MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

'AUBTUAI.IAN & H.i. UAULIi AHHOOIA'/lIOWj ALLEGED TRAITOR. TOKIOj Juno IC. .A nephew of I* i old Marshal Oyama luis been arrested on a charge of soiling strategic map H and otlier documents of the War Department to an unnamed foreigner, for forty thousand yen. The police statement ■ indicates that Oyama was intimate with certain Americans, also certain military attaches. Other arrests are expected. JAPANESE PROTEST, 1 ' TOKIO, June IC. A great mass meeting discussed mas, sacres of Japanese at Nikolavevsk, and demand a partial demobilisation, and a temporary cancellation of the homeward movement of Japanese troops from Siberia. It also condemned the Japanese support of Vladivostock provisional Government because it was thoroughly Bolshevik. BRITISH ARMY. LONDON, June 17. A White Paper detailing the, British Army Estimates lor 1920-21 shows the peace establishment of the territorial army in Britain to be 236,000. The regular Army Establishment is shown at 381,000 men. . It also shows the distribution of the Regular Amry as follows; Home, 150,00(f; the Colonies, 15,000; the Rhine area, 16,000; Constantinople, 21,000; Egypt, 30,000; Palestine 22,000; Mesopotamia and North-West Persia, 70,000 men. ' DAIRY PRODUCE. LONDON, June 10. In the House of Commons, there was a question as to whether the Co-opera-tive Wholesale Society is endeavouring to purchase New Zealand’s output ot butter and cheese. - In ; reply, Sir W. M. Mitchell-Tliom-son H aid that he had no information regarding the precise tenor of this Society’s negotiations with New Zealand. But the Ministry of Eood was now prepared to negotiate with' New Zea•land for all its exportable surplus of butter up to the 31st of March, 1921. It would negotiate on lines similar to those of the previous contracts. The Ministry intended to hiaintain the existing restrictions on private dealing in imported butter. The Government had decided to take no further contracts for imported cheese, as the supplies "'ere expected now to lie adequate to meet all demands.

JAPANESE IN SIBERIA. HONOLULU. June 15. A Tokio despatch says that Japan intends to establish a miltiary foim of Japanese Government at Nikolaicvsk. The reason given is that it is owing to v livities of radicals. NO HIDE SA LES. . (Received this day at 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 17. Owing to the strike no hide sales were held this week.

AN INDIAN THREAT. (Received this day at 8 n.m.) DELHI, June 16. An attempt is being made in India to prevent the Prince of Wales visitiug this country at the end of the present year. Extremist politicians who regard the Hunter Commission findings with disfavour and strongly urge a modification of the Turkish peace terms, threaten that unless their demands are granted they will make the visit.of the I nnce a fiasco. The Indian Home Rule League cabled the Secretary of State-that a welcome to the Prince was doubtful, un_ less the present situation was relieved. BOLSHEVIKS IN MIDDLE EAST (Reuter's Telegrams.) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, June 17. Advices from Teheran report Bolshevik forces, which disembarked at ,Enzeli, comprise a whole army corps and a squadron of seaplanes. They captured .sixteen tank steamers and despatched them to Baku.

AUSTRIAN PUNISHMENT. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) BUDAPEST, June 16. The Minister of Justice ha s produced in the National Assembly, a Bill P.>ovid in" for corporal punishment tor nm e profiteers, with a maximum of -0 strokes of a bircli rod.

RABBIT SKIN SALES. LONDON June 16

The rabbit skins sales opened very quietly. Lighter skins showed a decline If fully 50 per -p compared with the April prices, hut baldened later, closing at 3-5 pa’.centi down. There was good competition f° J? sorts at a five per cent decline. Seven teen hundred bales were offered, but about half were withdrawn.

OUEENSLAND’S PREMIER. LONDON, June I<■ The Queensland Premier, Hon. Mr Theodore meets .pastoral land owners representatives on Friday. Some business men say they anticipate Mr Theodore will offer them a considerable concession in the direction of modifying the recent Queensland legislation particularly limiting leasehold rents. JAPAN’S ATTITUDE. TOKIO, Juno 15. Baron Kate in an interview, said that Japan had inserted an article m the Angln-Japnnoes Act of Wll o remove the risk of England becoming involved in any dispute between the > United Slates and Japan. SEAMEN’S CONFERENCE. ROME, June 16. The International Seamen’s Conference has opened at Genoa. There are two hundred delegates present.