MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

1 *lsy Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) tt) ■ '• .._ CORNER IN OATS . (Received This Daj at, 8.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Nov. 24. Government is taking action againsl lX * the cornering of food supplies in the 011 Western Province. A dealer who ob et tainqd control of available supplies oi ld oats ,was ordered to sell thirty thousand bags or have the stock expropriated. He chose to sell. TITTONI RESIGNS. ROME, Nov. 24. k “ i Sigor Tittoni, (Premier), has resigna > ed. le to Y.M.C.A. DEFICIT. as , !n (Received This Day at 10.30. a.m.) it PARIS, November 23. a There is a deficit of £400,000 in the Y.M.C.A. fund, owing to war expenditure. Mr J. Virgo has appealed for I £750,000 to enable the Y.M.C.A. to continue its war work. s CONDITION OF- INTERNMENT. d (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) VIENNA November 21. d Messages from Roumania state that ‘ Roumanians arrested the Entente Mission which was inspecting an internment camp of Hungarian Bolsheviks at Arad. The mission is accused of smuggling hank notes, but the real reason is the unfavourable reports upon the intern--0 ment camps published in Paris. 3 ITALIAN POLITICS. s (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) ROME, November 21. •For the first time since the restoration of Italian unity, the country has a real national representation. Many political changes are likely, including the resignation of Tittoni. The Socialists number over 150 and probably ’ will be the biggest party in Parliament. ’ They will immediately demand the de--3 mobilisation and removal of ministers of 1 War and Navy, replacing them by civilians. Socialists also demand an enquiry into the conduct of the war, the Corporetto disaster, and the failure to accept various peace proposals. It is expected that non-Socialist parties will form a bloc to resist the Socialists. 7 - BECOMES LAW. 1 (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) LONDON, November 21. Tlie House of Lords passed the Industrial Courts Bill, previously cabled, whereto th© Royal assent was given. HOMEWARD BOARD. (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.) HALIFAX November 24. The Prince of Wales has departed for England. The Governor General farewelled him. (Loyal demonstrators gave a State Ball at the Provincial Government house.