MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

{By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

DESCENDANT OF CONFUCIUS. PEKIN, November 17. Duke Kung, the seventy-fourth )i real descendant of Confucius has died. ''i o President awarded one thousand dollars for funeral expenses. OLYMPIC GAMES. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Nov. 18. The South African Olympic Games Committee have decided to participate at the Olympic Games at Antwerp next year. PRESS SETTLEMENT. j (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) ■ i CAPETOWN, Nov .18. The newspapers Press Union and Typographical Union have reached an! agreement on the question of wages! and hours. A national industrial council has been established for the settlement of disputes. POULET OFF AGAIN. KARACHI, Nov. 18. Poulet left this morning. .\ ■ . GREECE AND SMYRNA. PARIS, Nov. JB. The Supreme Council has notified . Greece that the occupation of Smyrna j must be regarded a® merely provisional. STRIKE RESULTS. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Owing.to the coal strike, industries in Chicago are closing down and freight services are curtailed. An embargo on railway freight is anticipated, and in such event fifteen million workmen will be without employment.

THE PRINCE OF, WALES. (Received this d&v at 1.30 p.m.) NEW ITORK,l T ORK, Nov. 18.

Cheering throngs greeted the Prince of Wales on arrival from West Virginia. The Mayor, Hylan, at the City Hall extended the city’s formal greeting to the Prince bestowed the Freedom of the City of New York. He also conferred with Francis Hugo, Secretary of State for New York, and the State presented him with a silk American flag. A FURTHER DECLINE. (Received This Dav at 15. p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 18. The sterling exchange is now 4Q6f cents, a further decline.