MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
NEED OF SCIENCE. (Received This Day at 11.25. a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. At a meeting of the Society of Arts, Pro. Wemeiss Anderson read a paper on the science of the cold storage industry He pointed out- that in pure science, Great Britain had done little or nothing for the commercial preservation of foodstuffs. He' suggested the establishment of institutes and research schools of refrigeration in London and Liverpool, also facilities for research at all seats of learning. He mentioned that Government was taking up the matter.
A MUNITIONS EXPLOSION. NO FATALITIES. (AUSTRALIAN <fc N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION & REUTER.] (Received This Day at 11.25. a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. Official.—An explosion wrecked buildings at the explosives works northward of London. There were no fatalities. l JIALIFAX DISASTER. SEEKING INFORMATION. (Received This Dav at 11.25. a.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 21. The investigation into the Halifax disaster is endeavouring to elucidate how the steamers Immo and Mont Blanc approached the narrow harbour entrance together, as the naval authorities should 'have control of all ( movements of vessels. The investigators are seeking to find who gave the orders allowing both vessels to risk passing a dangerous spot together.
KRUPP’S PROFITS. * (Received This Day at 10.15. a.m ) AMSTERDAM Dec. 20. Krupp’s shop made a profit of five million sterling in 1910 and declared a dividend of ten per cent. 1 IN THE DON COUNTRY. i (R■•reived this day at, 1.30 p.m.), NEW YORK. Doc. 20.
The “Evening Post,” correspondent Petrosrnd writing on the 19th. states Cossacks occupied Rostoff on the 17th. Maximalist infantry have joined the Cos sacks and Rod Guards surrendered. Kaledin communicated with Bolshevik headquarter’, proposing the cessation of civil wnr. He stipulates that the Masimilists do not interfere with the affairs of the Don Conntry, and in sists on the immediate formation of the National Government.
OBITUARY. "LONDON, Dec.-20. Obituary—Mr. Noel Ross, the Now Zealand journalist, from typhoid.
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