MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(/‘BEGTKB , S ,> TBLEGBAM.J AHMBNIAN-TURCO ARMISTICE. LONDON, Nov. 11. An Armenian official communique states the Turko-Armenian armistice was signed. The Turks hold the district of Alexandropol during the peace negotiations, and guarantee the safetj of the inhabitants. * DUKE OF LUDWIG. b* A CORRECTION. (Reuter’s Telegram.) LONDON, Nov. 11. Owing to a confusion in names, the announcement of the death of ex-King of Bavaria on the 9th, was incorrect. The report concerned the Duke of Ludwig, Bavaria, who died from pneumonia, at tie age of 90. LINER AS HOTEL. LONDON,' November 12. Owing to the difficulty of disposing of the liner “imperator,” it .is proposed to utilise her as a floating hotel. Spme shipping experts ,contend the days of leviathians are numbered. They do not pay and will not be built in futaro, unless there is another era of jgffirtwnpetitive building like Britain and Germany in pre-war days. BRIBERY CHARGES. LONDON, November 12. At the Soldier’s Settlement enquiry, Mr Mack K.C. Senior Counsel for the Growth presented the full charges against the accused, Ashford, Bryant and others. He charged Ashford as an M.P. with political corruption and breach of his public trust, charged Bryant and Brown with conspiracy to defraud the Government and charged Ashford, Bryant, and McGoogan with bribing an officer of a Department with corruption. ANTI-DUMPING BILL. LONDON, November 12. Lord Beaverbrook, in a letter to the “Daily Express,” says:—The Unionists must press for our anti-Dumping Bill, and for a Liberal interprefition of the cost of production clause therein, so as to make margin high against imports, because the unionists never contemplated there would be any slump in the German market, j WOMEN DELEGATES. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 11. The “Daily News” states Norway, Denmark and Sweden have each sent one woman delegate to the League. This is believed to be due to the representations made by the International Council of Women.at a recent meeting. GERMAN WORKMEN SEIZE PLANT. . (Received this day at 8 a.m.) CHRISTIANIA Nov. 11. Several thousand Berlin strikers, some armed, stormed Zion metal works and v drove away the proprietors and engineers, extinguished the furnaces and took possession of the plant. The police are now outside planning an attack. INDIAN DOCK STRIKE ENDS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) DELHI, Nor. 12. Calcutta dock strike, which congested the river Hoogly during the past ten days has ended, after entailing serious losses. All tlie British India Company’s men returned to duty and the work of unloading is proceeding. MALONE REMANDED. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) x , LONDON, Nov. 12. Colonel Lestrange Malone, M.P., was remanded, bail being allowed in two sureties of £SOO each and his own recognisances of £IOOO. The prosecution stated the charge arose out of a speech at the Albert Hall meeting of the National Hands-off Russia Committee and the Communist Party of Britain, in which Malone stated: “The day is not far distant when we can meet here and ask a blessing on the British revolution. When that day comes, woe to the people getting in our way. We must change the present constitution. We shall have a use for a few lamp posts. What arc a few Churchill's and Curzon’s compared with thousands of massacred in Egypt and'lreland.” Notes found in Malone’s house showed the violent passages in the speech were written beforehand. A large crowd cheered Malone when leaving the Court. DR, MANNIN. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 12. Archbishop Mannix, at Harrowgate, addressed a la/ge assemblage of Roman Catholic clergy, many wearing Sinn Fein colours. He described himself as in cold storage in England. He regretted that Armistice Day had not fulfilled its promise, for there was war in Ireland. Government was trying not tc suppress murder, but to stifle and strangle the Irish people. He did no! hate England or the British Empire but he would protest when that Empire failed to rely on the free consent of i people. AN M.P. RESIGNS. LONDON, Nov. 12. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) Mr Brice, having been appointed the chief labour adviser to the Mines De-. partment, has resigned from the House of Commons, and also from the Miners’ Federation. OFF TO GENEVA. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) 1 LONDON, Nov. 11 British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Indian delegates have started for Geneva. Sir J. Allen’s staff comprises Knowles (Secretary) and Burdekin (Immigration Expert). SILK TRADE DEPRESSED. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) TOKIO, Nov. 11. The Silk Manufacturers’ Union have suspended the production of silk for three months, owing to depression of trade.