MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

fSy Electric Telegraph—Copyright.; PROTESTING CLERGYMAN REMOVED. LONDON, Feb. 15. Responding to the invitation of the Right Rev. James AVelldon, Dean of Durham, the Rev. John 11. Jowett, the well-known Nonconformist minister, occupied the pulpit at Durham Cathedral at evensong. There was a vast congregation. When the Rev. Jowett entered the pulpit, the vicar of a neighbouring parish rose and Amid cries of- “Put him out,” the congiega tion sang a hymn while the vicar was removed.

fostering of trade. 'LONDON, February 14. The Earl of Derl>y, . Ambassador to France, addressing the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, urged the fostering of trade with France under a system of extended credit. Friendship with France, he said, was as great a security of peace as the League of Nations. Sir Hamar Greenwood, Under-Secre-tary for Home Affairs, said the revival of industrial affairs would bring millions of pounds’ worth of additional trade to -England in 1920.

UNITED STATES’ FOREIGN LOANS

NEW YORK, February 13

The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” states that Mr Davis, Assistant-Secretary to the Treasury, outlined a plan to Congress by which the interest on the United States’ loans of 9,500,000,000 dollars to foreign Governments would be deferred for three years, after which the debt won id be refunded into fifteen year bonds, the deferred interest being paid in fif. teen annual instalments. The United States would thus forgo the interest upon the three years’ deferred interest.

Mr Da-vis asked Congress to approve of this plan.

A COAL UNDERSTANDING. PARIS, Fob. 10

The British and French Governments have agreed to the conditions for the regulations of the export of coal for the present year.

A NEAV ORDER. AVASHINGTON, Feb. 17

The United States State Department is informed that Deniken has declared war on the Republic of Georgia. He did so on the 3rd of February.

SERBIAN CABINET RESIGNS. BELGRADE, Feb. 15

The Davidovitcli Cabinet lias resigned, owing to tlie Prince Regent refusing tlie Government’s advice to dissolve Parliament and order elections for a national constituent assembly.

SENSATIONAL MINING. MELBOURNE, Feb. 17. Bndak tin shares have produced another sensation on the stock exchange. Yesterday thev sold at £650, while today that reached £2OOO. The rise is duo to favourable boring reports.

SETTLEMENT OVERTURES. MELBOURNE, Feb. 17

Although no official advice has been received from the executive of the Marine Engineers’ Institute, tlie members of the Victorian branch maintain negotiations for an early settlement are

proceeding. . It transpires that an amended proposal to pav the engineers 20s monthly over the wages offered by the owners when the last ballot was taken emanatec from the Enginers’ Executive Council, and not from the owners or the Government, as was generally believer . It is now proposed that a tribunal with „n independent umpire, should sit i modiatclv the ships are manned to settle the questions of higher rates of oveitinie, and tropical allowances.

THE WOMAN WHO HOCKED A THRONE. (Received This Day at 8.45 a nO PARIS, February !-• Miss Gaby Doslys, the noted beauty and dancer left her dancing partner, Harry Pilcher, an annumty of eighteen thousand francs. MORE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. (Received this day at 8.40 a.md ATHENS, February 17. The Turkish Kurdish outrages upon the Armenians continue. The latest news is that eight thousand were mas. sacred in Ciscaucasia. YANKEE BUNGLING. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.). WASHINGTON, February 17. According to the Congressional report by the War Time Aviation Investigation Committee, the United States expended two hundred million sterling during the duration of the war l,ut only placed 213 aeroplanes on active service. These were copied from the British models. SII IP UIN( 1 CA SU ALTIES.

(Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) NEW YOR, February IT The collier Malden is ashore on Long Island coast. The Shipping Board steamer William Henry caught fire off Jersey coast and was taken in'Tow by a. steamer to Panama where the ilallies have been extin guislied. Tile steamer Avondale is disable! 500 miles seaward and has been take) in tow by the Eclipse.

THE FIJI STRIKE

WELLINGTON, Feb. 17

Tlio Premier stated to-day that, the censorship on the news from I iji lias recently been enforced in the Dominion. This lias been now removed. It. appears, however, that a censorship is still being maintained at Fiji, which is now within the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Government.