MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

tßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright.; fAUSTRALIAN <fc N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] PRINCE OF WALES. -VANCOUVER, Sept. 22. The Prince of Wales has completI' ed his trans-Continental tour. Unexampled enthusiasm was shown at balls and at public luncheons. Speaking at a luncheon, at Vancouver, tho Prince referred to General Botha’s death as a blow to all Britishers. He announced that ho intended to repeat his visit to Canada. His first sight of the Pacific Ocean on arrival at Vancouver, had reminded him of the closeness of .Australia and New Zealand; where, as in Canada, he had many friends made during the Great War. He hoped to visit-these great countries , very soon. He had felt quite at home in Canada and knew he. would feel the same in Australia and New Zealand where a .great British civilisation was hieing built up under the Southern Cross. The glory won by the troops from these countries at Gallipoli would never fade. Canadians who had fought alongside the Australians knew their worth.

NEW ZEALAND’S TARIFF. NEW YORK, SeP- 22. Tht “ New York Evening Sun,” commenting on New Zealand’s twenty per cent tariff on motor vehicles, says: “It is clear that New Zealand means to protect her. home industries, and we are the last nation in the world entitled to complain, since we set the example, and still hold to its principle. No country is potentially better able to take care of itself industrially than New Zealand. There is room for, improvement in the United States-New Zealand trade, but it may not be wise to compete with them in the goods they produce in N& w Zealand.

• a big strike: NEW YORK Sep.. 22. •At Pittsburg, Secretary Foster, of the Steel Workers’ Union, ' asserted that 279,100 workers struck on the first day of the strike. The employers assert that less than a third of this number walked out. The insurance companies estimate that, owing to rioting/ insurance rates in some steel districts have been trebled. IRON FOUNDER’S STRIKE.. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, September 23. The position of the Iron Founders continued serioujs. Stocks at largest foundries are likely to be exhausted in a fortnight, and at the smaller ones in a few days. The injury to industry will be the greater, as the engineering trade is booming. The Ministry of Labour refuses to negotiate a. .settlement- adjudging the men guilty of a breach of the agreement. The men assert that the agreement empowered their withdrawal after compliance with ctertai'n conditions, which they state were observed, after fruitless negotiations.

i A RENEGADE’S EFFORTS. ; (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) ' 'l'' LONDON September 23. . The “Daily Express” states that Lincoln’s motive in seeking an interview with the ex-Kaiser was to sell the story to an American newspaper at a fancy figure, but he failed. Lincoln attempted to "sell history of his alleged illtreatment in England, to several American newspapers, but all refused it.

STEEL STRIKE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 23. A, telegram from Chicago states it is reported that Marine workers on carrying vessels on the Great Lakes have decided to refuse to handle ore destined for steel factories involved in the strike. At Newcastle, Pennsylvania, soven persons were shot, including two . women, in a steel strike riot.

RIOT RESULTS. (Received this day at 8.15 a.m.) NEW YORK 1 * Sept. 23., In riots following the steel workers strikes, eleven were injured, one of whom died. AN AIR RACE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 23. A Mineola message announces one hundred army fliers will begin a transcontinental air race bn Bth Oct. Fifty fliers, will start from the West Coast and fifty from the East. FOREST FIRES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept, 23. According to the “Sun’s” Reno correspondent, Mr Wilson’s train was held up by forest fires, as a large area of the Sierras is burning. JAPAN’S OFFER. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) PIARIJS September 23. Japan places troops at the Allies disposal to remove the Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia.