MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1917, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

AGAINST STRIKING. ' LONDON November 4. The majority against striking over the proposal to comb out. eligible South WaleJ miners, is now over 52,000. NEW SPA NJ S H MINI ST RY. MADRID, November 4. Marquis AUugjiins' has formed a Ministry. , MINES NEAR AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Nov. 5. Mine sweeping operations are proceeding. The authorities believe that mines were possibly dropped during the voyage between Melbourne and Sydney. THE FINLAND’S DEAD. WASHINGTON, November 4. Eight are dead and one missing from the transport Finland, which was torpedoed on the way to America . NAVAL AIR. RAID. I LONDON November 5. J The Admiralty reports: Our air service carried out numerous patrol s to-day bringing down an enemy machine in the sea, damaging another and probably destroying a third. We raided the Engel aerodromes and bombed the hangars and slieds. Two of the eiiemy attacking machines were driven down. All ours returned. 'IHEi CONSCRIPTION ISSUE. SYDNEY, November 5. Recent' happenings -.‘in. Russia and Italy lias brought the conscription issue strongly to the front again Throughout the Commonwealth there is insistently - growing a demand that the Federal Government should fairly face the position in view of the steadily shrinking yield of the voluntary enlistments, and the altered state of affairs on certain battle fronts. Supporters of conscription contend that those combined factors have absolved the Government from the pledge not to resurrect the issues, Much interest centres in the. Cabinet meeting to b« held on Wedeusday, when the cpiestion will be discussed and a decisive pronouncement is intended.

BUTTER REQUIRED. LONDON, Nov. sth. At Llandilo, colliers stopped buffer carts declaring local wants were unsup plied. They induced the owners to sell half locally, and formed queues and allowed the sale of single pounds. DUBLIN QUIET. (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) . LONDON, November 5. Dublin was quiet on Sunday, despite a feverish excitement. Irish volunteers indulged in' many route marches. There wore no untoward incidents. BELGIAN GIRL SLAVES. (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) LONDON November 5. Mr. Percival Phillips states a letter found on a German .Landwehr soldiers, 'contained a protest agaist Germans forcing Belgian girls t° build concrete dug-out s under fire. The writer says he was in charge of a party of < these slaves behind the Yser. He says it is a shameful deed simply inconceivable.