MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[“reoter’s” telegram.] A LAND CLAIM AWARD. LONDON, Oct 23. Sir John Coakley, the arbitrator appointed by the Government to adjudicate on Lord Forest's claim against the London County Council of 134 acres of land near Catford for housing, has giv_ en his decision. He has awarded £3l, 529. Lord Forest claimed £79,000 and the Council offered £30,619.

A LIVERPOOL VIEW. (United Service Telegrams). (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, uct. 25. Liverpool railwaymens executive telegraphed to headquarters—“We have no allegiance ivith Bolshevism. We have not forgotten the boys killed in France and Belgium. These damnable strikes don’t Help, but hinder the crippled, blind and unemployed. We demand the immediate resignation of extremists.”

ITALIAN RATIONING. (Received Tliis Day at 9.45 a.m.) ROME, Oct. 24. War rationing has been reimposed including four meatless days weekly. AFRICAN RIOTS. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Oct. '24 Rioting at Port Elizabeth was the climax to the propaganda of a native organisation which has been proceeding for some weeks. It started with a demand for 10s 6d daily wage for native males and 7s 6d for females. Responsible native'opinion opposed the propaganda methods. Firing upon the rioters commenced without command by the men hemmed in at the police station by a howling mob, as they believed the position was desperate.

AFRICAN RIOTS. CAPETOWN, October 25. After a desperate fight with the crowd at th 6 police station, Port Elizabeth, the natives were driven from the city. They then held meetings at their locations and subsequently a*; tacked the power station. The police fired over their heads but this failed to stop them. The police then firci into a crowd of natives, killing one.and wounding seven. An attempt was made to set fire to a petrol store containing seventy thousand cases, but it failed. Rioters cut the telegraph and telephone wires. Po. '.ce and other i deforcements arrived from’ Grahamstw.vn and elsewhere. The natives are holding a meeting to-day but there are no attempts at violence. The tow] casualties were twenty-four Killed and fortyone wounded, including many women. One European male >vas killed and twt females wounded.

A TURKISH VIEW. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 24 The retiring Grand Vizier, Damad Ferid Pasha, interviewed, attributed his resignation to the Allies hesitation despite frequent requests, to authorise Government military action against irreconcilable nationalists in Anatolia. Meantime the population of Anatolia, chiefly Christians, were fleeing to the mountains to avoid massacre. STRIKE IN ROUMANIA. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) * BUCHAREST, Oct. 24. A general strike is proclaimed in Roumania. Government as a counter blast, proclaimed martial law, closing up the trade union offices and arresting two pro-Soviet deputies. The general strike is only partial in its effects. \ STRIKE RESULTS. This Day at 9.45 a.m.) ] LONDON, Oct. 25. In consequence of the transporters strike few textile works are running at Bradford. One manufacturer owning six mills and paying out seven thousand sterling wages weekly is closing down, meanwhile paying his work people onethird of their average wages. Bandon lioisery factory was fired and the entire stock and machinery destroyed. The damage is fifty thousand sterling. Incendiarists are believed to be the cause.

STATE OF SIEGE. ] (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) i PARIS, Oct.. 25. I The Labour Union executive at' Bucharest has declared a general strike. I Government declared a state siege and established a press censorship. | **LONDON, Oct. 25. I Obituary.—Charles Palmer, Commoner. COST OF LEAGUE. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) , LONDON, Oct. 25. ' The proposed Budget for the league, of Nations for .1921 amounts to twenty million gold francs, Australia’s share mounting to £54,000 sterling and New Zealand’s £6,400. LONDON, Oct. 25. Constable Dunne was awarded £25,000 sterling compensation for injuries received in defending Cloyne police barracks. KING OF GREECE, HIS REPORTED DEATH Pn/.fiSvw'l ibis rlflv at 2.36 p.m.,) ‘ LONDON, Oct. 25. ( According to a. dispatch from Athens, King Alexander of Greece has died.