MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

\By Electric Telegraph—Copyright., ‘ AUSTBALIAIT'* N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION A STREAM OF LAVA. ' HORRORS OF ERUPTION. HONOLULU, Oct. I. A stream of lava a thousand yards wide, is flowing into the sea from Maunaloa. There are millions of dead fish floating in the waters, which are boiling, over a radius of half a mile. Red hot boulders explode when they hit the water. The forest and houses are destroyed.

KING ALBERT’S MESSAGE NEW YORK, Oct. 2. King Albert sends messages to the American people expressing gratitude for what they did during the war and the noble aid given to Belgium in her dark hours.

AFFAIRS. - SIMLA, Oct. 2. A Martial Law Indemnity Bill, designed to protect the officials against any possible consequences of their aettions during the recent troubles in Northern India, was passed by the Viceroy’s .Council. Several ot the Indian members opposed the Bill.

TO SAFEGUARD FRANCE. MILITARY CONVENTION ADOPTED. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, Oct. 2. The Chamber unanimously adopted the. Anglo-French-American military convention.

SERIOUS FLOODS. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) MADRID, Oct. 2. There are torrential floods in eastern Spain. The rice crops are ruined. The Valencia trains are unable to run. Many people have been drowned. There are telvo feet of water in Cartagena, where a graveyard was washed out, and two hundred bodies are adrift in the flood.

TARIFF REVISION. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) OTTAWA, Oct. 3. Sir R. Borden, Premier, has announ-

ced that a revision of the tariff will be made wherein revenue for the industrial requirements of Canada will be determined, based on consideration of the least possible taxation on the essentials of life. Direct taxation will be eontinued. Greater efforts will be made to stimulate Canada’s foreign trade by an an improvement in commercial agencies, shipping facilities and harbours, and also inland waterways. The Government will also carry out the proposals contained |n the Labour Charter Treaty.

OBITUARY. (Received this day at 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, October 2. Obituary— Sir E. J. Cook. the well-known London journalist.

A PROHIBITION PHASE. (Kficpmpd This l)av at 9.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON. October 2. The Senate at a conference agreed to a Bill for the enforcement of prohibition, which permits the manufacture ofi non-ijitoxicating fcider and fruit juices by indviduals for use in their own homes. The definition of intoxicating drinks war unchanged by the Conference. It prohibits tile manufacture or sale of, or use of, beverages containing more than one half of one per cent of alcohol.

AERIAL SERVICES. PARIS, October 2. The strike lias given an impetus to the Landon-Paris air service. One hundred machines are engaged daily, laden with passengers, cheese, butter, cream and printed matter.

ENEMY REPRESENTATION AT LABOUR CONFERENCE. (Received this dav at 9.20 a.m.) PARIS, October 2. The Supreme Council has decided to grant the Austrians and Germans facilities for attending the forthcoming Labour Conference at Washington.

ANOTHER BIG LEAGUE, A GREAT OBJECTIVE. 'Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 2. The immediate creation of a League for Industrial Peace witfi a Supreme Council similar to the League of Nations, to which alj disputes may be referred, has been sent to Mr Gompers by the League of American Federation of Labour. The plan proposes that all lock outs and strikes shall cease.

ANOTHER UNION.

STOCKHOLM, October 2,

The Conference of thc_ Baltic States regarding peace and the formation of an Alliance of the Baltic States las reached a full agreemnt concerning joint action.

THE AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. (Received this dav at 9 25 a.m.)

LONDON, Oct. 2

All preparations for the Tarkin-Sop-with machine flight to Australia aro complete, but the railway strike lias delayed the start. The machine was tested and the engine is better than the one used on the Trans-Atlantic flight. Mr Matthew's is confident of reaching Australia before Parliament prorogues.

MORE STRIKE EFFORTS. , COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2. The Communists at Berlin are endeavouring to expand the metal workers strike into a political movement. The police have dissolved thirty meetings. INDIAN FRONTIER UNREST. There are still evidences of unrest on the North West Frontier of India. Our post at the head of the Kliybcr Pass was sniped at, and a picket ambushed by the Malisuds. ELECTORAL REFORM. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Electoral Act Amendment Bill provides for prcfercntal voting at the election of the Senate. AN IMPORTANT STEP. PERTH, This Day. The Assembly read a second time a Bill prohibiting the slaughter of heifer calves.