MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1917, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.] AMERICAN AIRMEN. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Adviee s received here state American aviator s participated in bombing raids over Germany. submarine inventions. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Mr. Daniels has announced important progress is being made with submarine inventions, for which forty thousand suggestions have been received. STRIKES CALLED OFF. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Buffalo Federation has called off all strikes affecting the Government war works. A conference of labourites and Government officials will be held shortly.

SOLDIERS’ PAY. (Received This Day at 10.15. a lit.) LONDON November 14. Sir Edward Carson in opening the Soldiers Hostel at Westminister prodieted that Government would shortly announced a further advance in soldiers pay. He saw the nation deserved to be doomed, if it neglected the fighters affler the war. Nothing that could be done was good enough for them.

I.W.W. RAIDED. NEW YORK Nov, 14. 1 The police raided the I.W.W. vention at Omaha and arrested two hundred. , COMMONS’ REJECTION. I ~ (Received This Dav at 11.25. a.in.) LONDON, Nov. 14. The Common s rejected Mr. Hender- / son’s amendment to reduce the national war aims.

CHINA’S PROTEST,

• (R< reived This Dnv at 11.25. a.m.; WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. I China’s protest is published. It points out that China consistently respected the treaty of rights of friendly nations. Existing treaties edvey territorial and contiguity interests completely. As far as China is concerned, she will not allow herself to be bofiild by other nations’ agreements.

CANADA’S INTENTIONS. (Received This Day at 9.15 a.m.) OTTAWA November 14. Sir R. Bowden in a manifesto to the Canadian people undertaking to grant women the franchise to conscript wealth through adequate taxation* aboIrish patronage throughout the Government services, correct abuses in the militia and mobilise economically for the war.