BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 July 1925, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) DAYLIGHT SAVING. ' . . ” ;. \ - 'LONDON,. July 23. . .The House of Lords has read for the second time the Summer Time Bill. . - :- . GERMAN POLICY. BERLIN, July 23. . After a speech by Dr Stresseman, tho Reichstag, by 235 votes to .158 votes, with thirteen abstentions, approved of the Government’s . foreign policy- ; ' ... - . • ’ AVIATORS KILLED. \ HONOLULU,’JuIy 23. Three Army aeroplanes , crashed rat Oahu Island- on Thursday,, killing two aviators and) injuring three, one seriously. This makes a total of four crashes, in one week, and three pilots have been killed. < MOROCCAN CAMPAIGN. PARIS, July 23. A communique from Fez says that the enemy were caught under a heavy bombardment of artillery in the vicinity of Ans|tcha-Ainmatuf,' Ahd are now in full reti'eat northward, With people and herds froni many villages.- •; The situation generally continued to . improve, on all fronts. ’ ; EVOLUTION V. CREATION.. Washington; July 23. The city legal forces .have set tliemselves the task of nipping in the bud any court exposition of the Evolution; theories versus Bible teaching, such as the recent'Dayton , trial. Counsel for the City Corporation declared that Widner’s complaint was.full of technical errors. 1 -

JAPANESE TAXATION. ' TOKIO, July 24. The Government's hew taxation proposals include raising the income tax -xemption, limited increases in death duties, and duties, on'toilet goods and medicines, as well- as ' a -revision of customs duties; It is anticipated that the proposal will meet with,considerable opposition from some of the par ties in the Diet. ' • ’ WIRELESS PROGRESS. LONDON. July 24. . Marconi, in-a report, , says l ,that during the past fortnight, experimental transmissions Jiag> been successfully. received during the whole twenty-four hours in Canada and Australia, while the reception in India, and South Africa has been so successful as to remove possible doubts as regards , the company’s ability to carry out the guarantee of performance. “DISCOVERY’S” NEW TRIP. LONDON, July 24. The late Capt. Scott’s expedition s«’P Discovery, which has been practically rebuilt, sailed from Portsmouth to cany out ’two and a half years' research in the Antarctic, principally in connection with ■whaling. .After testing echo-sounding instruments' in the Bay of Biscay, she will convey stores to Tristan d’ Acunha. and will possible call at Capetown. She will arrive at South Georgia in October.

BANDITS ATTACK RANCH. PEKIN, July 2Y Bandits on July 30, attacked a ranch ; n,. Northern Manchuria,, which yin, American, Major Morgan-Palmer hijd been developing dor refugees from the famine, districts.- The Americans'.put ..up a fight, in which Palmer, was killed,' and an eye-specialist,’ Doctor. Howard./ of the Union Medical College, was captured. Other-foreigners from the ranch reached safety. The American Consul at- Harbin has gone - to'; interview the Kirin Governor to urge Dr. Howard’s release- .. •>. ' ... *' LORD CURZON’S WILL. . - Y / LONDON, July 24. A remarkable new disclosure is published by the “Morning Post,” relating to the late Lord Curzon’s will. It is stated that the will consisted of three statements, one of which contained pungent and illuminating comments on his former colleagues, including a former Prime Minister of England. A person who is aware, of the. contents says that publication must have caused a rude shock to the State. Lord Cui-zon notified that the document was for .guidance, '’and. not for publication; but, as it contained directions analogous to .those in. the. ordinary will, it was shown-at the; Probate , Court, where it was confirmed. If it were admitted to probate, the contents inevitably would have become known. Accordingly it was withdrawn.