WILL WAR RESULT?

Grey River Argus, 17 April 1925, Page 5

WILL WAR RESULT?

ITALY’S CLAIMS On Egypt I'rr I’rv-s \ssuc):il ien ) . (Krrcivc.i April 16 at p.m.) I CAIRO, April 16. A day of excitement followed Iho disclosure that Italy had again more | urgently demanded a settlement <»f < tin* Jerabub territory question. Tli<- i latest Italian verbal note, notwithstanding denials. i s regarded •> amounting to a virtual ultimatum. It is oven rumoured that Italian troops have occupied the Jerabub oasis. According to tin* ‘‘Daily Chronicle” correspondent, a belief prevails in Cairo that Britain is supporting the Italian viewpoint, and the native newspapers are imputing to Britain an intrigue designed to force Egypt to appeal to London for protection, this involving an acknowledgement that Britain is the protector of ligypt. Britain has no intention of interfering, though unquestionably .Terabnb would have been surrendered under the agreement that was reached during the British protectorate of Egypt between I Lord Milner and Signor Scioloja. It I is considered that Egypt did not secure the right to discard the fundamentals of this agreement when she received her independence, though possibly latitude would be allo'walde regarding the details of frontier reHi firn t ion. The ” Daily Telegraph’s’’ diplomatic correspondent expresses the opinion that the force of the Italian claims | must be admitted in their essentials.

’l'hc wedding took pla« e On Tuesday •‘veiling at All Saints Church. Hok’. tika, of Miss E. Dixon and Mr F. J. Bade. Miss O. Barrow man was brides maid and Rev. .1. Perkins offirial•••’. Messrs F. Turley, T. Moye, and A. Galbraith, Delegates from the Wcst-i land Timber Workers’ Union to the Labour Party’s Conference in Wellington, returned to the. Coast by the express yesterday. Mr L. Brodie, who has been actingmanager of the Bank of New South Wales during the absence of Air E. B. Mabin. returned to Hokitika yesterday afternoon, and will leave for the North Island next week on annual vacation. Rev. Father, John Riordan, Parish | Priest of Russ, was yesterday overtaken with a severe seizure at the Prcsby- I tery, being found unconscious, and remaining in that condition throughout the day. Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Hokitika, proceeded to Ross yesterday and remains with the sufferer. The many friends of the popular priest will unite in wishing him a speedy recovery. At a meeting of the local P. and T. Officers’ Association, the following officers were elected: President: Air J. Sullivan (re-elected j; Ancc-Pl’csidcnt Air J. Sherlock: secretary, Air O. Kroening; delegate to headquarters, Mr J. Sullivan; ’Committee: Alessrs E. C. Bryce, J. Cody, L. AT. O’Neill, V. P. Peters, F. G. Robinson and J. P. Ala Hoy. A shooting accident to a titled lady is recorded in a London cable, stating that Lady Ala ria n Cameron, the wife of Captain Keith Cameron, and the daughter of the Earl of Huntingdon, was handling a revolver in a hotel room at Palermo, when the weapon exploded. The bullet entered her throat, and penetrated the top of her left lung, and then lodged close to the heart. When King George, who is cruising nearby, heard of the accident, ho sent his own physician to assist. Tho wound is not a serious one. The sudden death is recorded in a Brisbane cablegram <,[ the Chief Ju>fice of Queensland, Air Justice McCawley, one of the most brilAustralian jurists. I'hc Chief Justice was running to catch a train when he collapsed and died. He was tho young est Chief Justice in the world and was not above to or 41 years of age. He had a n markable career, being q 1 reared by a widowed mother, ami having earned Ins advancement by dint of determined study and exceptional ability. First he. was appointed Judge of the Arbitration vburl, and soon after hi s elevation to the Supreme Court, he became Chief Justice. His work as an industrial arbiter was exceptionally able, and, despite opposition and criticism of his quick pro gross from older and more conservative lawyers, he more than justified his every’ 1 appointment