MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1917, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[per press association.—copyright.)

\ JAPANESE MISSION. , WASHINGTON, Aug. 21st It is semi-officially announced that the United States ha B no programme for discussion with the Japanese Mission, but anything the latter desire* to discuss will a bearing, especially if it deals with greater co-bpera.tion in Atlantic shipping. ZEPPELIN DESTROYED. NO SURVIVORS. rAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION) LONDON August, 21. The Admiralty reports: Our light forces operating off Jutland coast destroyed a Zeppelin. There were no survivors. f HUNGARIAN PREMIER. (United Service Telegrams.) LONDON August 21. M. Alexander Wekenle hoe been appointed Premier of Hungary. ROUMANIANS PARLIAMENT. [LONDON TIMES SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] (Received, This Day at 8.50. a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 22. M. Bourchieri reports that the Roumanian Parliament - has at Odessa. <■ - 1 SEAMENS’ CONFERENCE. Received, this day at 8.46 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 22. The Seamens’ Conference decided to hold an international conference at Copenhagen, excluding German delegates. It was agreed to have nothing to do with German seamen, after the war. labour conference. LONDON, 'A«g- 22Iflie Labour Conference crushlngly defeated the Executive’s allocation proposal in regard to representation at the Stockholm Conference, which included special representation for Independent Labourites and other minor bodies. The Conference «decided that the Party Delegation Humber twenty-four.