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BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION A THRILLING STORY. LONDON, April 3-1. A .story of thrills and adventures is related hv Captain Murphy, late of the Dorset Regiment, who lias arrived had; in London after a two years’ walk of 3000 miles acres- Africa. lie left Beira in March of 1921 with L‘s, and he lias arrived in England with £'so. This is the remains of his earnings on his journey. He met many lions -face to face, and he concluded that they are terrible cowards, unless they are starving or injured. One villiago was particularly terrorised by a man-eating lioness, which carried off the natives. One woman, however, was making porridge, and when the lioness appeared, she threw (he boiling content - in its face, this causing it to flee. Captain Murphy shot this lioness later on ns she had been blinded by the hot porridge. He slept in the native villages, where lie was treated most cordially. He found that Engli-h and French speech was sufficient to overcome the language difficulty. SAMOAN MANDATE.

LONDON, April XT. ’The New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir James Allen, attends a meeting of the Council of the League ot Nations at Geneva on April 1!) in reference to the nationality of the natives in the German mandated territory. Sir J. Allen has expressed the opinion that the Samoan natives could not ho considered to he natives of the country holding the Samoan mandate, namely, Now Zealand. It probably would he agreed to call them Samoans under ; British protection. Jle preferred New! Zealand protection, a- it, would di.--1 courage the Samoan natives and others! from thinking that they could appeal I through other channel- than New Zealand. The Germans in Samoa, ho said, could not he naturalised under the New j , Zealand law. He agreed with Sir .7. ■ ' Salmond’s suggestion that if I lie Ger- 1 mans there were satisiactorv citizens! the law might he amended to enable ! !■ Germans to he naturalised. LONDON PRINTERS’ STRIKE. ! w LONDON, April 14. Ihe dispute which resulted in the j delay of the London “Otwette”- has ended. I LORI) CARXAYON'S BODY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ’ ~ C'A I HO, Apiil 15. j • Lady Carnavou has left with the hotly j ol her husband for England. A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) | LONDON, April M. The secret marriage of Mathihle .Me- i Cormick, grand-daughter of the bite J. D. Rockfellow. is announced. Jt is the culmination of an international ro-1 in.auce of the daughter of a wealthy lather and mother. Tlie marriage took 1 place at a registry office in a third ■lass district of London, where .Mathihle , had been living for three mouths. The 1 iridegroom is Max Oser, a major in the Swiss Army, the proprietor of a riding; whool whom Mafhildc met while taking iding lessons during a holiday in Zurich, ((lien aged eight. Mathihle i- ; tow eighteen, tall and attractive. She landed the Registrar the written onneut of her father, v. ho i- the inillionair,. ! lead of the International Harvester 'otnpany. There wore nn bridesmaids j •ml the witness was a solicitor’s clerk, i The couple left for an unknown ad- j h’ess in .Scotland. The ronutnoe wa- j mown for several years. The parents ;

lirst (\ it hl’.eld and then gave their consent. REDUCTION TX BEER DUTY OF ONE PENNY 'PER PI XT. LONDON. April 13. The “Daily Express" lobbyist states Mr Baldwin is planning to reduce' the price of beer hy a penny per pint. This means fourteen millions from the Exchequer, eight millions being proviih'J by tlie brewers. reducing the profits. Income tax will he definitely reduced. The extent depends on whether Cabinet approves of his proposal for a betting tax. Bishop Weldon said hot ting is nut necessarily sinful. A l he-t. it is a gratification of personal taste. I -v no reason why tlie State should not lux it as it deo- liquor, il the tux would eiiru li the Exchequer to the extent of ten to twenty million -. and at the same time coniine belting to narrower limits and raise the character of the betting ring, it would he a most desirable police.

I- RAM E AND BRI TAIN. QUESTION OF RUHR OC( UPATION LONDON. April 13. The "Daily Express" Paris eorrespnn dent states when Count St Auhtire sum Mr Bonnr Law at Downing Street to day, lie presented a note I rum M. Loin rare asking definitely formally whet he 1 Britain accepted France’s policy ol re iiiaining in the Ruhr till reparation' were paid. If .Mr Bonar Lav rep-lic-in the affirmative. M. Poincare is will ing to make concessions in ilie rep; l ration- total. If. in the negative. Al Poincare will deliver a striking spcerl at Dunkirk on Sunday. AL Poincare confers with M. J'i'spai tii Friday. OLYMPIC GAMES. ROME. April L 3. The plenary session of the Olympic Games Committee has fixed the gameat Amsterdam in 192-. L"s Angeles in 1.932. Rome in 193(5. TROTSKY’S HEALTH. ROME. April 13. A Warsaw message confirm- the statement that Trotskv i- -tillering from 'cancer of the stomach, and that fits condition is ciiu-iug serious aiiMcx • FRENCH FRAUD*. PARIS. April GL Marseille.- do. kci - have iiecn_ al re-t----ed lor defrauding the French 4 iva-ury of 430.1 XK* sterling during tne war. Tlu-v filled in voucher form- relating to imaginary sick and wounded soldier-, and thus secured payments for treatment and medicine, ranging Iron) tv-entv to five hundred trams pet cn>e. A number of - hemi-ts were al-o charged with presenting fraudulent voucucrin connect ion with three thousand expensive prescriptions i <:l phantom patients. BAWRA’S WOOL. LONDON. April 13. Bawra’s stocks of wool on 31st March amounted To 663.571 bales. The quarter’- disposals totalled 2-l9.ti(i9.

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Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1923, Page 1

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BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1923, Page 1

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1923, Page 1