MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'] AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A LUNCHEON. LONDON, December 29. The Prince of Wales has accepted . the Australian and New Zealand’s Clubs invitation to luncheon on Australian day. LABOUR PROPOSAL. LONDON, December 29. Tlie Labour Conference resolu tinned calling for an immediate election of the Constituent assembly by proportional representation, to draft a scheme of Irish self-Government. , . VERSAILLES TREATY. PARIS, December ■ 20. - “Petit Parisien’s” Brnssells correspondent says the Belgian Cabinet following Britain’s example decided to renounce paragraph eighteen of the Versailles Treaty relating to the seizure of German goods.

ZEPPELIN FOR ITALY. ROME, December 29. ■A second zeppelin awarded Italy tinder the Versailles treaty has arrived. During tlio war it bombed London thrice. j . MINING AWARD. • PERTH, Dec. 31. It is believed the new mining award will entail a reduction of employees by fifty-[MU' cent. FOOD PRICES. (Received This Dnyat 11.30 a.m.) ■' - Dec. 30. The Food Ministry expects to drop the bread, sugar and flour price by the spring. „ ' NEW DUTCH CRUISER. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) • AMSTERDAM, Dec 30. Queen Wilhelmina launched the new uteh cruiser, Sumatra, the first launch ed in a decade. It is intended for reconnoitering work in East India. V GERMAN TRADE. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) •BERLIN, Dec. 30. December reports show increasing unemployment. Orders are plentiful in most industries, but there is a shortage of railway transport. JAPAN’S ATTITUDE. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) , LONDON, Doe. 31. Count Haynshi, interviewed, declared .fapan must have for strategic purposes, eight big battleships, and eight battle cruisers. This programme would take several years, but when completed, the strength” of the Japanese navy would he less than half the American. Japan would welcome any . proposal to reduce expenditure or armaments and k/C u-ouid gladly co-operate in this- direewith the other Great Powei.