MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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REVOLT'AGAINST SERVIA. * ROME, Sept. 6. V The “Messngero” states that the Croats, Magyars, Hungarians and Montenegrins have organised a revolt against Servia. .i.... ,r ,i >.

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(Received thjg (jay qt 9.2 Q a.m.) " ' LQNSQN, Sgpf 6. War Office Mesopotamia communique spates the garrison of the camp at B»mawah railway statipn was being withdrawn to town, an armoured train covering the pporntjons, whop the (rain Wkq a mi it was rushed by four thousand insurgents. The crew made jj resplute flefencp and inflicted five hundred casualties before they were finally overpowered. Forty, including two British officers, are reported to be missing. The insurgents captured with the train, a thirteen pounder, three machine-guns, and forty boxes of ammunition. Reports state owjng jo hostjlg dempps|rat4ops, thp political agent Hit was withdrawn. A train ffom §n?l)arra fired on, and compelled the return of the eighty-fifth brigade division, which .reached Museysis, in the middle Euphrates and found a bridge across the river partly destroyed.

WOOL PROFITS. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. Mr Goldfinch, anticipates the audit of surplus wool profits for the year ended March 1920, will be completed before the end of the year. The profits will probably be double'that of the previous year. ,

THE STRIKE FEVER. 'Received .this day A'W'! - ‘ LQNQON, §ePt- ?: fhp Natjpqa] Union qf colliery engineers, mechanics and electrical workers, decided to give notice of 'the cessation of work at the same time as the miners. NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) i LONDON, Sept. 7. The “Star” states Hon. Lloyd George’s offer to release the hunger strikers if the murders cease, is not taken seriously in Dublin. Such a conditiori is useless, inasmuch as the Sinn Feiners never acknowledged their respons|bilty for % murders. No ope is ljkqly tfi give such a guaranteeGOAL STRIKE POSITION. LONDON, Sep*- 6 - Although the coal strike is the genJ *£» among the Trade Union delegates, the subject is not mentioned in Congress, because the situation is at a delicate stage, and public discussion fs unlikely to do any good-