The WEEK'S WIRELESS.

Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 32, 10 August 1923, Page 8

The WEEK'S WIRELESS.

7> Wellington, August 3.. Although Germany has not formally applied for admission to the League of Nations, it is under, stood that the German ambassador to Great Britain is enquiring as to Great Britain's attitude, and that both Great Britain and Italy would support the proposal. The Cancer Research Fund has reached £5,000. Plans are being made for a collecting campaign during the autumn, in Great Britain and the dominions. ' France won the European section of the final. , The International Labour Bureau, Geneva, reports that the number of wounded men who diaw pensions in Germany and France is l\ millions each; in Great Britain, 117,000.' Wellington, August 4. President Harding died suddenly from apoplexy, after passing a good day, and the doctors giving every hope of a good recovery. The Slew Zealand Parliament immediately adjourned on hearing the news, and the GovernorGeneral dispatched a message to the British Ambassador at Washington expressing New Zealand's sympathy. The Vice-President, Mr. C. Coolidge, automatically becomes president. The Royal Commission which enquired into the loss of the New Guinea vessel "Sumatra" reports that no blame is attachable to anyone, and that her loss was due probably to her snipping exceptionally heavy seas, which overhelmed her. The Otira railway tunnel (New Zealand) has been officially opened. Many years-, of work have, been gone to the making tips tunnel. Wellington, August 6. 'The United States were stunned by the neWs of the sudden . death of President Harding. A special train conveying the body from San Francisco to Washington was greeted along the route by silent bareheaded groups of mourners. World-wide messages of sympathy have been sent to Washington. King George ' expressed the "personal sympathy of himself, the Queen, and all British people/ The British Court is going into mourn- . jngfor a week. ... The French reply to Great Britain asserts that the German pro* pceela show no desire to submit to execution of the treaty, and contends that- Germany's economic condition is not a result of the Ruhr occupation but is the work of the Reieb>iteßjfc Prince Henry had an ankle broken while schoolings horse at i : .<~H-. ,y ' . engineering the British Empire was completed oil Saturday with the official opening of ; the Otira flew Zealand Ragby J football: 9*i»'Hojth r. So«#%rt£of New Zeslandmateh draw---•gJi'V was TkW*dd iii '■' heavy rain and in a Bea PkbaJQ* Auckland teagoelatoone. Brown IlllllWffilli ■:

British forces" from warships have been landed at Amoy to protect British interests. A Japanese delegation of six members of the Japanese House of Peers, under Count Yoshia, has arrived in Sydney, with the object of observing social and economic conditions and fostering trade relations. A distinguished French astronomer and meteorologist predicts another ice age, two hundred-years hence, which will turn the earth into an ice-capped waste. Incident ly, old residents of Canterbury consider that the snow on the ranges is the worst known. Very heavy losses.of sheep are reported. Heavy weather with persistent rain continues in Sydney, causing postponement of the races, while the heaviest snowa for many years are reported fiora other centres. Influenza still rages throughout New Zealaud, and pneumonic cases are increasing.in parts. The death roll is causing some consternation, though experts consider that it has reached its maximum. The Chinese "soccer" team has arrived in Sydney. The players are mainly university students. Obit u'ar'y: Tnivakano, expremier of Tonga. Wellington, August 8. A Commission of the League of Nations is deliberating on a plan to solve the reparations problem, and is devising a scheme of disarmament conditional upon mutual guarantees against unprovoked attacks.' The scheme is to be presented to the Council of the League at Geneva, next month. Sullivan, an American, has swum the English Channel from Dover to Calais.