXPORTS. OTTAWA, June 24.

The, Government of British Columbia has passed legislation eliminating the export of liquor houses and restricting 'mportation of liquor into tho Province to the Government, which will maintain liquor stores. This legislation is intended to stop the practice which has been operating for three years, undor’ which a million dollars worth of Scotch whisky, destined for San ' Francisco,’ has been shipped to Vancouver fi;oni Glasgow, thence re-shippcd by -alleged export houses, aboard boot-legging steamers for destination.