MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

;By 'Cleetric Telegraph—Copyright)

• A PAPER COMBINE. (Received this day at 8.40 a.m.) OTTAWA, May 31. 1 A $60,000,000 paper merger is foreshadowed by the amalgamation of Ed wards Company with Gilmour, Hudson Company. They will control twelve thousand square miles of timber land, with an output of 150,000 tons of paper annually. PROPOSED ASCENT. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 1. 1 Captain Younghusband, in a presidential address before the Geographical Society, stated an expedition to the summit of Mount Everest, was being arranged.

LORD READING. I AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION) A REUTER.) (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May -51 Speaking at a luncheon at Ald.vyeh Club Lord Reading dealing witli AngloAmerican relations, said Americans and Englishmen felt that the co-operation which existed during the war, should be continued in peace time and become more and more effective. He was unalterably convinced that between Ame-

rica and Britain lay the future of the and the destiny of mankind. Alluding to the effect of* the Irish question on America’s opinion, Lord Readying said every British Ambassador to America had to take into account the Irish propaganda in United States. Americans recognised difficulties of the situation. It would be a fortunate day also for American relations when the Irish. propaganda question was removed from United States. Britain and America were going to he rivals in the trade and commerce of the future, but friendly rivals. In regard to the •" war debts to America, he was sure Britain was not going to expect any remission.

TRADE UNION CONGRESS WANTED. /

LONDON, May 31

The Triple Alliance Sub-committee missed a resolution that the position inentioned in the letter from the National Union of Railwaymen, in regard to Ireland, warrants consideration of the problem by the organised trade union movement of tin? whole of .Britain. Tile matter therefore shall he referred to the 'Parliamentary Committee, urgently requesting a special Trade Union Congress shall be convened early so that the attitude of British labour towards the producing and handling of munitions of war for Ireland and Poland may be determined. The above mentioned letter refers to the executive of the national Union of Railwnymen’s consideration of the refusal of Irish members to handle munitions and the Executive’s decision on 27th. May to refer tbe matter to the Triple Alliance.

BUBONIC PLAGUE. (Received this dav at 11.30 a.m.) MEXICO CITY, June 1

All public buildings at Vera Cruz are closed on account of an outbreak believed to be bubonic plague.

A PAPAL ENCYCLICAL. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) ROME, June 1

The Pope in an encyclical letter recom mends a policy of reconciliation between spiritual and temporal powers of Italy, and ask's Catholic Princes to show their opponents the greatest toleration. He forgives ali who distorted the Papal intention in wartime, and rescinds the prohibition against Catholic rulers visiting tho King of Italy, but emphasises that this must not be interpreted as a tacit renunciation of the Sacrosanct rights. Otherwise, the Pontiff will renew his predecessors P ro " tests for the purpose of safeguarding the rights and dignities of the Holy See.

SCENES IN SENATE. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 1

The Senate by 43 to 34, rejected a motion to delay acting on the Armenian mandate, until a peace agreement with the Central Powers is reached.

Irish women sympathisers created a scene in the senate galleries, hecklers demanding the expulsion of the English from Ireland. Ushers removed a dozen women, exfcitedly struggling and shouting;. The proceedings were suspended until the ejections' were completed.

AN EGYPTIAN MOVE.MENT. (Received This Bay at 1.5. p.m.) CAIRO, June 1. Seaghbuls decision to send three colleagues to London to confer with the Government, before Lord Milner’s mission reports is regarded as - likely to effect some settlement of the Native f nation. Extremists oppose the decisions hut a majority of Egptians who

aro sick of fruitless agitations, arc anx<r • j OIIB for a'relaxation of military precautions and would welcome a compromise.