MISCELLANOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANOUS NEWS.

f AUSTRALIAN & N.E. CABLE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL air BOARD. LONDON December 24. Lord Weir, who lias just resigned lb. nre6 idency of the Air Board, speakint at Manchester, said that the best .»«• terests of would not »» served by keeping civil Ctovernmeat monopoly. - ; me n had drafted a scheme for m Interna tonal An- Boara, he submitted to the Allies. roved an international air conicIZ would be bold i» u few ”»1‘- “ org »Uo international «?■»«• fi e years navigation by aeroplane n id weather ought to be a. easy ,s steering a ship in similar circumstance.. -Alrfady,” he said, “we have aeroplane! able’to climb 10,000 feet, tnive’ l hundred miles an hour, make a no. - stop journey of 1200 miles, and nU on the sea and nsc again load A new and tremendous industij about to be created out of the Roya Mr Force, which has been trained a kl developed in war and will put the lessons it has learned into practice for pm rTes of peace and civilisation, lb £ Force which had 283 officers an. men in August 1914, has non 30,000 officers and 260,000 men SO 000 w’otncn and boys. 1 for the ininiedatc fntoe srsevere navigational training the a tion of an energetic meteorologies «. vice the adoption of improved ioisummate end jnstify the work of «... imen who have died. SHIPBUILDING. ■WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Mr Fletcher pointed out tnc ;Uty for e Britain was planX to"built two JuS Elions. MR. WILSON’S WELCOME. LONDON, Dee. 26. 2t?S? J±« S£; and 1-JJJ TRANSVAAL NATIVE CONGRESSJOHANNESBURG, December 24 The Native National Congress adopt; an address to the King, expressing gratitude for the Allied victory, emphasising the loyalty of the n* during fhe war under difficult eireumZJs, requesting that native pro ectoratos shall remain under the cant of fbe Imperial Government, and not t handed over ,0 tho - »> the consent of the peoples requesting the extension of the Franchise to,.ib< : natives urging • South,' M'est/and East Africa shall not be disposed of without confu ting th : inhabitants, and not be handed ° 1 ' the Union until the franchise lias be. a extended to the natives. Dealing with republican propaganda, the address requests that in the even .of the white races agreeing to such * form of government, it is desirable that the Imperial Government should ( not allow it without consulting l arrive inhabitants of the Union and the j less the majority of tho native popula- j tion consents. ! MISSING MEN. | LONDON, Dec. 25. A special committee has been appointed to advise as to further steps to trace missing men, SELF-DETERM IN ATION. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2(5. Senator Phelan, of California, has introduced in the TJ.S. Senate tjyu promising that the American Peace Coiiissionerl will assist in obtagu* the freedom of exercising the light ot self-determination for Ireland. LONG AEROPLANE TRIPS. , LONDON, December' 25. The Press Bureau announces that a Handley-Page aeroplane, cn route to the East reached Egypt. Owing to bad weather, the machine flew via Sicily and Malta. It stopped a night .at each island. AIR RESTRICTION. LONDON, Decomber 23. The Allied Air Conference, to M held in January will devise means tc prevent German commercial machinebeing converted into bombers at a im» jiicnts notice, A 47-HOUR WEEK.

LONDON December 26. By a balolt, the Engineering and Shipbuilting Federation accepted the employers’ offer of a. 47-liour week instead of the men’s demands foi a 44 hour week. A CITY STARVING. I VIENNA December 25. TTie Chief of the British Red Cross Su Austria states: “Unless food is sent to Vienna immediately at least 200,000 will die there of starvation. The people are already dying like files. NAVAL DECORATION. | LONDON, December 25. The Admiralty announces that the King has approved of the award of a 1914-1915 Star-in bronze for officers and men in the Navy including the Dominions’ Forced, pilots, observers, men of the Naval Air Service, Mer-. cantile Marine officers and men serving •under special naval engagements and •canteen staffs who served aboard warships at sea, also in respect of operations in France, Belgium and Eastern Europe, including Egypt, Africa, Asm, ■and the Australasian theatre including German New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Navua, and German Samoa. ...

I freedom of seas. 1 (Received This Day at 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, December j The “Times” London correspondent, interviewed Lord Fisher, who said the ! question of freedom of the seas far ■ exceeded the League of Nation’s idea. ■ Mr Wilson can best, merit- eternal fame ’ ami compel a continuance of peace by ! inducing all nations wlio speak the English language to form a federation of free nations a great commonwealth of free peoples. - ~ Lord Burnham, interviewed, said tlic President’s visit to these shores is recognised everywhere as of immeasurable importance to both countries and marks the deep and abiding interest itaken in affairs concerning _ the great western democracy. The visit is a visible truth of the common understanding Of the moral forces of the world, which alone is able to ensure the rig»u standard of civilisation. NEW YORK, December 2/. \dvice has been received by tlie Rus- | sian Embassy which reports unsuccessful Bolshevik uprising against- the AH Russian Government at Omsk on December 22nd. Twelve Bolsheviks wer arrested, court-martialled and shot. NEW BRITISH SUBMARINE. j (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK December 27. ‘Naval officers attached to the American fleet wlio have just arrived, c edared that England had built, a new type of large submarine carry a twelve inch gun mounted forward. It was us- j ed for bombarding Heligoland on sever- ; a! occasions. The recoil of tlie gun was so heavy that the submarine was forced six feet below tlie water. Th e officers added that England had developed n submarine with a 25 knots surface speed Isteam driven and armed with four inch guns and a crew of fifty. It was equipped with long range wireless and when submerging the two stack-: . fold back and the hatches automatically closed. J NEW YORK PLEASED. | j (Received This Day at 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, December ItNew York newspapers express gratilication at Mr Wilson’s reception in ( London, and point out it is a token ot the deep friendship and common interest in the ideals of the two nations. j JAMAICAN DEMANDS. j JAMAICA, Dec. 26. The Imperial Association Jamacia . passed a resolution demanding that the Central Powers shall pay an indemnity commensurate with the cost of tho war j to tho Empire. j BESSARABIA SEEKING UNION. ! PARIS, Dec. 26. : Advices from Jassv state that the Bessarabian National Council has voted in favour of a definite union without reservation, with Romnania. A 1)D 11 UA L’)’ Y DEPUTY. f41.-STBAT.IAX & NCABLE ASSOCIATI »N A Jl BITTER.] | (Received this day at 9-25 a.m.) j LONDON, December 25. j The Admiralty states Earl Lytton has been appointed Deputy to Sir. Ei ic Geddes at the Admiralty in all matters arising from tho Peace Conference affecting tlie naval policy. REMOVING RESTRICTIONS. ''Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) j LONDON December 25. 0 The Press Bureau states the dealings in timber in United Kingdom will not bo restricted after January Ist.