MISCELLANEOUS HEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1917, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS HEMS

[l-JOll ITIKSS ASSOCIATION.—COrVtdOITT. j butter bricks, LONDON, October 2(5. j Maximum prices .for Australian bub ter have boon advanced to 22!)/- and New Zealand to 224/BRAZIIVS ATTITUDE. RIO HE JANJKRO, October 20. The President of Brrijiil sent a message to Congress that the sinking of the Maltau compels Brazil to become j a (belligerent, and requests Congress ■ to authorise l the seizure o) German warships anchored in the Bahia i-.nn , the internment of the crew, together with the crews of German merchantmen . | BRAZIL DECLARES WAR. j I - AUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] LONDON. Oct. 20. (Brtiz.il has declared war on Germany. RETURNING DECO IhATTONS. CHRISTIANIA, .October. 26. * Captain Sverdrup, the Arctic explorer, following Amundson’s example, lias ' returned the German decorations. . SPANISH POLITICS. (Received Yesterday at 11.10. p.m.) MADRID, October 27. The Spanish Cabinet has resigned. DUTCH-GERMAN AGREEMENT. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 26. The “N’orddoutebe All gem nine Zeitung” states that the agreement between Holland and Germany begins to-day, Germany supplying coal, iron and steel iri exchange for foodstuffs, particularly butter and cheese. EFFECT OF .REPRISALS. fAUSTKALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION AMSTERDAM, Oot. ‘ 26. Travellers from Frankfort say that the, town is panic stricken owing to the Allies’ a(ir reprisals. Travellers were not allowed to leave hotels after live in the afternoon for five days as Allied air -porn tions wore reported near.