NEWS BY CABLE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3511, 28 June 1921, Page 36

NEWS BY CABLE.

FLOODS IN JAPAN

Following on a prolonged rainy season the worst floods in 30 years have occurred. One hundred and thirty persons were drowned in the northern part of Kinshui Island, and several thousand houses were destroyed in Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Nagasaki Bridges were carried away, and coll ienes were flooded in the cities of Kok ura, Kuril me, and Fukumatsa. Three hundred people were drowned at Kyusha. The floods are now receding. EXPLOSION IN A MINE. One hundred and fifty persons were •tilled and 80 injured by an explosion -at the Mont Ctris mine, Westphalia. Hunc.rcns are still, imprisoned, including the son or the millionaire proprietor. . 'A feared that further explosions are impending, and that many of those who are now imprisoned will not survive. ROYALTIES. The Prince of Wales n resided at the annual meeting of the Victoria League cie testified to the league’s good work in tne dominions, of which he recently had personal experience. His Royal Highness said that he_ hoped its membership would be . doubled m this twentieth year of its existence. Lord Milner said it was a ma.ter of supreme importance that men and women going from one part of the Empire to another should not feel as if tney were going to a foreign country. Numerous birthday congratulations from p LfW 3 °I .the Empire reached the Prince of "ales, including greetings from Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, and South Alrica.ii ctuldren. The King teiegranhed to Air Llovd George expressing the thanks of himself and tno Queen for the greetings from the Empire Prune Ministers and the representatives of Incua on the anniversary of their coronation. The Prince of Wales spent his birthday at Epping I’orest with Princess Mary. thousand poor children were having a JioJida-y there at the expense of the ■ Flind - Sneaking to the children, the 1 mice said that that day was the best birthday present he had ever had. RECKLESS MOTOR DRIVING. Henry Beecham, a brother of Sir Thomas Jfeecnarn, has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for manslaughter, killing a clnld througn reckless motor car driving, UPPER SILESIA. Speaking in the House of Commons. Mr Cnamberluin said that approval had been gnen to a scheme for the progiessive withdrawal from the disputed area in Silesia of Germans and insurgents, leaving 20,000 Allied troops to maintain order. GENERAL ITEMS. , A cargo of 25,000 tons of phosphate rock nas arnved at Swansea from Nauru. ilm monsoon has given abundant rain over the greater part of India, but it has not yet penerated - Rajputana and the tun jab, though the prospects are promising. Mrs Hughes launched the Lang's Bay the, second Commonwealth linear at Dai’ rnuir. Mr Massey will be the guest of the British Producers’ Organisation at luncheon on July 14. M. Clemjaccau visited Oxford and had an honorary doctorship conferred upon him The ex-Fmperor Karl has authorised a denial of the statement that he intends to return to Hungary. Ihe Dutch Government has resigned owing to ihe Second Chamber rejecting the Army Bill, which created new reserve's. Women were again prominent in the latest Cambridge tripos’ lists. They obtained five first-class honours in history m)d three firsts in part II of classics, while Girton College heads the entire law list. It is now announced that the notorious former submarine Deutschland was shelled and sunk by a French battleship outside Cherbourg. The Duke of Marlborough was civilly married at Paris on the 24th. The religious ceremony was to take place next day. Tin- Lille-l’am express was derailed at Beaucourt, o.n the Somme. Twenty-seven were killed and 62 injured. Baron Edmond Rothschild, of Paris, has given 10,000,000 francs for the development of scientific research to help young scientists and inventors. The National City Bank in New York has announced that 350,000d0l in gold is expected to arrive from Australia at the end of next month. The Ornius (which was formerly the German liner Zeppelin) has inaugurated a series of Norwegian cruises, preparatory to entering the Australian-Orient service. The trustees of the Felton bequest hi London have acquired for the Victorian National Gallery Rodin’s famous statue “Le Penseur,” which was originally executed for the Gate of Hell in Paris. Frank Boulanger, a wealthy resident of Kansas, has filed a petition for divorce against his wife, naming Jack Dempsey (the heavy-weight pugilist) as co-respondent. Dempsey denies that he ever met the persons concerned in ihe divorce. The Shah of Persia, in opening Parliament, expressed satisfaction at the denunciation of the British Agreement and the signing of ihe Russian Agreement. He announced that a treaty had also been signed with Afghanistan. R3B, the largest airship in the world, made a satisfactory first flight with 48 persons aboard. She was built at the Royal Airship Works at Bedford for the American navy. She will be handed over after further trials. Sir Alfred Mond. Minister of Health, annonneed lhat the Government is givino- the hospitals £500,000. He said that he was sorry that he was unable to give £1,000.000, which a committee recommended on June Mr Larkin lias resighed the managership of the Commonwealth Shipping Line, and will sever his connection with it at the end of (his month. Mr Larkin denies the Melbourne rumour that there has been dissension between himself and Mr Hughes. Following a conflict in the Italian Chamber between the Fascist! deputies and the Socialists, Signor Gioliiti (Prime Minister) requested Signor Lnbriula, Minister of Labour. to desist from bis pronounced Socialistic actions, and pushed him from the Ministerial bench. Signor Labriola thereupon resigned.