BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15320, 16 September 1920, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

.(Elec. Tel. Odpyrig^t—United Press Assn.l Australian anu N.Z- cable Asso-iahou. '■' LONDON, Stept. 14. Mr R. Wright,, a Manchester ed^neer, brother of the Archbishop of Sydney") is a passenger on the longest commercial fli^ht r atteihpted,..Mm;lx)ndon tb.Buch^ arest. He reach^Vi&ina m 24 hjburs. >• - The Neiw Ze^latidy&nigration dnicdal^ didShfoht ;the -oyferseae* women's repoHy " which -disclosest'' Nothing which was not; knotfn." The depilrtfaient is oversUpplied With 1 emigrants and has booked K.OOO applicants since Jaiiuary,. iribludm'j*4Qw nominees, 6000 ex-service men,* and wbmon. . ' A . Gold is quoted at. ll9s per ouiaufe, iri sympathy with the American exchange movement. v. • PARIS, Sept, 14. • A fire at Dunlop's works caused .damago which is estimated at £1,200,000. • (Received Sept. 16, 9 a.m.) • . TOKIO, Sept. J4. ; y Obituary: Sakuo Takahashi, Mrrner prbsideht/of the Bureau of Legislation, and a; famous international law expert.;. ' ! (Received Sept. 16, 9.40 a.m.) V - ■ .:".--.■ NEW YORK, Sept. 14. An Unverified' import from Hongkong,* via .Peking, states that the antumilitarisfc forces under General Chanchingmihg have captured Waichow aud is attempting, to restojo; Cfenton ■as .the seat of constitutional "lovernment m Cliiria. ■ v WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Despite' the pleadings, of Gompers and membetsbf the 'Socialist party, Federal Attbrhfey-General Palmer refused to sanation a general proclamation granting an amnesty to political prisonersr, 'declaring the Govermnent would deal with eaqh '.caserindiyidually. He pointed out that; bhly/ 174 offemfersylfcerfc Estill s ;, im-. prisbiWd and - ; 180 >;had alfeady been re■ieaWd;> i/.z (Received '- Sept. 16, 11.20 a.m.) r- ■■■'■• LONDON*, Sept. • 15, * . • pixhlopV state that the report of the fire . m i their Paris factory was , grpatjly exaggeraied. ' The damage: is eswmated at .2>000,000 francs. jt'.ia Reported - from Warsaw, via Viepli*^. ;th at M. ' Paderew'ski is •to be the ;]?bh"9H''Aml>a^Badbr. m 'Lopdon. ;■ A,'-»^)s&w wireless reports that Greece is jharidii-g Wrangel all the ■ munitions frohi; the'i Allies . at Salonika. . -;. ;;v •*•, " " * OTTAWA. Sept. 15. '; : Lor4- Desborough, president . of the | British Empire Chambers of Commerce, arrived; itl Toronto for.^the; ebngres^ bpeh- -■ ifife J fii' tßfe Maspey hall to-morrow and concluding, on '■ the' 24th. r ? - l [ piecelvedSept. 16, 12.3a p.mi) ' , ;•-'•; CAPETOWN. Sbpt. . 15. Nationalists r-gfused to • take the -oath | of allegiance at the 'opening, of the proi vincial Icb^unoil -m Pretoria,* j but -.subsei: <^'e'ntlv . wpress^e^val willingn*aß'i.to affirm allegtancer Dr.: Reitz explained- they , wete ' prepared ; „to affii-m ybecause ; they were, compelled /by^laW; but would.; only •do, bo under protest,' as they; wer^e: Re*' >l>nl>lictfns. They then formally affirmed.-