MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1920, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[per press association.—copvbiqht.] TIDE OF EMIGRATION. , 30,000 FROM ENGLAND. LONDON, Sept. 24. The emigration from England of exservice men is proceeding. The tide "of the exodus is growing stronger. Up to last month nearly 30,000 ex-service men had left for the different dominions. The following figures show the number of the approved applications, exclusive of dependents ,of those leaving during the month of August:— Canada ; 931 Australia 450 New Zealand 214 South Africa 130 These figures bring the totals, since the inception of the scheme, up to the following Canada 6292 Australia 3655 New Zealand 2555 South Africa U 63 The total for all the dominions is 28,758

Each application, on the average', carries two dependents, thus bringing the total approved applicants up to over 60,000.

The expenditure incurred by the Imperial Government on account of passages exceeds £300,000. Twenty thousand applications, coverlag 50,000 souls, including dependents now await approval.

Canada, however, is discontinuing the reception of applications after September, owing to the approach of the winter, and it is anticipated that the applications for Australasia will be pro portionately increased.

GRANTS TO EMIGRANTS. LONDON, Sept. 25

The Overseas Settlement Committee is supplementing the free passages to the ex-service men, with grants for the purchase of equipment for the voyage. In special cases, the committee is'also assisting to finance the ex-service men’s settlement in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, similar to Beilis’s Victorian scheme. The money is being, allocated to the directors of the schemes,, whether Government or private directors, to expend on behalf of the settlers. The National Relief Fund has already advanced the committee £250,000 for these purposes. Another £250,000 is to he available when necessary .

DISASTROUS AEROPLANE FIRE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. A disastrous fire occurred in Martinsyde aeroplane works, Woking, 127 planes being reported destroyed.

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS,

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25

The following appointments are announced:—Earl Gavan succeeds Lord Rawlinson as Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot; Major-General Sir Charles Barington becomes Commander-m-Chief of the Army in the Black Sea ; Lieut.-General Sir Phillip Chetwodo succeeds Hartington, as Deputy-Chief of the Imperial Staff; Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Godley succeeds Lieut. General Chetwode, as military secretary to the Secretary of State for War.

LONDON’S OPERA. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25,

It is announced there will be no Beecham opera in London during the coming winter or spring. Bieecliam s association with Covent Garden is also terminated.

COAL CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25

Coal owners and miners delegates conferred amicably for 2i hours regarding output and wages, and adjournment until Monday. The miners will endeavour to get a datum line output fixed low enough to give an immediate increase of wages. It is pointed out that the output will be materially increased if all the miners would work the full number of shifts, instead of attending .football matches and other sports during working hours.

AN AIR FATALITY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. A pilot and four passengers of whom there was a woman, were killed through an aeroplane nosediving and crashing at Hayes, while during a pleasure flight from Northohn aerodrome. The fifth passenger, a little girl, was badly injured. HUGE AMERICAN TRUST. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. The “Observer” says besides the American efforts to control the world’s shipping, the American Steel Corporation is seeking to monopolise the supply and products of the continent. First came the establishment in Germany of Amsted, a subsidiary of United States steel products corporation. The steel trusts are selling and Amsted has already sold seventy-five thousand tons of ship plates in German yards. More important still, it is now announced from Paris that Stinncs, Tyshens, Schneider, Creusot and United States Steel Corporation, and National City Bank, both the latter linking up with the Standard Oil, have reached an agreement aiming at the exclusion of British industry from the reconstruction of Europe. Americans are also negotiating for the purchase of the lease of shipbuilding yards at Reval, . thence distributing their steel products in the Baltic and offering to supply Esthonia with coal for a period of years.

A LABOUR REQUEST. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25

A conference of the Scottish Labour Party unanimously passed a resolution demanding Hon W. Churchill’s arrest and impeachment for action regarding Russia.

SOLDIERS’ GRAVELS. LONDON, September 25„

* General Birdwood leaves London on October 7th. for Belgium and France to inspect the soldiers’ memorials at Polygon Wood and Sailly Les See, and •also to inquire into the management of ’the military cemeteries. The exhumation and reburials in Belgium average 70 weekly, and there are approximately a similar number in Fiance. The lists of missing have already been reduced by several thousands.

For Children’s Hacking Cough. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure 'l/9, 2/9.