MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

! rAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] i REBELLION CRUSHED. | LISBON, Jan. 27. ! official.—Although the Monarchists at Brngniiza, suul A izon trie crushed ns a military, civilians m j Aviero district are seeking to revive I the quarrel among Republicans. Govi eminent have resigned, in order not to J weaken the Republican forces at the I present grave juncture, but continues I to conduct affairs until a now Cabinet i is formed. / | LISBON MONARCHIST DEFEAT, j LONDON, January 26. J The Monarchists have been defeated at Lisbon. THE MARMORA CONFERENCE. PARIS, January 26.

M. Pichon states that no official reply has yet been received from the Bolshevik Government though unofficial reports record their acceptance of the proposal- for a Conference at the Sea of Marmora. The Bolsheviks lay stress on the difficulty of their delegates reaching the Sea of Marmora. M. Pichon, questioned on the opposition shown to the Russian proposals by the French Press, said he thought it was based on the assumption that the arrangement meant the recognition of the Government. It was merely hoped that the Conference would lead to « cessation of iutereine strife, and permit the stabilisation of r.ie Russian Government.

WAR COSTING FOUR MILLIONS DAILY. LONDON, Jan. 26. It is estimated th c _ war expenditure is now four millions daily. ORGANISED plundering. LONDON, January 26th. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Rotterdam correspondent states: The German Government is dealing drastically with unemployment. Though agncultuie is dangered by a shortage of half a million workers in the provinces, there are hundreds of thousands of men idling m the towns. The Government is about to withdraw financial assistance from those refusing to work, except for good reasons. •Thieves in Berlin are most daring. They shut off whole streets to enable accomplices to plunder shops. In one instance sailors after loading a mot oil lorry with valuable booty, seized two policemen who were attempting to arrest them and, handing them over to Government soldiers drove off with the booty.

STRIKE AT BELFAST. (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 26. The position in Belfast- is serious. The streets are in darkness and candles al -e the only means of lighting houses. Church, services were abandoned, and in th e hospitals, where there art many soldiers, the cooks are. unable to prepare meals. Many industries are likely to he paralysed by Monday, including spinning, building and engineerill nr. The strike in Belfast began qmetlv. 40,000 are out.

RAILWAYMAN’S THREAT, niereived This Dav at it).’ft- h '' ' LONDON, Jan, 26. The Railwuymen’s Conference in London to-dav carried a resolution taikng a serious view of the Premier’s so-called a path v respecting the railway men s demands for higher wages and improved working conditions; adding that if J- T(n ‘ eminent desires to prevent a national stoppage on Oth February, it must negotiate immediately.

ITALY’S DANGERS. B URG LA KIES I NCR BASIN G. (Received This Day at 10.05. a.m.) LONDON, January 27th. Insurance Companies are alarmed a. the increase of burglaries which are now five times the previous daily average . The “Daily Chronicle’s” Milan correspondent states there is a remarkable outbreak of violent robberies. Hooligans armed with daggers and revolvers are stealing goods of all hinds, largely, during transits. Railway staffs and military sentries arc frequent > seriously handled. Also over four hundrod local railway employees have been arrested. Parcels post robberies have reached a climax. ' There ar<> many attacks in broad daylight on pedestrians and merchants passing through the city and many incendiary outbreaks.

The. press attributes the occurrences to anarchist outbreaks and smster elements entering Italy since the Austrian debacle.

ON THE CLYDE. LONDON. Jan. 27. There are to-day twenty thousand strikers on the Clyde. The Clyde strikers have adopted a re solution that they will not pay any rents or any income tax until a settlement lias been reached. \ strike feature. WASHINGTON, January 21). The most, potable feature of the .strikes is that all are unauthorised by Trade Union leaders. They are mostly organised by Shop’s Committees. [Toil It. T- Horne is not interfering .because the Ministry of Labour must , support file Trade Union Executive,

“NEW ZEALAND’S” PROGRAMME (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) LONDON, Jan. 28. The battle cruiser “Now Zealand” is proceeding to India. She stays there a mouth, and then sails for Australia, arriving at Freeman tie in Alny. “AUSTRALIA” COMING OUT. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) LONDON, Jan. 28. The “Australia” is refitting at Portsmouth and probably sails lor Australia, in May.