NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1920, Page 2

NEWS BY MAIL.

MONK LEADS LAND SEIZURE. ROME Oct. 3.

With one, party led by a monk, thousands of peasants in Sicily are reported by the Epoca to have set out to occupy several large estimates to cultivate them themselves.

The attempted seizure of land follows the recent occupation of factories by the metal-workers—now settled—and the Rome raids on uninhabited residences by homeless persons.

A movement “Land' for tho Peasants” was given the semi-approval of tho Government some months ago, when a decree was issued authorising the transfer'of uncultivated or badly cultivate land to recognised co-eperative societies of- peasants. But the Socialists took advantage of the decree to urge tho peasants to occupy any land they coveted. Some of the Catholic peasant organisations followed suit.

. £6,000 SAFE TAKEN. LONDON, Oct 3. Daring and skilful thieves stole a safe and its contents worth £6,000, from tho premises of Messrs M. Golodetz, textile traders, 140 Fernchurch-street, E.C., yesterday morning. So completely did they cover the traces of their exploit that although it is believed to have occurred early, it was discovered only when an employee of one' of the firms that use the premises tried to open the front door at 9 o’clock. The Yale lock on the iron gate could not bo opened with a key, and a locksmith had to be sent for. At least half adozen thieves must have been at work. Messrs Golodetz occupy the three upper floors of the building. There were two safes in the strong room, one of which contained little of any value, and this was left untouched. The safe taken contained iridium, gold, platinum, radium bromide, and Russian roubles, and weighed about 3 cwt. In getting the safe away a strong jjlass panel on the second floor was brok-

MR HARDING’S TRAIN. NEW YORK, Oct 6. A telegram from Millwood (Virginia) says that the special train in which Senator Harding, the Republican candidate for the TJ.S. Presidency, is travel ling had another narrow escape neat Millwood this morning, when the Senator’s private car was derailed. No one was injured, but both Senator and. Mrs Harding were severely shaken. On Sunday night Senator Harding s train collided with a light engine, hut no one was injured. Governor Cox, the Democratic candidate was' ip a train smash last week,