MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

r AOBTttALIAN (S’ N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION) , OFF TO NICE. i ATHENS, Nov 18. M. Venizelos departed for Nice in a. yacht escorted by a British cruiser and to destroyers. GERMAN TOYS. (Reuter’s Telegram.) LONDON, Nov. 18. j German toy traders are regaining their hold in Britain. For the nine months ended September, nearly a million worth was imported while the Christmas trade promises that British toys will be almost cut out. Germans are selling at under cost price, in order to recapture the market. A CHANCERY SUIT. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 19. A romantic chancery suit will be heard next Tuesday concerning a freehold estate at Lewisham, England, called “Woodlands,” worth twenty thousand. One of the .claimants named

Petty returned recently from Australia, where he prospered in the west and was a dentist at Fremantle. He found “Woodlands” in posession of a draper named Collingwood, who claims a legal right, having paid £3,000. Petty asserts that Collingwood’s deeds are forged. Petty holds the original deeds and has seized portion of the property refusing to be ejected. wood sales. ANTWERP, Nov. 19. At the ’wool sales, 12,025 bales were offered and 3475 sold. Good sorts declined fully five per cent and inferior ten. . i A COMMISSION. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 18th. The Secretary of the Colonies has appointed a. Committee to consider and report what steps .©an be taken to secure the assistance of universities in Britain in carrying out research work which is essential for the protection of the inhabitants of the colonies and protectorates from diseasfe, and to the successful' development of their veterinary, agricultural and mineral resources.