MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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PORTUGUESE POLITICS. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, March 10

■ According to latest reports from Portugal, Cabinet resigned owing to the Chamber’s opposition to the proposed dismissal of the strikers. The democratic leader, Maria Silva, thereupon formed a Cabinet, which granted the demands, terminating the strike.

VISCOUNT GREY’S LETTER. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 10. Viscount Grey of Falloden, has cabled to the New York “Times” as follows: “My letter was written on my own initiative. It was given the Editor of the London “Times” to publish when he desirable. The letter waa intended primarily for British readers, but I assumed that other people, including Americans, would print it, if they thought it useful. I am glad any of them should have done so.” WASHINGTON, March 10. Admiral Sims stated that, the Navy Department’s conduct of the war prolonged the struggle unnecessarily by four months, throughout not co-opera-ting with the Allies properly, and through petty jealousies and other friction in the first year. Afterwards there was an improvement.

SIM’S EXPLANATIONS. (Received This Day at 1.5.. p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 11

Admiral Sims stated that Britain asked in August 1917 for a squadron of American coal burning warships, but the Navy department did not send the ships for several months. The Department’s policy obviously was its own safety first, and that of the Allies next. When the squadron was sent it was not homogenous and consequently was of small value as a fighting unit. INNOCULATING THE PRINCE. (Received This Dav ar 9.20,a.m.l LONDON, March 11. The Prince of Wales and his entire staff are being innoeulated against influenza. Negotiations are in progress" for making the (rip. LABOUR UNITING. LONDON, March 11-

The Labour Alliance is quadrupled, by the addition of engineers, and also for the amalgamation of all railwaymen’s organisations by the Federation of Railwayman's Union, Drivers * and Firemens Society.

EGYPTIAN UNREST. CAIRO, March 10.

Tht Legislative Assembly mc( unofficially and adopted the restoration, declaring the. protectorate illegal; also that Egypt and Soudan were inseparably independent.

"SHIPPING PROFITS. ’Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 11. The Shipping Board announces the profits on Government operations in the shipping business up to June 20th, 1919, totalled more than 166 million dollars.

FARM WORKERS WAGES. (Received this day at 13.25 p.nU LONDON, March 7. The Agriculture Wages Board is increasing the minimum wage wage to 42/- weekly for farm workers in pngland and Wales.

KIDNAPPING IAT’JfEM Pl’. (Received This Dav at 12.25 p.m*) VIENNA. March 7.

A party of Hungarian officers drove to Stockerav Hospital and vainly endeavoured to kidnap Be.lakun.

BLIZZARD AND FLOOD. NEW YORK. A larch 7

Simultaneously with a blizzard in New England and North Atlantic floods in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have rendered many homeless, crippled scores of factories and destroyed bridges. The waters are now gradually subsiding.

HINDENBURG AS PRESIDENT. (Received this day nt 12.23 n.rni BERLIN, Mforcli 7. There is a widespread movement in favour of the nomination of General Hindenburg as President of Germany. He is wiping tq accept pomipation, and is the most conspicuous figure, in Ger.niany, acceptable to all parties, ex. cept independent socialists, ft is asserted even those opposed to militarism and "the restoration of the Holieiizolljcrns support Hindenburg, Hut tlhe pan-Germans openly regard his election as an important step towards restoration of the monarchy in some form.

WHITE RUSSIANS. (Received this day at 12 2.i p.ml COPENHAGEN, March 7

Helsingfors reports state General Skebelthin, commanding the AMiite Russian troops at Murmansk is approaching the Finalist frontier with a large force, after cutting his way through the Bolshevik’s lipe.