MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (AUSTRALIAN & N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION] A GOOD SWIM. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.in.) LONDON, June 14. Hobbs, the Australian professional swimmer, swam from Kew to Putney in 80 minutes. EMBARGO ON GOLD LIFTED. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 10. The New York “Times” Washington correspondent states the I* ederal Reserve Board has announced the embargo on the export of gold from United States, has been removed, save to enemy countries and Bolshevik Russia. KIOHENER MEMORIAL. j TLONDON TIMES SEKVICE —COPYRIGHT] LONDON June 5. A Kitchener memorial chapel is be-

ing erected at St. Pauls. ANTI-NEGRO DEMONSTRATIONS. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) VON DON, June 15. A large crowd stormed a. negroes coffee shop in East End of London. Many were badly mal-treated. The police rescued several negroes. The dis-

turbanccs follows serious demonstrations in Liverpool and Cardiff against coloured men, as a against their association with white girls. Several, including soldiers, were killed in the riots .during the past few days, winch damage was done.

IMPERIAL EDUCATION. LONDON, Junei 11. General Wilson presiding at the Imperial Education Conference -held at Australia House, the leading Dominion representatives taking part in the army educational scheme, it was resolved on the formation of an Imperial education bureau, to bring overseas universities into close touch with university happen- | jugs in the mother country. Hon H. ■ A. L. Fislver, Educational Minister, j emphasised the present unrivalled op-, portunity. There had been three mil- ' lion men educated under the Army scheme, which was not created by Government, but arose spontaneously from the men, who felt they were otherwise wasting their time. Australians ana men from other dominions felt this particularly. Schemes whereby men from the Dominions visited British factories, farms and universities had been a great success an« had shown the full value of cooperation, which must not bo allowed to lizzie out after the war. Equality of educational opportunities through out the Empire must be established curing the greatest interchange of students and teachers, between the domin-j ions and Motherland.

ITALIAN STRIKES END. LONDON June 15

There '.have been general strikes throughout Italy. They are now reported to have ended.

CANADIAN OUTBREAK. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, dune IG,

Discontended at the repatriation delays, thousands of Canadians rioted at Wiley Camp, Godaiming. A series of fires destroyed the bulk of the large camp and portion of a smaller camp in the vicinity. Direct traces were found of deliberate incendiarism. The delays are officially admitted but are due to labour troubles at the seaports.

RACIAL TROUBLES. LONDON, June 16

Police using truncheons, suppressed a further attempted racial outbreak at Cardiff and troops have been brought in to maintain order.

TELEGRAPHIST’S UNION, tins day at 2.36 p.m ' WASHINGTON, June 16

The Postmaster-General granted collective union bargaining of telephone and telegraph unions with a view- to the ending of the strike.