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Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLK ASSOCIATION. REBELLION’ ENQUIRY. CAPETOWN*. April 10. The Commission of Inquiry into the causes of the Bondcl-wartz Native Rebellion in the south-western protectorate last year, mentions several grievances, remote and immediate, which culminated in tlie armed resistance, the natives being actuated into same by a mistaken belief that the administration meant to destroy them. ihe opinion is expressed that the natives suiudd have been warned and summoned to stirrendi r before being bombed by aeroplanes. The report, emu hide- that the who!" na.iv'- problem in Sooth-wc-t Alrica r* - ~i,jt ie - an e:\l.uttsl tve examiuut ion. FARM "TIHNL. pni.K E IN LORKII-N. LONDON. April 11. Reir.fot>t ioeiits have joined the Norfolk polite, and they have itatl a quiet cuing effect on the strikers’ roving hands, w ho have been followed by the police in motor lorries, with the result that many of tho intimidated labourers are returning to work. Scores ol farmers’ sons and pupils are leaving London to engage in fittiit work in the strike amis. KING’S FARM, HANDS. LONDON. April 11. The lender ol the farm inkers lut-pai-1 a visit to the King’s esMte at Sandringham, and urged the workers there to join the iitn ii. Tie King employs about t'.ii men, only tour ol whom lire unionists. Addr.—ing a meeting ot the stiikor.x the leadei said ; ■■! a-k you to join the union and to *taml iiito l.e-cleyoitr brothers, who are now lighting a noble battle." When asked who would he the lit si man to join the union, none of the men responded. BRITISH COSTAL SERVANTS. LONDON, April JO. The I’nstmaster-Goiieral has issued to the staff throughout the country a notice forbidding them to bet. or .gambit* or participate in newspaper, loot hall or racing competitions, even when olf duty under penalty ot dismissal. An official of an anti-gambling organisation comments that, while Mr Cattniherlain lifts been guarding tin* stuffs morals with great, solicitude, betting and gambling circulars passed unchallenged through the post in thousands. J’RINTERS’ STRIKE. LONDON. April 11. For the lii-si time in two hundred and fifty years, the Loudon “(ia/.ettc." has been delayed in publication owing to a labour dispute which is an ■. \tension of the printing trades strike.

J A CAN AND U.S.A. TDK ID. April 11. It is stated that Ambassador llnmhoru La> been instructed to open negotiations with tin* United States for a revision of the Jnpuno.se-Auicrionn treaty of commerce and navigation. A TALI’. OF THE SEA. (Received this day at 9. Id a.m.t I.(>N I>ON. April 11 Alter three months’ struggle in tinice ridden region of the mid-Atlantic the crew of the British ship Rita M. (duett, was brought to Clymotilh. 'I iicy uairate a- remarkable story ol a fight with storms, cold and hunger on a terrible voyage from Oporto. When nearing Si John's, tin* ship was driven hack by a gale through numbers ol huge icebergs. The crew of live, alieady suffering, were now in dcsp'*intv straits having practically no I nod. while the only water was melted now , I he'' lives were saved by the port wine and lira tidy carried lor medicinal purposes. With her rudder smashed, sails blown away, and the lifeboat useless, the ship drilled into the track of 'hipping where the crew were rescued by the liner, Cresidettl Filmore ju.'t when the last hole* was gone. The men landed at Plymouth in a shucking condition. One weighed SO pounds instead m normal Mill. ITI.OTT.ES~; CLANK FOB BOMBING. CARLS. April 11. A successful llighl has been made hv a large bombing aeroplane, currying two passengers, without a pilot. Ihe machine was wirelessly toutrolled front the ground, where it skilled w unless operator, manipulating a switchboard, .succeeded in sending the aeroplane upwards and downwards.

AMERICA A XT) JAPAN. (Received this day at ill.hi a.mA TOKIO, April 11 The Privy Council ratified the abrogation of the l.aiising-lshii agreement cabled on .‘iOth .March. LORD HIDDULPFUS DEATH. (Received ibis day at Q . 30 a. in A I.?).XDOX. April Ilia accordance with his own wishes, Lord J’iddiilph's body was carried to the family vault in the village of Dounington in one ol l.ord liiddulph s farm carts, painted bright red and yellow. and decorated with evergreens. The coffin was made from timbers grown on the estate. KM PIPE TftADK. (Received ibis day at '.'.to a.m.) LONDON, April lb. In the House 0 f Commons, in Committee of Supply. Viscount Kdnam. in moving the resolution a-king Ooiciument to take immediate steps secure the fullest extension of I'rado within the Empire, in co-operation with Overseas authorities, said great harm wa- being done to the Empire by the continued delay in dealing "'Hi Km pi ro trade. The time for pious resolutions at the Imperial Conference, (which were not acted upon) had gone by. TERES INSINCERE. LONDON. April 11. Coii-iderable | ertui bat ion prevails in Allied, and particularly. Crenel) circles iegariling Angora's aeeoptam ol the Chester agreement which embraces many kind' of undertakings in and around Armenia, covering also Adana. These imply the suppres-ion if redwav ci nee-'ions made to France on the eve of war against a loan oi a milliard francs of which ball a million has actually been paid. D ' s sitgge-l-ctl in Mime quartors that the 1 1 ■ lis are insineeie and aie aiming at a ie.sumption of tree action toward Freticii and licitisb finaneial groups.