MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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CROSBY HALL

LONDON, March’B

The AYorld Association of Adult Education is appealing for £250,000 to endow and convert the famous Crosby Flail at Chelsea, into a hall of residence for students from English-speaking countries attending the London University and other approved centres of education. Lords Gorell, Sandwich, Crawford and Vaughan are among the prominent promoters of the scheme, /and the High Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand have promised their support.

REINDEER MEAT. j [LONDON TIMES SERVICE—COPVRIGRt]

TORONTO, March 6

Stefansen, the Arctic explorer, j addressing members of Parliament, outlined a scheme for breeding reindeer in 1 North Canada, with a view to adding to the meat supplies. He proposed an assignment of five thousand square miles of territory for ten years, without taxation or expectation of revenue as a breeding area. He estimates the meat would be produced at' a total cost of two cents per lb, and could he sold in New York for sixty cents. It is believed Government will adopt the scheme.

TRADE UNION CONGRESS. LONDON, March 10. Labour correspondents state to-mor-row’s Trade Union Congress will almost certainly decide in favour of Parliamentary action. The Miners’ Conference adjourned its decision, but it is not likely a national strike will occur, in the absence of Congress, support for direct action. ; THE UNIONIST PARTY. 'jif LONDON, March 10. M. The “Daily Express” states Lord Salisbury has resigned the Chairmanship of the Unionist Reconstruction Committee, which strongly resents his critical attitude towards the Govern* ment. BOXER MARRIED. PARIS, March 9. '' Carpentier, the boxer, was married amid enthusiastic scenes. FRENCH STRIKE. PARIS, March 9. The principal coal strike area is the Pas do Calais. The strikers demand increased wages. The Government.! is curtailing the railway services. \

FRENCH COMMANDER. PATIISj-MarchOU^ General Desperex commands the French forces at Constantinople. -AIILITARY -uOBILISATION. PARIS, A larch 9. Reports from Budapest states General Holthy has ordered a general mobilisation of all classes, from 1885 to 1920. AMERICAN CONSULATE WRECKED. BERNE, March 5. The American Consulate in Zurich was wrecked by a bomb. There were no fatalities. The theory is that the outrage was due to resentment at America’s attitude towards the League of Nations. SUCCESSFUL BOMBING. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON,' March 9. Mr Ainery in the Commons said the bombing and dispersing of Mullahs Camp on February 18th cost fifty thousand sterling, probably the smallest expenditure for similar results in the - Army’s history. The Mullah’s fate is unknown. The success enabled the annual saving of £20,000 to £30,000 sterling in Somali land military establishments. WAR CORRESPONDENT KNIGHTED (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Phillip Gibbs received a knighthood of the British Empire.

MARCONI’S PROJECT. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) .LONDON, March 10. Marconi constructs and operates at his own cost and pays the various Governments a quarter profits earned therein, with a purchase option at thirty years or sooner. He reserves the right of extension to foreign countries, but invariably will give preference to Imperial traffic. EGYPTIAN RESOLUTIONS. CAIRO, March 10. Fifty-two members of the Legislative Assembly met the House Nationalist leader Zaghloul Pasha and resolutioned protesting against the suspension of the Assembly, also at the British protectorate and proclaiming the independence of Egypt and Sudan. CLERGYMAN'S PETITION. (Received This Day at .8 a.m.) LONDON, MJnreh 9. Rev. Ronald submitted a petition of grace to the King for reinstatement in the Victorian Presbyterian Church, with financial repatriation for the loss he sustained. The King carefully considered the petition and commanded that it be forwarded to the Commonwealth Government. RECORD FOOTBALL. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, March 6. There were record crowds at the fourth round of the football cup Acs. Sixty thousand saw Chelsiea djafeat Bradford by 1 to 1. Fifty thousand witnessed the Aston Villa’s defeat of Tottenham Hotspur by 1 to 0.

AIR WILSON’S WIFE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.)

LONDON, March 8. The “Daily Express” states Air Wilson’s wife has really mastered the situation and conducted all State affairs over the teatable with remarkable ability.

turning french. ((Received This Day at 8 a.m.)

LONDON, Alarcli 8. The wife of General von Arinin, exGovernor of Aletz, is included, among a number of Germans applying for I* rench naturalisation, because of their husband’s Alsatian wives.

GERMAN AIR, MOVE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.)

' LONDON, Alarcli 8. Colonel Healy, an expert, has returned from America after a tour of Germany, where lip reports there are huge aircraft enterprises, obviously militaiy> including hydrogen apparatus with a capacity of charging twenty of the largest Zeppelins. The “Daily Times” in a leader, points out this is in direct contravention of the article of treaty.

BANKER. HELD UP. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.-)

LONDON, Alarcli 8. Four masked armed men held up the manager of the Ulster bank, at Athbay, on the road to Clonallo, and took his motor car and a thousand pounds sterling.

WAR WEALTH. LONDON, March 10.

An inland revepue official informed the taxation of war wealth committee that the increase in war time wealth of the farmers of Britain, was estimated at three hundred millions sterling. Control of the Scheldt. (■Received This Day at 8 a.m.) JBRUSSELS, March 8. The Belgian Council of Ministers, under the presidency of King Albert, has decided that Belgium shall refuse to sign the Convention with Holland which admits Holland’s pretentions to control the river Scheldt in case of war, as the treaty of 1839 is held to be abrogated. Belgium elajpjs that she regains absolute liberty in regard t,o the river. ACTION STAYED. LONDON, Maj-eh 9. Tile King’s Bench has approved of the agreement to stay action in the ease of Merton versus Hughes which has been mutually arrived at. JAPAN AND SOVIET. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m ) HONOLULU, March 9. According to a dispatch from Tokyo, the Japanese Foreign Office has intimated the eaerly resumption is likely of commercial relations with the Soviet, as a preliminary to its formal, recognition as a do facto Government Government of. Russia.

PORTITGAL’S STRIKE MADRID, March 10. The Portugeuse Government’s defeat was followed hv a strong Labour protest against the Government’s announce ment that any striker not returning within forty-eight hours would be summarily dismissed. The new Government has conceded the demands of the strikers, and the delegates are appealing to the men to return. ATnny trains are running on all lines, and it is expected that conditions will be normal to-morrow. The postal strike is collapsing. GERAIAN APOLOGY. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) BERLIN, March 9. Herr Alueller has apologised to France for the Prince Joachim incident, and has promised that the culprits will be punished. Government have issued a proclamation appealing for the cessation of attacks, which are likoly to lead to serious trouble, and threatens stern punishment.

SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS. CAPETOWN, March 11. At the elections, the state of the parties has resulted:— Unionists 18 Ministerialists 7 Labour 21 Nationalists 3 Independents 1 Labour gained sixteen seats. General Smuts was elected for Pretoria West. RED CROSS. (Received This D nv n t 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 1. Tho General Council of the League of the lied Cross Society has concluded at Geneva. It was attended by delegatesi from twenty-seven countries, and was the first conference. The chairman stated the object was to develop a plan for carrying on for tho whole world, through Red Cross Societies, to cooperate for the immediate relief of millions of people who were powerless tohelp themselves. Sir David Henderson, Director-General of the League, gave an account of the League’s activity simje tlio foundation, emphasising that it had relieved the needs of Poland and Czeciio-Slovakia, supplying large quantities of medicines food and clothes, and combating a serious outbreak of typhus. The final meeting of the League decided to take action regarding the repatriation of war prisoners still in Siberia and Russia. Contributions, in aid of Polish relief included a gift valued at £70,000 from Australia.

A REVELATION. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Advices from Brussels, state Count Ilertling, son of the ex-German Chancellor, has written a book recounting his experiences in the Imperial Chancellory. Ho describes tho receipt of a, telegram from Prince Ludcndorif on 21'st January, 1918, urging Government to authorise him to attack, Dutch Flanders.