MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright )

A VALUABLE FIND. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24

The “Bookman’s Journal” states a thousand spade guineas were found under the floor af an old manor house in Hertfordshire together with valuable China, silver, and rare first editions, buried since the 1745 rebellion. WILFUL MURDER. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 25. The jury at Thurbs inquest on a constable, returned a verdict of wilful murder and strongly condemned the outrage. LORD PLUNKET DEAD. LONDON, Jan. 24. Obituary.—Lord Plunket. PRINCE OF WALES. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) - LONDON Jan. 24.

The Sunday Times gives an nuthoritive forecast of the Prince of Wales visit to Australasia. The Renown”' whose decks of steel are being covered with teak owing to the heat in the tropics, leaves Portsmouth about 15th March where the King and Queen will bid the Prince goodbye on. the quarterdeck. The staff accompanying the Prince is similar to the Canadian tour, with several additions, hut the official historian of the tour has not yet been selected. The Prince will probaby land at Melbourne first, as did the King and Queen, but Perth is pressing its claims. After touring New Zealand, the Prince is expected to return to Australia, embarking at Sydney and go homeward through Suez, arriving in England towards the end of September.

LONDON’S TUBES. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24. Tlie newspapers are discussing the proposal that London traffic combines should hand over the tubes and omnibuses to the Ministry of Transport on similar terms to the Railways by which the Government are guaranteeing share-holders pre-war dividends. The papers point out that the combines movje to due to widespread protests against the Combines Bill seeking Parliamentary sanction to substantially increase fares, Government might be willing to take, over the tubes, and not tlie omnibuses, which are responsible for seventy per cent, of tlie estimated deficit.

SHIPPING FREIGHTS. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 24. The Shipping Controller has framed new freight rates from Ist January for cargo vessels directed to load homeward Government cargoes. Owing to increased cost of bunker coal, port delays and increased cost of loading and discharging, rates to Great Britain from Cuba will be 80s; from Australia 150 s; from River Plate 107 s 6d per ton. The present Government rate for sugar from Cuba is 50s, and grain from the River Plate 62s 6d grain from Australia 105 s.

german farewells. (Received this day at 12.25 p.nO COPENHAGEN, Jan. 25. On the eve of the International Commission’s arrival at Flensberg,. the German inhabitants warmly farewelled the civil and military authorities, a speaker predicting that their departure was merely temporary. Similar demonstrations by 10,000 people took place at gonderburg, including prominent groups of school children. Danish demonstrations followed. RAILWAY STRIKE COLLAPSING. ROME, Jan. 25. After several unsuccessful attempts to destroy trains, tho railway strike is gradually collapsing, A DENIAL. •(Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) DELHI, Jan. 24-

Tho Viceroy has issued nil emphatic denial connected with rumours that the Imperial Government at the Paris Conference, voted for the expulsion of Turks from Europe. INDIAN MILL STRIKE. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) DELHI, Jan. 24. Bombay mill owners have announced that they are prepared to grant tho strikers a reduction in the working day from twelve to ten hours, and an increase of pay from 20 to 40 per cent, and compensation in case - of disablement or death. AMERICAN COMMENT.

(Received This Day at 11.20. a.nO ME AVYORK, .Tan. 22

Tho newspapers devote much space to Australia’s Davis Cup victories. They point mit thai Australia, is rapidly becoming the virtual premier tennis land of the world. This was specially demonstrated by her representatives rapid and clean cut success over England. It is understood that the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, which meets in February, will issue a challenge for the Davis Cup. GREEK LAI MS,. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced a resolution supporting Greece's claims to all Grecian territory surrendered to the Allies hv Turkey and Bulgaria, provided that an outlet to the Aegean Sea be grained 1° Bulgny.jii. AR MOITR COY’S I ’ROFITS.

(Received Tins Day at 12.25 p.m.) NfeW YORK, Jab- i It is announced that tho Anpoui Oov’s 1919 gross sates totalled 1,038 million dollars of ' " hick 14,098,506 Was net income, CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) NEW YORK, Jan- 22. ’ The New York “Times” Washington correspondent states that the Democrtic and Repubican Treaty eon ere.ua* have virtually reached a dead-lock in Article Ten. Many Senators have cxi pressed a fear that it will he .mpossible > to reach an agreement. The confer : ‘ cnee adjourned after a long meeting, ! without reaching a decision.

( SUBSTANTIAL REWARD, i (Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m.) j .. » LONDON, Jan. 25. I A Dublin Castle proclamation offers a reward of £IO,OOO sterling for information convicting the murderer of any one of fourteen police victims, beginning with Detective Smith, who was shot at Dublin in July 1919, and ending with Redmond and Constable F innigan, (Tliurles outrage victim); also a reward of £IOOO for secret information liable to result in the conviction, a free pardon, and the Crown’s special protection in any. part of the British Dominions is guaranteed to informers concerned in tlie murders, but not actually guilty. FRENCH CABINET.. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 25. Opposition to the new Cabinet is increasing daily. Deputies ask that their salaries be increased from fifteen thousand to thirty thousand Trancs.

AEROPLANE SMASHED. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 25. A new Bleriot aeroplane which was constructed to carry twenty-five passengers, and was to be employed in the Paris-London service, was wrecked in the preliminary--trial in France. Tlie pilot was killed. A LADY DIPLOMAT. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) ROME, Jan. 25. Russia is appointing Madame Angelica Bnlabanoff as diplomatic, representative in Italy.

SHIP WITHOUT RIVETS. LONDON, Jan. 10. Tlie world’s first welded ship is ready for. launching at Cammel, Laird, and Co.’s Ltd., shipbuilding yards. She is-fitted with oil-engines, and will be employed as a cargo-carrier. She will join the Anchor Broeklebank Line. GERMAN SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 8. The first ship flying the .German flag to arrive since 1914 has berthed at the Grimsby Docks. The dockers, however, refused to handle her cargo.