MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1920, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

aif o i'll ALi AN iX N OAHLifi ASSOCIATION EXCHANGE KATES. LONDON, Oct. 12. j The latest foreign exchange rates are as follows: Paris 53.17 francs tp the £1; Stockholm 17.82 kroner ; Christiania I 25.35 kroner; Calcutta 18; Yokohama | 344 yen ; Montreal 382 cents; New York 350 J cents. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, Oct. 12. The concluding wool sale or the first Sydney series to-day attracted a large attendance, but, as previously, only the better classes of wool were in demand. These fetched about the late rates. The top price was 35$ per lb. For cross-breds there was no demand. The second series opens on October 25th. Fifteen thousand bales will be offered. LONDON, Oct. 12. At the Bradford wool sales there was slightly more enquiry. THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN. LONDON, Oct. 12.

llie prohibition campaign at Glasgow has taken an interesting turn, through a solicitor questioning the validity of the procedure, on the grounds'that the requisitions demanding the poll that were lodged before September 9 are void, as the date of lodgment was fixed at September 30. He further questions i* that all the requisitions for the 37 wards y won were not applied for by electors in l* the area. The solicitor intends to take - legal action. The authorities declare , the requisition was in proper order, fc The “Glasgow Herald” ridicules the objection raised as purely technical. Similar objections have been raised in other areas. ! A TENNIS PROJECT, i SYDNEY, Oct. 12. i The Tennis Association have purchased the area previously occupied by the White City at Rushcutters Bay, where they intend to construct 40 courts. The Association will sell their present ground at Double Bay.

CHINA AND JAPAN TOKIO, Oct. 11. The Japanese Foreign Office has issued a statement charging laxness on the part of the Chinese Government as regards Korea. It alleges this laxity was responsible for some co-operation between the Chinese and the Korean bandits operating on the Manchurian border. The statement asserts that Japan will make representation to China immediately. The Japanese Foreign Office declare . that Chinese soldiers were sent to pre- ! serve order. They joined the Korean outlaws. The result was an attack on Hunchun, in which a number of Japanese were killed. DEWDROP SOLD. SYDNEY, Oct. 12. Mr Greenwood has sold the racehorse Dewdrop, to Mr Mr Percy Miller. The price is satisfactory, but is not stated. AN APPOINTMENT. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, October 12. King George approves of the appointment of Bishop Frodsham as Vicar of Halifax. This, is the biggest Crown appointment short of a Bishopric.