MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

f JiUSTII/LIAN it N.Z. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION j CELEBRATED NOVELIST DEAD. (Received This Day at 3 a.in.) LONDON, March 24. ; Obituary.—Mrs Humphrey Ward, the novelist. MATTHEW’S JOURNEY (Received this day at 8 a.m.) RANGOON, March 24. J Matthews in a Sopwith machine has arrived here; also one Italian. j

CANADA’S NAVY. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 26. The Now York “Times” Ottawa correspondent states -Mr Ballentync lias anounced the demobilisation of all Canadian Navy officers and naval ratings, in order that the service may be reorganised on pre-war basis. He said the adoption of a permanent naval policy was deferred, pending the forth-! coming Imperial conference. Canada ! accepted Britain’s presentation of light I cruisers and two destroyers, replacing the Niobe and Rainbow.

CHINA AND JAPAN. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) TOKIO, March 25. The Foreign Office states no progress lias been made with negotiations with China concerning the restoration of Shantung, since Japan’s notification to China in January that Japan desired to negotiate directly. CHICAGO WHEAT. (Received This Dav at 8 a.m.) CHICAGO, March 26. The visible wheat flour east of theRockies is 52,604,000 bushels. REPLY TO QUESTIONS. LONDON, March 2 i.

In the House of Commons, replying to Major Barnes, Mr Lloyd George said high prices were remediable only by increased production anti national economy. He anticipated the national revenue would balance the national expenditure and the debt be substantially reduced. There was short cut to better conditions, which. wore only achievable by a steadily pursued policy. Tiie Government is considering the strengthening of the Profiteering Act.

RUSSIAN HORRORS. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 25

A burrowing description of Jewish pogroms in South Russia last year are detailed in the Fvieff Relief Committee’s report. Over 30,000 were murdered in Ukraine, of which number 15,000 are ascribed to Petloura’s Regulars, specially when troops were compelled to evacuate the territory. Altogether 382 places were registered where pogroms occurred, bringing the total t 70,000 victims. Numbers died in their wanderings, after being thrown out of express trams. Women were frequently violated before being slain. Only bayonets were used because of the expensiveneri of cartridges. Grenades were thrown into cellars where Jews were hiding. The Red’s to;tn e included the tearing off of beards with specially adapted wire.

ARMY FROZEN TO DEATH. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 24 A Bolshvik communique states over sixteen thousand enemy soldiers were found frozen to death on the Steppes