MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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MARY PICKFORD MARRIES DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.

NEWY ORK, April 1. Mary Pickford has married Douglas Fairbanks. The ceremony was secretly performed at her home by a Baptist minister. The couple have a combined income of £400,000. Her co-religionists denounce Mary Pickford’s divorce, and the Nevada Bar has appealed to the State to investigtae its legality on the ground of insufficient residence. Mary Pickford declares that nothing will separate her from Fairbanks. NEW YORK, April 4. The Pickford wedding continues to take up a huge amount of space in the newspapers. Tho Attorney-General s investigation of Mary Pickford’s divorce is apparently caused by charges by the Bar Association, who passed a resolution demanding an investigation of all sliort-tcrm divorces. Mary Pickford has issued a denial of any irregularity whatever.

obituary. PERTH, April 5. The death has occurred of Sir Edward Stone, Lieutenant-Governor of West Australia. [The Hon .Sir Edward A. Stone, Lieutenant-Governor of West Australia since 1906, wafs born in 1844, and was the second son of the late Hon. G. F. Stone, Attorney-General. He was called to the West Australian Bar in 1865, was Crown Solicitor in 1881, and Chief Justice from 1901 to 1906. He was created a knight in 1902.] PLANS FOR MONSTER ’PLANES. NEW YORK, April 5. Giovanni Saproni, an Italan aeronautical engineer, has arrived in Ney York with plans for constructing 12,000 horse-power aeroplanes, capable ol carrying 400 to 500 passengers. R. A F. TRAGEDY IN EGYPT CAIRO, April 4. A Royal Air Force Handley-Page aeroplane crashed north of Atbara. The crew of four men were killed. No details have been received as to thenidentity.

MOSLEM DIVINE DEPORTED. PROTEST TO THE KING. LONDON, April 5. The delegation from the Conference rccentlv held in Calcutta, to consider matters relating to the Khalifate, which recentlv waited upon tlie Prime Minister at No 10 Downing street, and urged the restoration of the territorial status quo in Turkey, including the undisturbed presence of the Sultan as Khalit at Constantinople, and no transference of his authority over Moslem Uo y places ,has made a protest to the Kh'S ami ins the deportation by the Allies from Malta of the great divine, Maulana Mahmud, of the Mecca Tlieologiel Seminary, who is the highest religious dignitary in Islam after the Kmlif.

-A GREAT UNDERTAKING. 810 DE JANIERO, April 3. Preliminary work lias keen begun on the construction of irrigation works, to cost 50,000,000 dollars, in the droughtstricken section of North-Western Brazil It is intended to extend the railroads to the district. The work ns expected to he completed in 5 years. WOMEN ARRESTED. WASHINGTON, April 5. Two women picketing the British Embassy and advocating freedom for Ireland, were arrested. ANARCHY IN CILICIA. LONDON April 4. It is understood that the situation in Cilicia- isi serious. The Christian population is endangered. The Turks are threatening Adana, Tarsus, and Morsina. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. LONDON April 4. It is expected that the Prince of Wales will be appointed President of the Trustees of the Imperial Mar Museum. NEW south'wales politics. SYDNEY, April 6. -\lr Holman, the defeated Premier has interviewed the Governor, hut ho refused to divulge the result.

SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, April 5. A sensational tragedy occurred at tho Agricultural Show. At the result of a quarrel George Dias, proprietor of a side-show, shot his wife dead and then rushing through the crowd, which gathered he fired again, wounding a woman named Wilson, but not seriously before being arrested.

BODY RECOVERED. SYDNEY, April 5. The body of a girl, one of tlio children who disappeared at Bondi, has been found at tho place where the family aro supposed to have entered the water.

VESSEL ICEBOUND. CHRISTIANIA, April 3. Tho Russian Government has sent a, message to Norway in reference to aid for the ice-bound steamer Solover in the Sea of Kard, whereon people aro perishing. The British Foreign Office received a request for aid from Russia. Britain has sent a message to Norway pointing out that there are several icebreakers in tho north of Russia, There was also ample coal loft at Archangel hv the British forces .

PROPOSED FLOATING TUNNEL. VIENNA, April 2. Engineer Janescli, addressing the Institute of Engineers here, suggested a floating tunnel across the English 'Channel, consisting of ferro-oonjerete tubes, a few yards below the surface, where the currents are slight. Hie tubes would be held secure by wire cables to the bottom. Tlie tunnel would be constructed in one year at a cost of £9,000,000. Such a work would havo considerable advantages over an underground tunnel, which would be a more difficult and more costly enterprise. Similar tunnels, he said', would be suitable for the’ Straits of the Dardanelles and for Gibraltar. ZINC FOR BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, April 4. ‘Vbo Dernieri Henke” states that the British and Belgian Governments have signed a contract by which Belgium will receive favourable terms for 240,000 toiis of Australian raw zinc, delivery to be completed within two years.

DISTRESS IN SKYE. LONDON April 4. Hie interruption of the shipping service from Scotland caused a shortage of food at Skye. There is acute distress, especially on the east side of the island where no steamer has arrived since mid-December. SOLDIERS BONUS WANTED. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) OTTAWA, April 6. A delegation representing six veterans associations has petitioned the act-ing-Prcmier, Mr Foster for a bonus of two thousand dollars for every man who served in France, fifteen hundred dollars for men who served in England, and a thousand dollars for those who served in Canada.

SENTENCED FOR SEDITION. (Received This Dav at 8 a.m.) OTTAWA, April 6. Reverend Ivens and four other Labour leaders were sentenced at Winnipeg to a year’s imprisonment on charges of sedition and conspiracy to overthrow the Government of Canada, and establish a dictatorship by proletariat by means of the strike of July, 1919.

TRADE CONGRESS. LONDON, April 6. It is estimated that 200,000 will be represented at a Trades’ Union Congress that is to bo held on the 10th inst. to discuss a 44-hour week. ROBBERY OF JEWELS. LONDON, April 5. Two men daringly robbed a maisonette at Chelsea and stole £7OOO worth of jewels. The lady of the house was out. The men told a maid they wanted to repair a geyser. When inside, they gagged and hound the girl. Then they ransacked the house. When the lady returned, she found the maid gagged and semi-conscious.