MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1919, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright )

iitj FRINGE; OF WALES. , >WASHINGTON, Nov'. 14; -6. Tho Prince of Wales visited the Anawar polio Naval Academy. He said that t to the examination of million's of men'durnent |ng the war showed the danger of tubert>y culosis and other diseases making insaid roads on. the' public health, oof The Prince of Wales is repeating his first Canadian experiences during his Arnei-i—----irry can visit. Somte thousands thronged )een the streets here for a glimpse of 'him. ’ost- and waited outside the British Enlbas3ov- sy liouse. I be fiber U.S. ANTI- STRIKE- MEASURES, not SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.. liis* A message 'from Seattle states that on the Department of Justice officials are and working hard rounding up members of teet the I.W.W. into a “drag net.” At file Portland, Tacoma, - and San Francisco ted a largje number of men have been arum- rested, and will immediately be deporlien ted, wherever it is possible. Some j to Americans returned men made a formal -sf, demand, 1 backed by many societies, that in, immediate action be taken to put all I or members of the I.W.W. in a place of] of restraint. This is stated'to be the re-| to sul of the discovery of German propaganda matter at orfe branch of the I. su- W.W. at Portland. . , • _ i . | ich' ANGLO-GERM AN TRADE, to LONDON, Nov. 14. U to German exports to Britain during m- tho llj months since the armistice, are m- valued, at £216,000. They were chiefly if- potash manures, skins and leather. lie Tiio British exports to. .Germany in the en period totalled £16,000,000. I us CANADIAN LOAN, he OTTAWA, Nov. 14. n- A Canadian Victory Loan of £60,000,- I £ as 000 was oversubscribed by £40,000,000. I ■ % Germans in Baltic states. 1 1 IT , i LONDON, November 15. p lC , The Letts, assisted by the British «'< fleet are now successfully developing 6 t operations against Colonel Berhiondt, 11 , r whose schemes are regarded as a fail- j.S )f ,Ul ' o, , l 8 Bermondt made an 'unsuccessful conn- b ter offensive against tlie Letts new g [ lines. He used civilians and women as let 0 ’ a screen in front of his attacking j n column's. k ' Further German attacks against Li- pt c bau, however, are expected. There are |t? also fears for the safety of Windau. - | T ’ About a hundred German soldiers are lir smuggled across the border daily from I os TVfemel into Courland, while fifteen ' trucks of war material are smuggled I*across weekly as private property'. , German's are largely concentrating in j do th ! o Nielmen area, around Tilsit, and In- | th sterburg. It is estimated that fifty m< thousand men are available here, of Jga whom three thousand at Menicl are pi: ready to advance on Lilian. I inf There is still no sign of’the Germans A evacuating the Baltic States. j ere LONDON, November 15. suj It is announced that the (Anglo- | tie French'' Foreign Ministers, during M. o f. Piehon’s visit to London agreed on con- def eluding that the proposed reservations nle wore a parliamentary' decision in" re- diti gard to internal ’ politics. See BRITISH DELEGATE. p ™ , v I not , (Received' this day at 9.20 a.m.’ P LONDON, November 15. Air O’Grady, member of the House L of Commons, goes to Copenhagen to L .meet Russian representatives and arrange for the exchange of prisoners. |< 1 INDUSTRIAL COURTS BILL. . (Received;This Day at 0.25 a.m.l, I; i LONDON, November 14. j, T : Delegates representing two million I Ten Trade Unionists met in London and n jgj decided to approve of the Industrial f | C]) Courts Bill. bou i SINN FEIN ATTACK. in , (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) , wol] LONDON,' November 14. d(m Sinn Feiners twice attacked the police baracks at Corra Clare. After the | - police abandoned the barracks, a bos- J tile crowd bombed ancT set fire to the buildings which were gutted. f 1 * 1 , SUPREME COUNCIL. ’ R crit (Received"this day at 9.20 a.m.) I spec PARIS, November 14. mos . The Supreme and Economic Councils evei meet in Rome on the 22nd, and' dis- m'ei .cuss Allied co-operation 5 in purchasing, Gov also the' economic situation in South 000 'Russia and'the establishment’of 5 an in- yea lefiiational scientific food commission. clue ] pen LETTISH THANKS. and (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) on COPENHAGEN', November 14. -He According to reports from 'Riga; 80l- won slieviks, suffered heavy losses. The Let- p tish Peoples Council ’ resolutiohed Maf thanking the Entente for assistance res-. woll peering the release of Riga. of i ritv OBITUARY:' f or (Received this day at 8.15 a.m.) t llr , LONDON, November 20. • tll] . ( s Obituary-'—Arthur'Hacker,' the artist. cd He was found dead on the doorstep' of s^,^t his residence. grai i —: r "T „, Yet . AN ENQUIRY. . alai (Received This Dnv at 8.45 a.m.) j LONDON, November'l2. Lord Milner has appoined-a committee to consider whether the staff of the i* agricultural department of the colonini services are adequate, and if nocessary recommend ’ increases of the 1 sinf!; also whether the rates of salary 1S c afb adequate and to make recommend' k ”® ntions t,o improve arrangements for recruiting the staffs for the colonies.

POU LET’S FLIGHT.’ KARACHI, November 12. Owing to tho illness of Benoist, Poujet lias postponed his flight to Delhi' piitil the 17h.

oil' BURNING'ENGINES..., (Received Tiiis Day a*, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. An internal combustion type of locomotive, burning heavy oil fue], has been constructed and successfully tested, drawing a passenger train at sixty miles an hour. Oil burning apparatus is being installed in the White Star i liner, Olympic, which is refitting at Belfast. Bliil’AlN’S' CROPS. LONDON, November 1 15. A preliminary return issued, by the Board of Agriculture shows the wheat crop has decreased 2J* millions quarters, compared with' last year, though it is half a million quarters above the aver--11 gp- .Oats are three milion quarters below 19l§, but tiie highest since 1917. the hay crop is five million tons, the lightest since 1893.

STEAMER LAUNCHED. SYDNEY, November 13. The steamer Ailga built at the State dockyards to the order of the Conimonwcatlh Government has been launched.

WATERSIDERS DESIRE. mKIDoURNE, This Day. A conference of Waterside Workers Federation decided to ask lie co-opera-tion of New Zealand, America and Britain in removing non-union labour’ from the waterfront.

OBITUARY. WELLINGTON, This Day. Obituriry.—Dii Edith 1 Huntley, aged seventy-5ix,,,,,