MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(Imperial News Service). AMERICA CUP CHALLENGE. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 25. Sir Thomas Lipton has sailed for New York to participate in the America, Cup race. _ ( CARRANZA’S END. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) MEXICO, May 24. Persons accompanying Carranza’s body say he was shot while abed on Friday morning. Thirty shots were fired through a thin wall, but six struck Carranza. Eight others were killed.

THE PRESIDENT’S ACCIDENT . PARIS, May 24.

M. Deschanel has returned !o F.yfee. He is not seriously hurt, though lie had the narrowest escape. There were a number of curious incidents in connection \yith the accident. Deschanel went to a sleeping car telling his valet not to call him until the morning. Feeling tho carriage stuffy, he attempted to open a window, but fell out. Fortunately tlie train had slackened speed going round a curve, and the President fell on a handy patch. He was temporarily stunned, and when he recovered, he walked barefooted, in his pyjamas and his face bleeding, until lie met a platelayer who received the President’s story with the frankest scepticism. This seemed justified when the stationmaster’s telegram, sent to the President’s train enquiring whether any accident had taken place, was answered by a emphatic “No.” ■ None thought it worth while to look into tho sleeping compartment. Five minutes later the valet found it empty, when consternation reigned. Meanwhile the railway officials were worrying the sub-prefect at, Montargis, regarding the unknown individual, scantily clad, suffering from the hallucination that he was the President of the Republic. The sub-prefect accordingly motored to the plate-layer’s cottage where he found the injured man wys really the head of the French Republic. He was quickly carried to the prefecture, at Montagis, /here his wounds were dressed and an anti-tetanus injection made. It is expected M. Deschanel will completely recover in ten days.

FARMERS UNITING. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 25.

Irish farmers are contemplating the formation of a farmers freedom force as a permanent bulwark against Socialism and Bolshevism. It is proposed to organise country units of a hundred physically fit men, prepared to meet force by force where Government is acting against undesirable; also forming technical units to lie made familiar IV'th dairying machinery, railways and shipping,

FATAL DEMONSTRATION

Reuter's Telegrams

(Received this dav at 11.30 a.m.) ROME, May 25,

During. «i students demonstration in celebration of Italy’s entry into the war the police attempted to move on the demonstrators, whereupon a gang of hooligans fired revolvers pn the police who replied. Four police and civilians were killed, two ,police apd nine civilians were wounded, IF IN TIME. (I’eeeived this day at 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 25,. Sir James A Tien if he arrives in time will represent New Zealand at the discussions on the Agenda paper for the Spa Conference, otherwise Lord Milner will'represent New Zealand,