MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1919, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

rAUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] DE VALERA’S RECEPTION ABANDONED. LONDON March 26. At De Valera's request, the reception at Dublin has been abandoned owing V H to the fear of bloodshed.

THE ATLANTIC FLY. .Received ilns Dav at 9.50. a.m.) LONDON, March 26. There is considerable interest and rivalry among Australian aviators ovac.-* the Trans-Atljanlic flight. Haiflfif hopes to commence a flight from New. fouiidland within ten days. Pickles formally entered the competition yesterday. He says he thinks he can complete the flight in fourteen hours. If wc won it would be a great thing for Australia.

BUOYANT BRITISH REVENUE. PROBABLE EXCESS 50 MILLIONS. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 26.. The revenue for the financial year is already £9,000,000 above the estimate. The total excess will probably be £50,000,000. . SHOW ABANDONED. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Agricultural Show has been entirely abandoned, owing to influenza.

SINN FEINER’S ATTACK. (Received this day at 9.25 a./fl.) , LONDON, March 21. A large band of masked Sinn Feiners overpowered, disarmed and bound a guard of eleven soldiers at Ballynun, in Ireland. They raided an aerodrome and seized seventy rifles. A GREAT FLY. (Received This Day. at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 21. A British non-rigid machine made a remarkable flight, a complete circuit of the North Sea in most unfavourable weather. The vessel covered 1285 miles in 401 hours. It is the longest British voyage oversea, and a world’s record for a non-rigid machine.

• ANXIETY OVER EGYPT. I (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, March 26. Lord Harmsworth, in the House of Comons, stated the situation in Egypt was causing the Government considerable anxiety. The Foreign Office had refused to receive Egyptian Nationalists in, London, because their claims did not admit of discussion. The situation demanded firmness, which the Government would enforce with all the powers at its disposal.

karolyi arrested. COPENHAGEN, March 26. A message from Budapest reports Count Karolvi’s arrest, and some messages add that Karolyi has been assassinated. Doctor Wekell has also been arrested. T--

MINERS’ CONFERENCE. RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. (Received This Dav at 9.30. a.m.) ; LONDON, March 26. c* Official.—The Miners’ Conference hsjf decided to recommend the acceptance of the Government’s terms. A ballot will be taken. WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 26. At the wool sales, farthing bids will he accepted, regardless of the limit. ——l