MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AVSTUU.JAN * N.Z. OABMt ABSoi>..iTloN] A CLAIM REFUSED. LONDON, July 16. Tho Industrial Court dismissed the claim by trade unions associated with f.lie engineering industry, for a further increase in wages oil the ground of the cost of living. The employers contended that the increases already conceded, were adequate to meet the increased cost of jiving, and that further advances would injure the trade. The Court then found the workers had failed to establish their claim. A SERIOUS DISORDER. VIENNA, July 16Serious disorders occurred at Trieste. Italian demonstrated against Jngo Slavs. 'I he mob ransacked the Consulate, burnt the Jugo-Slav national house, killed several, and also plundered shops, restaurants, two hands and a number of private houses. THE FLAG INCIDENT. BERLIN, July 16. The authorities offered a reward of two thousand marks for the discovery of the youth . who hauled down the French Hag. The press denounces the. escapade. A further demonstration of students before the Embassy protested against alleged outrages by Ironcli colonial troops in the occupied zone. The police dispersed the mob.

FLYERS FOR AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE. July 17. Parer and Mclntosh expect to resume their flight to Australia on the 20th via Muntzk, (Bank’s Island), Kaladjate. Sonralenyle, Atamboen, to Port Dnr-

AN ARREST. LONDON, July 17

According to the Labour “Daily Herald,” Scotland Yard has arrested M. Miiorteva, the Secretary of the Bolshevist Bureau at New York. He recently came to Londoij, in connection with the Canadian Government’s trade negotiations with Russia.