MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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PALESTINE , NEWS,

CONSTANTINOPLE, iSaptember 19. Nationalists attacked /Aleppo cutting the railway line to Alexandretta.

Advice .from Beirut states a fire greatly damaged Kerahan. Fresh casualties totalled one hundred. INDIAN APPOINTMENT; (Rquter’s Telegram.) LQND/Oiji, September 19, ■ Sir \VilUqrn Myqf been appointed the first High Commissioner for India in United Kingdom render the new Indian Reform Act. > ],

FRENpH PROTECTORATE,

PARIS, September 28.

, Adyices from Beirut states an imposing cerepiony was witnessed at Alpppo when General Gqurand proclaimed the autonomy of the province under French protection. He stated the French would maintain oyder and endciavoui’ to bring prosperity to the country.

... FRENCH PRESIDENCY. PARIS,' September 19- # Tljiere are indications that thei cliam*her on Tuesday, .express the qountny’s feeling in a /manner clqa,rly foreshadowing M- MiUeriijnd’s election, to the presidency, by a large majority. Senators also favour him as the likeliest to .-command united support. JAPAN AND AMERICA. , • • ' - 'i’OKIO, Sept. 18, . Baron Uchida has-issued a. statement : declaring both Mr . Wiison and Mr Colby arc anxious to secure an amicable settlement of the Japanese question in California and in the" event of an anti-. Japanese Bill being passed, Washington will take appropriate action to. safeguard tl;e acquired rights of Japanese. The pan-pacific. Association of Japan under- the Presidency of Prince Tokugnwa, President of the House of Peers organised for the purpose of working with the pan,-Pacific Union to bring nations of the Pacific into closer touch and relationship.

PRINTERS’ STRIKE ENDS. ' LONDON, Sept.. 19.. The printers’, strike in Manchester and Liverpool is settled,, enabling the newspapers to resume, after three weeks cessation, • during which daily typewritten bulletins . were issued. Final details regarding wages and status were referred, to the Typographical association’s executive, . who meet the employees on the 29th.

A PLEA FOR PEACE. LONDON,. September T 9.

Mr Thomas (Connnissionor) in a speech, pleading for industrial peace, suggested that” as the Government now possessed all the da.ta, it could settle miners trouble itself. He justified the miners demands on the grounds of the increased cost of living. It would-be a crime if a strike occurred; The labor leaders are striving for peace and. they must be assisted. Let all.help to present what might prove the most disastrous, far-reaching struggle in the his-' tory of Britain, a .struggle that could, .easily develope .into something more than .an industrial Rncl .shake the Empire to its foundations.

POOR INDIAN JUTE GRO£,S, CALCUTTA, September 19. The Indian jute crops are officially estimated to amount to 6,500,000 bales. This is the smallest crop since 1903. It will lie forty per cent below the highest crop recorded in 1914- It is anticipated that no raw material will be available'for export.

A NEW LINER- < (Received this day at <9.80 a.m.) ■LONDON, September '2O. The Peninsular Company’* Ballarat, the first of five new refrigerated branoh liners has been launched at Greenock. Her speed will be 13) knots. The vessel has cabin accommodation for 490 passengers, all ■ one class, with provisions for additional berths on the main deck in outward voyages. She probably sails in January.

SINN FEINS IN SCOTLAND. (Received this dnv at 9.'30 n.m.) LONDON ,Sept. 20. The Sinn Feiners menace in Scotland is developing. The mining districts are reported to be honeycombed with Republican organisations who are formulating plans to seize Lanarkshire pits.

GERMAN MONARCHISTS. LONDON, September 20

Reports from Germany appear to indicate that Monarchist schemes are afoot in Bavaria. The “Vorwaerts” says the Socialists in North Bavaria sent al ines-? sage ;to the German Government stating (General 'Hindenburg, Henmiftl, .Ludendorff and the .ex-King of Bavaria will, attend a shooting eamiietitiftn at Bavaria Einwohmerweha to be held- in Munich on 2jßb. and. 25th.. that military circles bad made minute ,pre paration tor the establishment of, a military Dictatorship. IT is significant in this connection that at a meeting of the Bavarian People Party In Bamberg on the 18th. a resolution was adopted by a large majority affirming the right of individual States to choose their own form of Government, conduct their own foreign policy, control tlielr own taxation and have a. Rcicbsyehr .formed on the basis of the Federal, contingents.