MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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SWEDEN SAFER

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 26. The political situation in 'Sweden is belter, but is due largely .to the standing army and strong conservatism of the people.

LAND IN JAPAN.

(Received this (lay at 11.25 a.m.)

TOKIO, Feb. 26

Government is extending the facilities to foreigners for the ownership of land.

COAL COMMISSION. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) LONDON, February 26. It is understood that of sixteen members of Saney’s Coal Commission, half are Labourites, with miners predminating, and the other half representing coal-owning, shipping, engineering, steel-making, and financial interests. ’

IRISH MATTERS. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) LONDON, February 26. Government is arranging to build fifty thousand houses in Ireland. Mr Shortt has introduced a bill to establish a Ministry of Ways and Communication with a view to the coordination of all means of transport. He said Government proposed to take control of the railways, and light railways, roads, bridges, tramways, canals and electrical supply. Nothing was more universally important than transport- to industry. Agriculture could not be developed or the housing problem settled without adequate help. The Transport- Committee of (lie House bad decided that the nation could not revert to private competition and prewar condiions.

A ROYAL FUNCTION. LONDON, February 27. The King invested 270 overseas ofli cers and men afc Buckingham including six Victoria Crosses.

MINERS DIFFERENCE. LONDON, February 27

There was a considerable difference of opinion at th o Miners Conference. It is understood several advocated acceptance of Govrenmeui’s offer and the appointment of a miners delegate in the industrial Commission to open on February 27th.

QUESTION OF GERMAN N-WY. LONDON, February 23. It is semi-officially stated that the British Government favours the German battleships, at. Scapa being sunk while the other Allies oppose the suggestion .

CLEMENCKA U I IEALTPT

(Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) LONDON, February 23,

Hon. A. J. Balfour and M. Pichon con fet'red with M .Clemenceau on the diplomatic situation and found him better than they expeced. They expressed amazement at his , vitality.

COAL MINERS MOVE. (Received This Dav at noon.) LONDON, Feb. 23.

The “Evening Standard” states the Colliery Owners Association have adopted a scheme for joint Councils of owners and workmen, to manage ceitain mines ,enabling tiie men to study questions of working costs. The. joint Councils would fix the wages. The owners believe the result would he cooperative management.

FOOTBALL. LONDON, Feb. 23. At Rugby football, New Zealanders from Torquay and Cardiff played a draw, no score. New -Zealanders Reserve team 13 points defeated Coventry nil. JELLICOE’S GUEST.

LONDON, Feb. 23. Mr Clutlia Mackenzie has' gone to Now Zealand, as Admiral Jellicoc’s guest.

AN ARREST. (Received Tlfis Day at noon.) PARIS, Eeh. 23. Following the attempt on Premier Clemenceau, the police have made numerous visits to houses of militant communists and anarchists and arrested Emile Content, manager of the weekly paper “Libertairc.” BUDAPEST RIOTS. (Received TliL Dav at noon.) BERNE, Feh. 23 In a communist riot at Budapest, u]|idcr German Russian ring-leaders, insurgent troops occupied the Railway station and telegraph offices and storm od the Socialist newspaper office. The Council proclaimed a state of siege and government troops re-occupied the station.

STRIKE POSTPONED. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) LONDON, Feb. '27. The .Miners’ Conference postponed the strike notice for a week. 3lie Industrial Conference has appointed a Committee to consider wages, hours, unemployment and co-operation of capital and labour, and to report to n further conference on April sth.

DAVIS CUP CHALLENGE. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) LONDON, Feb. 27th. France has issued a challenge for the Davis Cup. SCRAP THE SUBMARINES. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 26. The “Pall Mall G azotic’’ says the Governments of Britain and United States have decided entirely to oppose the use of submarines in future warfare and accordingly will not recede from the proposed scraping of German submarines. They also favour the destruction of larger German ships, but probably will compromise on the matter as other Allies led by France, strongly oppose the wastage. French na.vnl opinion consider the French should share the Gorman ships as France was triable to build during the war. j