MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1919, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.

ALLAHABAD, October 22.

The Government of India announces that a punitive expedition is to be despatched against Waxiristan. The War.iris will he summoned to appear and be informed of our terms. If the terms are refused, they will bo given time to remove their women and children and then subjected to an intensive bombardment from the air, followed by other punitive measures. The operations will lio under the command of Major-Gene-ral Clito,. Six infantry brigades will be employed with the necessary complement of cavalry, artillery, engineers and other units.

A GALLANT AUSTRALIAN. LONDON, Oct. 22,

Details of the mutiny at Onega in July, which have hitherto been withheld for military reasons, mentions an Australian officer, who, on arriving in the lines after the mutiny had been planned found the sentries sitting smolr ing and arguing. The officer ordered them to stand up. The sentries tried to arrest him, whereupon he killed two of thin with his revolver. He then shot and bayoneted several Russian officers ,and, after, making plucky stand committed suicide with his last bullet. A number of British officers are missing, but whether they were, murdered or are prisoners is not yet known.

NEW AID RECORD

NEW YORK, Oct. . 25;

Captain Donaldson in a round trip; Now York to San Francisco broke the world's record for a singlo day’s flight, covering 823 miles.

ADMIRAL BEATTY’S VIEWS.

LONDON, Oct. 25

In accepting the freedom of the. city of Bristol, Lord Beatty said: “Insurar.cc against disaster in the past S has been effected by a fabulous expenditure on armaments. Now that peace loving nations have crushed aggressors, however, wo might hope that all power and influence of the League of Nations will provide a largo measure of the insurance necessary to enable us to limit naval armaments. Britain must still, however, make greater provision for naval security than all the other nations. This is in view of her vi tal independence of the safety of the sea communications. The linking-up the Empire bv our merchant shipping remains the chief source of our prosperity. ~

KKSIG ALBERT IN AMERICA# - DRIVES RAILWAY ENGINENEW YORK, Oct. 8. A message from Chicago says that King Albert of Belgium demonstrated lis proficiency when he ran the engine if Ins own train 10 miles towards the ’acific Coast.

The grimy pilot, stood close by, but King Albert did not need his assistance, and returned to his own car to have a wash-up before dinner. A crowd gathered at the station, ex petting to see the King in uniform, hut did.not recognise him as ho climbed out of a cab wearing a flannel shirt and cap.

AUSTRIAN TAPESTRIES

ALLIES FORBID SALE

LONDON, October 8,

Router’s correspondent at Vienna reports that the Italian and French Minis ers have informed Herr Renner (the Chancellor) than 'the proposed sale of the Gobelin tapestries in the Imperial Palaces would be contrary to the Peace Treaty. Tli 9 Nieue Freie Presse says that the art dealers, Seligmann, of Paris, and Duveen, of London, who are now in Vienna, offered £1,500,000 f,or the tapestries, which number 1000 pieces.

PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN IN

ENGLAND

LONDON, October 14

“pussyfoot” Johnson’s prohibition campaign in England Ims so far been featureless, except . for the fact that hci was followed everywhere by bis old American opponent, Mr Wilkes Barr. Johnson’s style of speaking is quiet and vmoratorical; Barr’s is flamboyant. He describes beer as tli© father of laughter, the mother of mirth the juice qf joy, and the foe of woe. Johnson listens to these and similar statements .with an equable s mile. The “Manchester Guardian” suggests that Johnson, with super-feline cunning, despairing of forwarding his cause ,hy straightforward Billy Sunday methods, has arranged with Barr to exemplify the latter and incur the resultant ridicule. Anyhow, the newspaper regards Ban- as a valuable asset to Johnson. . _ \ ’