BRITISH & FOREIGN

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 29 June 1926, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

OVERNIGHT NEWS SUMMARY. I'w Prine* Association —Copyright. LONDON, June 27. The death is announced of Earl Jellicoe’s aunt, Miss Catherine Jellieoe, aged 104 years SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. Tawara and Harada (Japan) vanquished Aragon brothers (Philippines), 6-3, 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, on Saturday, eliminating the Islands’ representatives from the Davis Cup, Winning three games out of five. HONOLULU, June 26. The Pan-Pacific Union has appointed committees for the Polynesian Research Conference here in 1928, in connection with the Cook sCsquicen. tennial. Sir Joseph Cflrrtthert, referring to the Conference, said the Polynesians shall not perish. ROME, June 2'B. Two distinct earthquake shocks with’ the smallest interval between'— occurred this morning, lasting twenty seconds. The shocks were the heaviest felt

for years. Reports from the province of Foggfu indicate that over two thousand houses were destroyed by an earthquake—which shook several villages. LONDON. June 27. Reports from various Eastern Mediterranean countries report several earthquake shocks. Fortunately the loss of life has been small, but the damage to property has been considerable. A lighthouse at the southern extremity of Rhodes Island collapsed. At .Alexandria cracks appeared in many places. SYDNEY, June 28. Arrivals from New Guinea report the discovery of alluvial gold near Morobe, in wild country, 8000 ft. above sea level, six days’ journey through rugged precipitous jungle. It is stated there might be a richer extension of the field, which has been working for some time. The gold is described as poor quality, worth 52s (id per ounce. A considerable number made their way to the field. The chief difficulties in the way of developing, are scarcity of supplies and the difficulty and dearness of recruiting labour for their carriage. LONDON. June 27. A tablet on the mole at Zeebrugge, commemorating St. George’s Day historic landing in 1916, was unveiled by Prince Charles, second son of King Albert. The ceremony was attended by several survivors of the landing, including Captain Carpenter, of the Vindictive, Belgian authorities, and the Duke of Northumberland. One noteworthy person, present was Mrs Gibbs, mother of Commander Gibbs, of the Iris, who remained at his post although both legs were blown off by a German shell. BERLIN, June 28. Two million unemployed in Germany are receiving doles from the Government amounting to £60,000,000 a year. In the meanwhile the United Steel Works, the new Ruhr Trust, arranged with the assistance of America, begins operations to-day, in amalgamating sixty concerns, yielding 40,000,000 tons of coal annually, its 250 rolling mills turning out 7,000,000 tons of finished steel.

The Government assisted in the formation of the trust by giving favourable arrangements regarding the taxation due from members of the Trust, which amounts to a considerable subsidy.

LONDON, June 27. Lady Houston, whom four specialists recently examined, is declared to Ire mentally and physically fit. She petitioned the Jersey "Court to annul the appointment of a curator of her late husband’s large estate, pointing out that the specialists’ report showed that her ill-health culminated on an attack of jaundice, accompanied by mental confusion, which disappeared when the jaundice was cured. The Courts adjourned the application to enable the principal residents of the Island to hear medical evidence in accordance with the Channel Islands law. Lady Houston, on hearing the decision, collapsed, declaring that it was unfair, and alleging a conspiracy against her. LONDON. June 27. Mr Lloyd George, in a remarkable speech in the Welsh Baptist Chapel, London, recalled Mr W. T. Stead's “If Christ came to Chicago.** Mr Lloyd George declared tmit if •Christ had come to London during the general strike his utterances, would certainly have been excluded, from the British Gazette; probably tne Home Secretary would have had Christ watched as a dangerous character, preaching doctrines subversive uo out institutions. Probably the next edition of the Gospels, in the twenty-first century, would not be published from the disciples’ recollections, but from notes by the police attending his addresses. Probably, owing his support of the Primate’s appeal tor concilia tions, Christ would have been excluded from the Liberal Shadow Cabinet. All Christ’s doctrines were revolutionary subversive, disintegrating.