NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16113, 30 April 1923, Page 8

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

SETTLERS FOR CANADA':

AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN

LONDON. April 15.—Canada has <<,iuploted and signed with the '.British (lovcriiment an extensive migration scheme. The Dominion will contribute &120.0C0 for settlement within its border.-.

QUITE THE WORST

BRITAIN'S DIVORCE LAWS

LONDON, April 11;—Speaking .-it the Divorce Law Reform Union, Lord' Birkenhead said' that', after same experience of the Divorce Courts of Britain, ho bad cuiiic: to tho conclusion that the British divorce laws were quite' the worst of. any civilised' country in the world.

BENCH STRATEGY

LABOR SCORES IN NORFOLK

LONDON, April 17.—When farm strikers in Norfolk are summoned! for hindering and intimidating volunteers, a mobile force> of Labor Magistrates swoops duwn on the Court and assures a majority for Labor on the. Bench. The result, is that the strikers get lenient treatment.

BIBLIOPHILE'S ORGY

THOUSANDS SPENT FOR BOOKS

LONDON, April 17.—A Philadelphia!) book collector, Mr. Eosenbach, has sailed for New York after spending £2CO,CCO in England and 1 £SS,CCO in France and 1 Italy, since February 25, in the 'purchase of private collections of books sold by auction, and 1 consisting of 16th century literature, destined for private collections in America.

RHINELAND REPUBLIC

SEPARATIST LEADER

LONDON, April 13.—After his interview with Belgian officials and 1 important speeches on Sunday, great significance is attached to the presence in Paris of Herr Borden, tho Rhine-land l Separatist leader. He has called on high officials, and now asks when ho should act.

The French Government is perplexed at his demands for the protection of his followers. It is certain that if Jio obtained support for his policy the proclamation of a Rhine-land Republic would be issued' within a few weeks:.

"HOT TIME PROMISED

MIGRATORY HUSBANDS

MELBOURNE, April 13.—Victoria is having a great round-up of wife deserters. The Chief Secretary (Air. Baud) has instructed the police to make things "hot" for migratory husbands, as lie fails to see why the State should go on providing for children, and' in some cases wives, where tho husband ignores responsibilities. The mounting figures of maintenance arrears has become so formidable that the Chief Secretary has found that itwill pay to bear the expense "of sending police escorts to other States.

SPECIAL CONSTABLES. LONDON, April 10.—The Special Constable Bill was carried a second time, in the House of Commons to-night after a motion for its rejection . had been defeated by 218 to 122. The Bill authorises tho Government to continue recruiting special constables for emergency service as empowered by the Act of 1914 which expired at the end of last year. The Bill was strongly opposed by the Labor Party on tho ground that tho Government was creating, a force to bo used for strike-breaking. Mr. Trcvelyan (New'castle-on-Tyne) warned the Government against the creation of a "White Guard." It would cause the other side to desire a ''Red Guard."

Mr Bridgeman, Home Secretary, in reply ridiculed the Laborites' 'amazing suspicions." He declared that the Labor party itself would be glad to use the Act if ever it was returned to power.

DUKE'S PRESENT.

PANEL NOT FOR. THE LANDLORD

LONDON, April 18.—The Duke of York's private secretary ha* informed a representative of Tho Sun that the Duke is delighted with the present from Australian women in London. Ho is sorry that it could not take the 'form of panelling for a room. Under the terms of tho lease of the White Lodge, fixtures become the landlory's property, and the Duke is determined not to permit anybody else to obtain his . Australian present. He preferred something which he would bo able always to carry about with him.

Regarding the rumor that tho Duke will shortly be appointed GovernorGeneral of one of the Dominions, it is known that the King has constantly in mind the question of tho Duko and other Princes going to tho Dominions as Governors. He intends, if the Dominions wish it, to send them overseas when they arc sufficiently experienced and have acquired mature judgment.

"BIG FFELLER BAG." JACK!' DISLIKES HIGH WAGES. LONDON, April 16.—" Jacky as a Communist is the subject ■of a letter to The Times from Lord Lamington (Governor of , Queensland, 18951931) refuting . a correspondent's suggestion that the Socialist system, being merely a theory, cannot be criticised. Lord Lamington cites tho Australian aboriginal as a Socialist, aiid says that if an employer gives a black boy a bag of flour in payment for work ho" will, as likely as not, ask not to be given so much at, a time, because, if he should return to the camp with'{i lot, his family and -tribe would insist on sharing it. Tho aboriginal knows, little _ about rights of private property, and is distinctly Socialistic and Cummunistic, yet ho is intelligent, and sometimes of splendid physique. It is questionable., adds Lord Lamington, whether Labor leaders and other Socialists would enjoy being members of the aboriginal social system. Queensland can show many derelict remains of while men's communistic settlements.

FIRST OF' EMPIRES.

SITE OF KISH DISCOVERED

SAMSUIZUNA'S BRICK

LONDON, April 15.—Another page in tha history of archaeology has been turned, says/ the times, Ijy the American expedition to Mesopotamia, which has unearthed! a stamped! brick proving tliat the ruins on which it is fwarking repre-

sent the site of Kish, the ancient capital of the early Babylonian Empire, and! the scat of tho first, empire known in human history.

Tho brick is inscribed : "Samsuizuiin, Seventh King of tho First Dynasty of Babylon." Another brick is inscribed 'with the name of Nebuchadnezzar, who restored the city and' the temple.

The ruins of Kish are situated at ElOheimir. nine miles cast, of Hillu, ill northern Babylonian. The' previous oldest, known Babylonian, record, from Nip. pur, mentions Utag, patesi of Kish, several centuries before the Akkadian King Sarjjon. A second dynasty, founded by a woman, ruled for ;i century until overthrown by Sargon.

H.R..IL MAKES A HIT WITH U.S. LEGION.

LONDON. March 7.—Members of the American Legion Post in London arc singing tho praises of the Prince of Wales because the heir to the British throne has aided tho Yankee former service men to maintain a club house here.

The members of tho legion are planning a masked ball for March 25 from the returns of which they expect to refill the depleted exchequer of the post. When they explained this to the Prince and said that his presence was desired as a drawing card, the Prince replied that ho would be present and would be delighted to assist the former service men m any way possible. •

The Prince added that he would also welcome! the opportunity again to dance with American girls.

EIGHT-HOUR DAY

ACTION BY LABOR

LONDON, April 14.—The governing body of the International Labor Office discussed at Geneva, the' difficulties of securing tho ratification of the EightHour Day Convention notably by Britain, France, and Germany. * They appointed! a committee l of nine members to inquire into the best means of securing the ratification of the present proposals at the next session of the council. it was/ also decided that the next International Labor Conference should ! be held in October, 1923, and! that it should last only ono week,, there being only one question in the! agenda. The conference in 1924 is to bo held in June.

WHALING BARQUE OFF FOR AD VENTURE IN SOUTH SEAS.

SAN FRANCISCO, March I.—The oldtime, whaling barque Narwhal sailed today for the South Seas with a crew of twenty men who hope to make their fortunes by taking motion pictures of savages, some of whom are said to be cannibals.

The crew incorporated itself under the name of the Mutual Trading Company, each man contributing £l6O. Many of the crew had accomplished success in other vocations and their voyage was largely inspired l by the spirit "of adventure. They expect to be gone eight toi ten months.

A highly inflammable and explosive cargo was carried for Samoa, including dynamite, gasoline, coal, lumber, and motion picture films. After leaving Samoa, New Caledonia and other little known islandfe will be visited, where tho real adventure is expected to begin, i

MITCHIGAN GIRL'S TEMPERATURE

ESCANABA, Mich., March 7.—Efforts to take the temperature of Miss Evelyn Lyons, whose strange case has baffled science by her retention for two weeks of a temperature of 114 degrees, failed when the attending physician's thermometer broke.

Miss Lyons complained to Dr. 11. F. Defn'et, her doctor, that sho fell more feverish. Medical thermometers are not graduated above 114 degrees, but Dr. Defnet attempted to take the girl's temperature with one which had been equipped with emergency markings above that point. Tho attempt failed when the expanding mercury reached tho top of tho tube and blew tho end oif. Dr. Defnot estimated the girl's temperature at 118 degrees. The girl remains rational, with a good appetite and resents orders to remain in bed. She is being closely watched since she disappeared last week and was found later lying in a snowbank in an alley, where, she explained, sho had gone to cool off.

ENGLAND'S VOICE,

ASSURING INDEPENDENCE

LONDON, April 16.—The destiny of Tho London Times was foreshadowed by Major John Astor (who recently in association with tho Walter family, bought tho interests in the paper held by the late Lord Northclilfe, and Sir John; Ellerman), in a speech at The Times' Companionship dinner. Major Astor said that the influence of tho most powerful voice in- the world should bo used in the national interest, and should bo beyond tho power of any individual to use for personal ends. He regarded The Times as a national institution, and was taking steps, in conjunction with Mr. John Walter (whose, ancestor founded the paper), to put it beyond tho reach of unworthy aims, and to maintain it as the independent, fearless, and truthful voice of England. The Times Companionship is an interdepartmental institution formed during the Napoleonic wars. A thousand guests dined, disposed in four large rooms, at the Hotel Cecil.

A notable feature of the dinner was that the speeches were heard simultaneously in all the rooms by means of a remarkable electrical elaboration of the loud-speaking telephone.'

£IOO,OOO FOR SCIENCE. SIR A. YARROW'S GIFT TO ROYAL ( SOCIETY. LONDON, Feb. 21.—Sir Alfred Yar row, tho shipbuilder, 'who is 81. has given £IOO,OOO to the Royal Society, of which ho is a Fellow, for scientific research. In his letter to the president of the society intimating the gift, Sir Alfrd writes:'

I am convinced that the future prosperity of this country will bo Largely dependent upon tho encouragement of original scientific research. 1 desire to mark my sense of the value of research to the community bv offering, as a gift to the Royal Society, £IOO,OOO to bp used as capital or income for tho purposes of the society, as the council may think fit, because I recognise conditions alter so materially from time to finite that to ensure tho greatest possibly benefit from such a fund it must be ministered with unfettered discretion bV\ tho best people from time to time avail* l able. I

I should prefer that the money be used* to aid scientific workers by adequate' payment and by the supply of apparatus or other facilities, rather than to erect costly buildings, because large sums of money are sometimes spent on buildings without adequate endowment andi tho investigators are embarrassed by< financial anxieties.