MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ) TRAMWAYS PROFIT. LONDON, Dec. 2. The Auckland electric tramways di visable profit is £41,276. The year’; dividend is Is per share. -They carrier forward £9,776. BIPLANE FOR ANTARCTIC. LONDON, Dec. 2. Blackburn Company are constructing a single engined biplane for Cope’s Antarctic expedition, to make the final four hundred miles dash to the Pole. It is to have a great lifting capacity, and will carry four men including Cope and Wilkins; also a considerable quantity of Bledging and camping equipment and provisions for at least ten weeks, to 'meet an emergency in the event of the machine crashing and necessitating a return on foot, with sufficient petrol to cover twelve thousand miles. Owing to there being no likelihood of following a direct route, they start for the Pole from the great barrier at an altitude of five thousand feet, but the machine must be capable of flying to eleven thousand which, owing to the rarefied atmosphere, is equal to twenty-one thousand in lower latitudes. It must be wanned throughout and the whole fusilage airtight, 'me machine will be sent to Scandinavia in January to test' its suitability in cold regions. An bil cooled engine .will be used as water cooled is impracticable owing to freezing and its fragility. MACKENSEN RELEASED. SALONIKA, Dee. 2. General Mnckensen has been released and is returning to Germany. JAPANESE LAND AT FOOCHOW. PEKIN, Dec. 2. Advices state Japanese marines landed at Foochow and paraded in the Japanese concession and endeavoured ! unsuccessfully to enter the Chinese city. Great excitement prevails. FREE PASSAGES. LONDON, Dec. 1. Government have decided to grant free pasages to ex-servicemen from India or other ex-trans-European stations to the dominions under overseas Govern ment with approval of Australian authorities, and have authorised the grant of free third class passage to any Australian soldiers who have taken their discharge and may desire to return to Australia, A similar privi--lege will bo extended to wives; MEAT SUPPLY. LONDON, Dec. 2. In the Commons, replying to Mr Newton Moore, Mr G. H. Roberts said lie was discussing with the Presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Trade whether meat should not he controlled. GALE IN~BRITAIN. LONDON, Dee. 2. A terrific gale in Britain and north of Franco, has wrecked telephones and telegraphs. SUEZ CANAL DUES. LONDON, Dec. 1. It is officially announced that Suez Canal dues for ballasted ships will be reduced to six francs on March Ist, restoring the pre-war concession. The dues for loaded ships are to remain at 8.50. Government have invested a quarter of a million sterling in a private beet sugar growing company established at Kelham, and also guarantees investors five phr cent upon the capital invested. CHINA AND MONGOLIA. PEKIN,. Dec; 2. China has accepted the surrender of Mongolia's autonomy and promised the fullest protection.' Mongolia explained that she feared an imminent Bolshevist invasion. N. Z. WAR MEDALS. LONDON, December 2. A supplementary awards list includes fifteen New Zealanders for Distinguished Conduct Medals. DOUBLE INCOME TAX. LONDON, Dec. 2. The conference over the double income tax has concluded. Its findings null be submitted to the Royal Commission on income tax. It is expected the decision will shortly be made public. There is little doubt the house authorities are likely to find much relief on the double tax. GERMAN TUGS RELEASED. LONDON, Dec. 2. The German officers at Dover explained they were proceeding to South America to tow an interned steamship | home. The naval authorities are satisfied and have released the tugs. MEAT AND WOOL. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. Sir T. MaoKenzie speaking at Stafford said that the Niew Zealand farmei ! accepted low prices for his produce t( help the British consumer. After mud 1 pressure meat was now being sold ir ! England at prices approximating cost but it was not the case with wool am butter. The stores and docks were con gested with wool and other produce aiit space was not available for New Zea land meat and ships were delayed. Thii was the condition of affairs. Mackenzii said they had, been promised it woul< not occur. He had made constant re ' presentations to the Home Government | The New Zealand authorities wer ' greatly dissatisfied at the lack of ship and storage. ’ | recordlTivorce suits. (Received This Dav a 1 8 a.m.) I j PARIS, Dec. 3. ' | One hundred and twenty-three thous 1 nnd divorce suits are listed in Pari ' courts. SMART PHOTOGRAPHY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) . PARIS, Dec. 3. | The French scientists, Bloch nn (Abrahams are using electric appartu . emitting electric sparks with five hn-n t dred exposures per second, and sm (cessfuHy took a film picture of th ' course of a revolver bullet. i STERLING EXCHANGE, s (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) e j NEW YORK, Dec. 2. o Sterling exchange was as low as thre r dollars, 94J cents, but recovered i | three dollars 95 cents.