“STOP PRESS” NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16819, 23 August 1922, Page 12

“STOP PRESS” NEWS.

(Reserved for late news received after the paper has gone to press.) MARSH AT, VON [TIN !>E\ ill RG. BERLIN. August 22. Speaking at a Hindenburg welcome at Munich, General Bothmor congratulated him oil holding out to the last, when perfidious treason overthrew an unbeaten arm.' . The Field Marshal replied brieily, exhorting his hearers to duty. The Imperial Government previously had made representations to Bavaria forbidding the Keichswehr participating in demonstration -. The latter did not go beyond vocal Hag wagging on the stage, except the correspondent of a Radical newspaper. who was mishandled, but was rescued by the police. G EKM AN SU GGESTTON S. LONDON, August 22. While French and German Press reports of German overtures to France, with the object of forming a Continental bloc, excluding Britain, are regarded as much exaggerated, it is stated that German industrialists have privately and unofficially made overtures to French business people, suggesting that French and British interests should be given a share of German industry until a modified amount of reparations, to he agreed on later, have been paid. The Germans hope thus to prevent French occupation of the Ruhr Valley. DEATH OF MICHAEL COLLINS. LONDON, August 23. Michael Collins was ambushed and hilled at Bandon. OBITUARY. (Received August 23, 3.20 p.m.) LONDON, August 22. The death is announced of Sir Thomas Broch, the Academician. Sir Thomas Brock, K.C.8., R.S.A., A.R.1.8.A., R.A., A.R.A., D.C.L. Oxford was born in 1547. Among his best known works were “ Eve,” “ The Genius of Poverty,” busts of Queen Victoria* and memorial Btatues of the late Queen. FOOTBALL. TECHNICAL COLLEGE TOURNAMENT. The annual Technical High School’s Tournament which was to have coinmenced at Lancaster Park this after- . noon with a match between the Christchurch Technical College and the Invercargill College has been postponed owing to rain, until tomorrow afternoon when the above game will be played. Friday’s game between the Dunedin and Invercargill Colleges will be played on Saturday, probably at Ensors Road. The Dunedin and Christchurch teams will meet on Monday afternoon as arranged. REP. FOOTBALL. INVERCARGILL, August 23. Half-time: Southland eight, Auckland three. THE LATE MR J. B. WAV. Tho death occurred litis morning, at his residence. Pa- k Terrace, ot Mr John Buck land Way, in bis eighty-fourth year. The late .Mr Wa> was an business in Christchurch for many years, but retired -ouie three and a half years ago. lb was a native of Devonshire, and arrived in New Zealand by the ship Nimrod, r'. landing at Auckland in 18 ■ am! after a reel.lc.c ' deceased him by ten years. Surviving members of the family are: —.Mrs C. H. Turner Wellingt n ! .!• mes Breeds (Sumner . thr i ugh : lighters and Mr John Way (all ol Christ- | church). THROUGH. A WINDOW. A la rg day afternoon outside the garage of the Dominion .Motors, Ltd., when it was first rumoure •• body had been killed in a motor collision, but, after a few moment.--' v aitin-r. the assembled crowd v.-c-«* convinced that there had been no fatality, although tl been one. A lady in smalt mi- was making her way into the garage from Gloucester Street, when she was suddenly confronted by a car making its way out, and, instead ot using her brakes, she drove up on to the footpath, and. with one of the plate-glass. 10ft sip sure, and smashed it to the glass hung ominously for a few moments before it era:-bed down to the footpath. It is not known how much it will cost to replace the window.