MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[uer yit ess association.—copyright.] an‘L V,' .. . j , CAPETOWN, Se-pt. 12. Owing to a refusal of. the authorities to release the arrested leader's of [the railway strike ‘at Lapreirao 'Ma'rtfues, 250 railwaynieh. surrendered and . asked! to be imprisoned. ’ All were cotirt mar-< tialled aiid gaoled. |

GERMAN ARMS. . 4> LONDON, September 13. The latest -official returns show tiiat Germany is surrendering arms in ac"cord&TSCO with the'Peiicb Treaty. Tw|n-ty-seVe'ft flVofitand 'giVfrs have been shrrendered already, 'and bv November there Mil Rave been v'iVVft Tip all ekcept 'those 'a’tlb\V r ed Wider tlie Treaty. Thirty million fiVc shWs and fourteen thousand rifles have been destroyed. Efforts are being rnSxte iby 'the mYthdrities, who aVe offering rewards to secure large- nfinibers of Viffes knoWii to be -TiicfSen. One Tiuridrod and thirty million rouMs 'of small arms .Ammunition Rave. "Beefi destroyed; but double that quantity 's't’iH remains. SELLING 'GERMAN SIMPS. * LONDON, September ISh Is-d fftclfitpc is tory Tnquifiis reghrclirig 42 Gerniah lin- • ers now owiied lit Britain. #i These Re is,offering for sale. ~ it % 'pbmied 'but tiiat wliilc there is no great slidrtJige of trMiip tonnage, liftet tcumage Ts VtiH Wqufibd for ieplaceffient. v It: is bkpected the big companies will buy ’tlie largest of these vessels .is for Whniple Tlie Bismarck ‘thq Vuhnig of which Yeffliiicfe bianage-' nteivt; b(it smaller vessels shbula find' a- fehdy bale, as fliere is a 'great shortage of these.

ft AIDER’S AftTlCll’AlfdxS. ftONllbN, September 12

A Berlin correspondent says a Prussian Junker, who recently paid a visit to the ex-Kaiser at his home in Doom, tells the following story: “This ’is tlie way head's will fly, right and left, when I return to Germany, ’ exclaimed Wilhelm, dealing furious 'blows with a hatchet, as he felled trees on his estate. ■'■■■; ■ A possible appointment LONDON, September 12. It is being persistently rumoured that Mr Winston Churchill may. accept the Vice-Royalty of Inidia. Though previous unacceptable, it is now asserted that one of Churchill's calibre would be welcome so as to resist encroachment by any pushful Secretary of State, and also to deal with disorderly elements in India.

SLUMP IN TRADE. LONDON, September 12. The Sopwith works have closed down and have paid off 1400 work people Tlieir difficulties are due to a slump in the motor-cycle trade. A MG ESTATE SOLI). LONDON, September 12. Lord Dudley received £750,000 for Whitley Court, his Worcestershire seat, at Stourport. BRITISH IN PERSIA. LONDON, September 12. The War Office announces that a strong column of Indian troops nas left Bakuba to operate round the Persian railway. Another column lias left ftizirobat, and it will operate towards the first column. Two other columns have converged upon Shahroban, which has been relieved without resistance Resulting in the release of Mrs Buchanan (wife of a- British officer) and her companions. , The objects of expeditions are said to bo to clear the railway into Persia, and then bring tlie Persian railway military camp's at. Kefiud, where there are some ‘British women and children refuging, into touch with Baghdad again The Indian Government states they have* accented ail offer of the Maharaja of Kiipurthalia tot send forces of infantry to assist in British military operations in Mesopotamia.

OLIVE THOMAS TOOK POISON. PARIS, Sept, 12, Inquiries seem to have convinced tlie police that Olive Thomas (Jack Pickford’s wife) took poison. Her death was due to an overdose of chloride of mercury, taken in mistake for a mixture for indigestion after exhaustion due to a round of gaieties.

ITALIAN FOOD CARDS. ROME, Sept. 13. The Italian workers have to submit to food cards. There is a limitation of the bread supply, and a difficulty in getting rice and flour. Above all fuel and coal is selling at seven liare per ton. Agitators, therefore, have made opportunities for tormenting discontent. The situation is'aggravated by the fact that all the railwavmen refuse to transport troops and polic*. The Coiiferenee, however, shows that a strong body, of hioderates are working to prevent a revolution. JAPAN- AVIATION POLICY. TOKIO, September 13. ,It reported that "tho Japanese Now Department has obtained the services of thirty British naval aviators to act as instructors to the Japanese Navy, They will arrive in JApan early in 1921. The newspaper “Niehinicln” says the. arrangements were made upon the recommendation of Colonel Faure hea ; d of the French Army Mission, which visited Japan recently. Faure stated that British Navy fliers lead the world in aviation. It is estimated the expense of the aviation training scheme, will he approximately six hundred thousand pounds.

LORE ftli-LNEIL . (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 13. Tiie rumour that Lord Milner is reSigning from the Ministry is unfounded OBITUARY. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 13. Obitnary—-Lqrd^Miirpny t< of Elibank.