BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18544, 3 May 1922, Page 6

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM. Pnei Association—By Telegraph—Oopyriftii LONDON, May 1. (Received May 2, at 5.5 p.m.) The inquiries regarding the whereabouts of iEric Eaymohd . (who has been missing since the eve of his marriage, which was to have taken place at the end of February) have proved fruitless, and the Australian authorities are not proceeding further.—A. and N.Z. Cable. PRINCE LEOPOLD MOUNTBATTEN’S FUNERAL. LONDON, May 1. (Received May 2, at 5.5 p.m.) The King and Queen, their sons. Princess Beatrice, and the Queen of Spain, together with other Royalties, attended Prince Leopold Monntbatten’s military funeral in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor. The body was laid in the vault in which King Edward was buried.—A. and N.Z. Cable. r THE EARL 01' BALFOUR. LONDON, May 1. (Received May 2, at 5.5 p.m.) * Lord Balfour has taken the title of the Earl of Balfour.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SPANISH REVERSE IN MOROCCO. MADRID, May 1. (Received May 2, at 7.15 p.m.) An unofficial message states that the Spaniards had a serious reverse in Morocco and were obliged to retire to bases at Tetuan and Larache. —A. and N.Z. Cable. CALIFORNIAN ALIEN LAND LAWS. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. (Received May 2, at 8.10 p.m.) JThe Supreme Court has ruled that the portion of the Californian Alien Land Law is unconstitutional which forbids aliens who are ineligible for citizenship to act as guardians for the agricultural lands of their’ American-born children.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LIMITATION OF SPEECHES. - : CAPETOWN, May 2. (Received May 3, at 0.35 a.m.) The Assembly has adopted new rules limiting the length of speeches to 40 minutes in the Budget debate or in introducing motions, and to 10 minutes in com-mittee.-—A. and N.Z. Cable.