MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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AFRICAN POLITICS. CAPETOAVN, April 8. Following tlie failure of recent overtures to form a best man Government, | the general opinion is that General Smuts will carry on with the support of the Unionists ,while the Labourites will refrain from defeating the Government, thereby frustrating the economic social reform to which they aro committed. A COUNCIL) LOAN. LONDON, April 9. Tlie London County Council is’ issuing a' loan of £7,000,000, bearing interest at 52 per cent. The pn'co of the isshe is 93. FEAR FOR AMUNDSEN. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. ’Norwegian experts conjecture that Captain Amunsden has been drowned. <- THE SHAMROCK SAILS. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. Sir Thomas Lipton’s “Shamrock II” has sailed from Southampton for America. FRENCH SEAMEN’S STRIKE. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, April 8. The seamen’s strike {>f 24 hours is beginning to-day. It is organised in Mar- . seilles and Le Havre, with a desire to paralyse the trade of the ports. It is not due to a wages dispute, hut as an

v example of direct action. It is intended to force the Government to release the sailors who mutineed aboard the French warships in the Black Sea.

HUNGER STRIKERS. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) PARTS, April 8. , Sinn Feiners in Alountjoy prison continue to hunger strike. Several are in a critical condition. CLAIAi FOR DAMAGES. (Received this, day, at 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, April S. Alan Bell's widow has lodged a claim against Dublin Corporation for £IO,OOO sterling compensation.

state OF RUHR. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) TOKIO, April 9. A state of war has heen declared at Vladivostok. The Japanese after brisk disarmed the Russian garrison