MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1919, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) rAUSTRALIAN & N.X. CABLE ASSOCIATION] HOUSING BILL. LONDON, June 27. Lord Bimihead, iu introducing the Housing .Bill in the Lords said housing was a problem oi’ staggering gravity. Lord Dowulinin emphasised the emergency character of' the measure, which was heading straight to national disaster, unless the country reverted to private building as soon as possible. Lord Downkam added that London County Council was building ten thousand houses during the next two years. !Die Council's estimate for building the first lot of four roomed cottages was £l,O-58 each, including £2OO for land, roads and sewers. Provision tor half a million houses was required at least, which meant- tho raising of live hundred million sterling. AN IBISII LEAGUE. LONDON, June 28. Count Plunkett has inaugurated an Irish Dominion League aiming at the securing of a settlement on lines of Dominion Home Buie and the creating of a representative body of nationalists, and Unionists, whom the Government could consult. A LABOUR RESOLVE. LONDON,-June 27. The Conference at Southport, by L,808,000 to 935,000 urged tho Trade Union Congress to prepare for industrial action to compel Government, to cease operations in Russia. The speakers alleged that the war was carried on in the interests of capital invested iu Russia. • counterrevolution in HUNGARY. LONDON, Juno 27. The “Daily Express” Vienna correspondent states that General Belakun the head of the Hungarian Soviet Government, has tied from Budapest, following on a desperate battle between Government- troops and counter revolutionists. Hungarian monitors, from the Danube first bombarded ,lhe Government headquarters. There then fol'owod street fighting in Budapest, which lasted all night long. Five hundred were killed a’nd wounded. -Martial law was then proclaimed A NEW .DEPARTMENT. Pouter's Telegram* (Received This Dry at 8 n.m.) LONDON, June 25. The Ministry of Health was formally constituted to-day. Dr. Addison is the first Minister. 'Henceforth the local Governing Board will cease to exist. AN EXPLANATION.! ' (Received This Day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, June 25. The allegations of the Irish American delegates that Countess Markicviez was prosecuted as a reprisal of giving information, is officially declared to be without foundation. Long before the delegates visit the statement was made in the course of a speech by Markicviez, for which she was prosecuted. In this she urged the people to treat the police as lepers, declaring the State nay received by the police was blood mone\. The prosecution was ordered oil 25th May and the District Inspector of Police was murdered in broad daylight in Tliurles street on 23rd. of June .

A SHIPPING MEETING. (Received This Pay at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jim.! 27. The Peninsular Company directo'Y are calling a meeting of shareholders to approve of the distribution of part or the wide of the undivided profits as stock.