BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1925, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. 1

SENSATK>NAL SUICIDE. .LONDON, December 18.

Mellor, a wealthy ex-Lancastrian, formerly in the consular service, died at Cannes. The “ Daily Chronicle’s” Nice correspondent states Mellor is believed to have attempted to open a rein in liis wrist. Finally he plunged a knife into his breast. His age was fifty-eight. He inherited a large fortune from, his father, who was a Bolton cotton spin tier. Mellor acquired a handsome villa tit Cannes in DUO.

GERMAN CABINET. BERLIN. December 18. Following tin Dr Koch’s failure, Dr Luther is again attempting to form a cabinet.

VICKERS TO RECONSTRUCT. LONDON. December 17. Al u meeting, Vickers shareholders overwhelmingly adopted the reconstruction proposals already cabled. FRENCH PUBLIC OPINION. DO THEY WANT A DICTATOR ? LONDON. Dec. 17. The “Daily Express’s” Paris correspondent states:--The production of the film ‘Madame Sans (idle” occasioned a remarkable incident, suggesting the trend of public opinion in France. When Lhc figure of "The Little Corporal” v.as ihrouu on the screen, the entire audience v.«re electrified and rose u.s on.- man. cheering, and shunting “Dictator! Dictator I Long live Napoleon!” The ovation lasted several minutes. Publicists, however, though

they admit a dictator would have no difficulty in seizing power, state that a strong mail lias not yet nppenred. M. Ilerriot. at a meeting of Radical Socialists to-day. quoted striking statistics showing tax dodging. Whereas 570.000 owned private motor cars, only 257.717 persons in France paid income tax on incomes above thirty thousand francs. M. Ilerriot added that the possession of a, car thus means an income of £2BO. HAVELOCK WILSON’S APPEAL. WOMEN AND CHILDREN STARVING. (Received this day at 9.l r > a.ni.l LONDON. December 18. Mr Havelock Wilson is cabling an appeal to the Australian newspapers to open a Christmas fund on behalf of (he three thousand women and children victims of the strike, who arc hungry, without "lothes. in British ports.

Air Wilson’s union l as already spent £3,000 and is prepared to spend another three thousand.

Mr Wilson says he possesses ample evidence Unit seventy-live per cent of the strikers left the ships through intimidation. He recognised that Australia. was liard hit by the strike, hut hopes she will remember the crisis when flic seamen stood liv the Empire when it was in (lire distress. Mr Wilton ha- also cabled Walsh, describing the distress, and adding:

■This is the result of Hie late seamen's unofficial strike tor which you and others are directly respousihh'. The seamen’s union is prepared to give £3.000 to the women and children iif you cable a similar amount. These poor people cannot he left to still to over Christmas. Cable your £3,000 to Citrine, Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, who will see to its distribution. It is better to spend the money on this than on litigation. If you fail vim will have to meet these women and children on your arrival in this oount IV.”