MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(AUSTRALIAN ifc N.Z. DAIILE ASSOOIMMOMj . CZEOHO-SLOVAKIA. • ' PRAGUE, June 4. I .Hotowetis, Czecho-,Slovakia Minister,

continued.-—Wo have hitherto purchas! <H Australian and New Zealand wool in ' the English market, hut have a difficulty in obtaining the required quantities now, except' on a system of credits. Ho would willingly negotiate with a view to ascertaining whether it , was possible to establish practical trad- , ing arrangements with Australia and j Zealand, to their mutual advantage. In Czecho-Slovakia, labour is than in Britain and we wulild (supply manufactured textiles, glassware porcelain and paper in payment, Hotowotz suggests that Australian and Now Zealand.producers should test the practicability of the scheme, by sending small sample quantities of raw male'hi to responsible Czechoslovakia manufacturers, elms- fun'ding i''o-n to investigate the resuits. ' . WOOL SALES. ANTWERP, iJune 4. At the Australian wool sales there was moderate bidding and irregular prices, with twentp-five per, cent, decline. Eleven thousand hales were offered and 2,2(X) sold. A DOCK DISASTER, (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) , London: June 5. A collier, when leaving a dock at Birkenhead, crashed into, the dock gates. The water pouring out into the river overturned barges and small craft. The collier herself was washed into the river on a ten foot wave. Rescue vessels were helpless against the torrent. Six lives were lost,.

PROPOSED. \j 15VY DROPPED'.' 1 AUSTRALIAN '' it X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION'] & REUTEn. ] (Received tills day at 8 a.m.) / LONDON,' June 5. It is understood that Government have definitely.‘decided' to abandon the idea o£. a levy on a war wealth. It- is expected Hon A-..’Chamberlain wiil announce the decision on Monday. WAR OFFICE REPORT. I AUSTRALIAN »V', X-?- CABLE ASSOCIAT'D.' ■ . * A ICKUTEJt. | (Received this day at 8 a.rn.) LONDON, June 5. The War O/ficr., ii| a weekly review of ophrat'ious, states ip Siberia file Japanese .are conducting a converging movement from Castries Ray and down tin# Amur river, against the Russians entrenched north of Lake Kisi. S.eaplancs based, on the Lake are reconnoitring the Russian position. In Mesopotamia raiding activity on the Upper Euphrates lias largely ceased as a result of raitjers losses, hut raiders on' 2-tth May wrecked”a goods train south of* Omul causing thirteen fiasualties. In Syria ’ French columns are op,crating in Tyre region against Motwalis who recently massacrod seventy Christians and swept the country as far as the ‘southern boundary of French Territory. By oversight, a village ill the British zone was bombarded and occupied, 'life French commander has undertaken that this will not reejir westward of the sources of .the Jordan. - A French column mot with considerable opposition aiwl had not reached the objective by 25th May, Large numbers of refugees have lipd hito the British zpjie, and refuse t° D’turn. ' HOtiSK PLANNING. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) ' LONDON, June 5. The Inter-Allied , Housing Congress adopted a resolution demanding a minimum standard of comfort in a home. With reference to town planning a resolution was adopted advocating a definite limitation of the number of dwe|- ( lings per acre not - exceeding ten, and decentralisation of industries.

WAGES BOARD REPORT. (Received this day, at 8 a.m.) , \ LONDON, June 5. The report of' the National Wages Board on tlio claim submitted hv railwaymen for an increase of El weekly, grants advances varying from 4s- to 8s 6d per week for different grades in suburban districts, and 2s « > 3s Gd in rural districts. The increases ii addition to the extra 2s under the sliding scale arrangements, The men’s claim in respect of overtime for Sunday and night duty are rejected. The sMiog scale gives an automatic increase of Is weekly for every five points that the cost of living advances .according to the Board of Trade's periodical returns. * A WHITE TERROR, (Received this day at 9.J0 a.m.) VIENNA, June (i. The Hungarian Government (acknowledges the existence of a white terror against workmen and Jews, and announces the relentless application of martial law against the perpetrators of xpnirder ,arson and other crimes against classes, Nationalists or sects, for which the death penalty is proclaimed. ALBANIAN REVOLUTION. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) VIENNA, June G. Advices from Belgrade state an insurrection has broken out against the Albanian Government. Italians support the latter. An Italian battalion was annihilated near Niesso, which Italian warships then shelled. BELGIAN TRAITOR. (Received this diiv at 9.30 a.m.) BRUSSELS, June fi. Th e Belgian, Baron Evenco Cope, has been arrested for supplying Germans .throughout the war with, coal and coal products, from which asphyxiating trasses were manufactured.

HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES. LONDON, June 6. The British Labour Delegation, which visitgd Hungary, reports many cases of murder, torture and wrongful imprisonment of workers are substantiated. The responsibility rests with the gendarme reserve, consisting ol Army officers and non corns., whom the Government are unable to control. THE POPE. (Received tins day at 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 6. The Pone gave a- private audience to Archbishop Redwood.

FOREIGNERS IN CHINA. <5 PEKING, June 5. British and American gunboats have been ordered to proceed to the Yangtse River, to protect foreign shipping from bandits, owing to the unsettled conditions. Captains of vessels are afraid to unload cargo and passengers. Therefore it has been decided that British and American vessels shall 1 carry armed guards. 1 | NEWSPRINT. POSITION IN CANADA: LONDON, June 5.

The rocketing prices of newsprint are seriously affecting the papers in Canada, while the editors of German papers declare that paper in Germany costs , twenty times the pre war prices. The United States continues badly hit, owing , to Canada seeking to prohibit the expor- j tation of raw material »uid force the , manufacture of paper within the Do-

minion. The difficulty is in obtaining the necessary machinery, which aggravates the * position in Canada . The crisis there as elsewhere, where there are am. pie supplies of raw material, is regarded only as temporary, and will disappear when the machinery is available. OIL OFFER DECLINED. (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) LONDON, June 6. ! The “ Sunday Express ” states Government has decided to reject the Royal Dutch and Shell Combines’ proposals rewarding Mesopotamian, oilfields.

GERMAN DEMAND. BERNE, June 4. The German Government intends to demand 925 million marks from France for damage done during the French occupation of the Maine district. BRITAIN AND FRANCE. LONDON, June o. Replying in Parliament- to Mr Palmer, the Premier said lie was not aware there was a-ny great perturbation in France. The mere fact that certain French newspapers were trying to foment trouble between two friendly Allied 'countries whose friendliness was, essential to the world, did not prove Frepcli perturbation, *

UK RAN IA AND POLAND. ! (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) WARSAW, June 5. Ukranians have abolished the remains of the Bolshevist system of nationalisation. Poland and Ukraine arc unable alone to bear the burden of rehabilitation and would welcome outside help. All Europe is interested in the reopening of the southern door of Russia's granary. " TRADE WITH .RUSSIA. , - VANCOUVER, June -5. M. Painleve, the French Envoy, who is eu route on a- special mission to China,, in an interview here, said that France is entirely in accord with Britain in opening trade relations with Russia, provided that adequate financial and political guarantees are given, France had previously suffered by the Bolshevik repudiation of Russia's foreign debt, BIRTHDAY HONOURS, •' (Received this rb.v at n.m) LONDON, June 5. The Prime Ministers’ list of Birth day Honours includes Sir James Elliott engineer-adviser to New Zealand Government, Knight of British Empire. SOVIET ACTION.’i LONDON, June T. Official circles discredit the statement published that the Bolsheviks liavo pow entered Teheran. PARIS, Juno 5. The newspapers state, that General Brusiloff Tins been artested by the Bolsheviks, owing to the heavy Soviet losses in the recent fighting with- the Poles, i NEW DUKE OF YORK. LONDON, June 4. The .title of Duke of York lias been conferred on Prince Albert, MESOPOTAMIA’S FUTURE. OieVeivedSTllis Dav nr 12.25 p.m.) DELHI, .Tune 5. The Civil Connnissioribr in Mesopotamia, replying to a deputation at Baghdad, regarding the policy of Britain in Mesopotamia said the disturbed condition on the borders of Persia and Turkey prevented the establishment of a civil Government, but those encouraging disorder would soon he taught a severe lesson. The military authorities were determined to maintain order at any cost. Mesopotamia had been under an Allied Government four hundred years and it was impossible to establish a national Government immediately. Britain intended to form a National Council of State, under an Aral) President. who would hold office until the final constitution was. determined. Britain, under no circumstances, would withdraw from the country until she had satisfied the League of Nations that Mesopotamia was fit to stand alone.

RAGGED MAN’S HAUL. PAIHS. June 5. A man named Bogott, dirty and ragged. was arrested on a roadside, when gleefully counting hank notes valued at over 100,000 francs. Bogott protested that he was a marine pensioner, and had won' most of the money during, the three days’ races at Epsom, chiefly o.n the Derby. The police investigated, and fountf this to he true, and released the man. THE KAISER WATCHED. AMSTERDAM, June 4. The Dutch police are watching every corner of the Doom estate; the ex-Kais-, ers’ m?w residence. Detectives are assembled in an adjacent village. A commander of epnstabiliary accompanies the ex-Kaiser when he goes driving. The reasons for the .precautions are not disclosed. Tljey are attributed to the likelihood qf a militarists' revolt following (,he coming German elections, 4 TURKISH RAIDERS, CONSTANTINOPLE, Juno 5. Some, Nationalists raiders at nighttime crossed the Dardanelles and blew up a munition dump at Bulair. Then they escaped again to the Asiatic shore. GRAND VIZIER’S LIFE. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 5. A Nationalist proclamation issued at Angora, offers £45,000 for the assassination of thie Grand Vizier, as the country’s enemy.