MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] CAPTAIN WARD TURNS UP. RETURNED FRONI FRANCK. LONDON January 27. Captain Ward, the Now Zealander who disappeared from Mount Felix Hospital, Walton, and reported missing, c-anie back from France ill. His bicycle, hat, and letters were found on the Thames.

A JAPANESE PROTEST.

fAUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION* & REUTER.] NEW YORK Jan 27. Advices Prom Tokio state that Enron Ozsaki speaking in the Diet, de. nouiiced the Tcraulhi Administration aud lamented its indifference- lo the war. He urged Japan to state bet war aims, and asked why British and (American warships wore at Vlndivostock, when Japan agreed to protect the Allied interests in the'Pacific,

TURKISH REPORT. r AUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION it REUTER.] [ADMIRALTY PER WIRELESS PRESS,] (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) LONDON Jan. 27. Turkish official. —There was lively aerial activity in. the [Dardanelles. Land fire compelled two enemy • warships and minesweepers to retreat. The latter were tlirieo hit.

A DENIAL. LONDON January 27. The .Press Bureau’s report re tile closing of the Port of London is officially denied. ISSUE OF o s NOTES. Received, this day at 8.45' a.m. LONDON January, 28. The issue of five million ss. notes Britain is imminent.

SIR E. GEDDES SPEAKS. A LONG HECKLING. (Received, This Da.v at 8.50. a.m.) LONDON January 28.

Sir Auckland Geddes unexpectedly ac cepted the invitation to speak at a meeting of (Mersey Engineers. He spoke for four and a half hours and ivflg then two hours answering hecklers. His patience and candour impressed the crowd who ovatccUinm at te close, through a resolution against the Man Power Bill was carried.