MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1919, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyrigb t) THREE AIORE ROBBERIES. LONDON, December 20. A number of masked armed men, at daybreak, waylaid a mail motor near Westport and stole £SO sterling. They compelled the driver to leave the roads and take a circuitous route. Another daring robbery occurred near (Innis. Masked; men pulledi a postman off liis bicycle and stole £35 sterling. The money, in both cases was intended for payment of old age pensions. Armed men raided a suburban post office in Dublin, where 3 women, were on-duty, and seized all available money They were arrested after a pursuit.

,SCAPA SINKINGS. LONDON, December 22. The “Morning Post’s” Paris correspondent says the Scapa sinkings and other outstanding matters are approaching adjustment, probably enabling the ratification on the 19th. CJaiyeral D'eniken’s wireless report states the Bolsheviks, after occupying Voronesh, shot five hundred men suspected of a counter revolution. A MUTINY ON STEAMER. 'NEW YORK, Deember 22; A mutiny which occurred aboard the United States steamer America conveying American peace delegates homeward imperilled the voyage. I.W.W. sailors attempted to stop the steamer, allowing the fires in the boilers to die out. The men were arrested and placed in irons. KAISER’S TRIAL. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.j PARIS, December 20. It is reported that the Kaiser lias agreed to aocept trial by the Allies, subject to reservations regarding the place, time and defence by German experts and lawyers. If the Allies ac cept the terms; the Kaiser will not be tried for at least six months. Meantime the Crown Prince treats the matter as a. joke, declaring that if he is called before a court of jostice, he will never appear.