WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
POISON GAS BANNED. ! ’ WASHINGTON. Jan. G. r Official.—•*-A committee of the Limio tation of Armaments adopted alter i. discussion, the following resolution. “Signatory powers desiring to cnsii.e the'" enforcement, of -humane rules in c the existing law declared by them in respect of at tacks upon, smmirc, or e destruction Of 'merchant -ships. Wither declare that any Dower who shall violate any of those rules, whether or not poison gas is nuclei' 0 governmental supervision, snail )>” s deemed to have violated the laws *>. war and he liable for trial and punishment as if .for an act of. pn'ac.%. and may. he', brought to trial helore 11 Hie civil or military authorities oi anv Power-within jurisdiction.” The report of the loss of t-he. German vessel Salama shows that the ” sole survivor was a 15-yoar-okl cabin s boy. He maintained life by gnaw--1 ing his hand and drinking his own r blood. He was unconscious when rescued, .lushed to the wreckage, ’[’fins he escaped the .Baltic lin.iieane. An anonymous guarantor ol me final £30.000 of the minimum, of £1,000.000 required for Hue British. Empire Exhibition enables Hie w**rk j o be startml immediately. The Duke of 'York turns Hie first sod on Tuesday (to-day).
, it. is reported tha* Herr Sni-ms , has purchased a warehouse in RetroI grad and is negotiating with the. Bolt veil, to organise maritime commune S cations between Pelrograd, German I ports and Amsterdam. D.atav.y aJ- \ vices slate that Herr Stinaes eUcrml > the Da den g municir'-Hity a six nor j cent, loan for muiißyial voiks con -S di I tonally on a Sl inncs concern < cm inn the work. V rr\ r\ Q I
five. The Charter of these National Homes. is',: "No destitute child 'ev->r refused admission.” They enter for those who cannot by any possibility help thcmtselvos. There is no s.vs*o;.'i lof votes and no red tape. The Oxen I Sesame tb their care is destitution. I,and it is of Hie destitute the Homes achieve such good results. Up to (he cver-Open door they come, hoys and girls Of every size, of evei> hind, of every |hoek —dirty, hungry, mg- • le.ctcd, vdnnimms; or patched and Jcl can aru| wet with the tears of . naveui.s \Uio would so gladly .keep ; i horn if they could. And out of the | far gale o,J’ the Fairy Castle of Trans- * formation! they go, years hence, | taught aid trained, serf-respecting, ■ ■■•‘ll’-reliaift workers in the gtvaJ vim-yard -of .God and the Empire Children lave suffering, children arc perishing, l body and soul. Children arc crying aloud day by day. hour 1)y bour. Tor help, and it is in empower of each one. of ns, in se,me d- - grec. however small to lessmi tho terrible sum of child-snffer.ing in this land ok ours.'. Baruardo’s appeal for help this winter-time to rave liUle ones from the suffering into which they are born. Never before have !li« j Homes needed so n-gently tile support of those, the world over, who t hink of the welfare and happiness of little children. Donations, payable “Dr. Barm, rdo’r Homes,” may be sent, lo the Director at ;t.s to '2G, Stepney Causeway, London, E. 1.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 10282, 10 January 1922, Page 3
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