MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SIR E. shackleton. (Received. This Day at 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 29. Sir Edward Shackleton sails lienee in August in the ship' Quist in command of small exploration party to investigate obscure islands of the Pacific and Atlantic, visiting certain South Polar seas. He will visit New Zealand. SOUTHERN PAR LI AM ENT FTASt 'O. (Received This Day at 9.49 a.m.) LONDON. June 28 Only lour representatives of Dublin University attended the opening of the Commons of the Southern Parliament; also fifteen Senators. The late Chief Justice in his opening speech, pointed mu that the continuance of Parliament would depend on half the members taking the oath of allegiance. The meeting then broke up. PICTURE THIEF CAUGHT. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) ROME, June 28. An altar piece hv Botticelli, was stolen from the Church of Saint Felice, Florence, hut was recovered in a sensational manner. A detective posing as a wealthy French picture buyer, got in touch with the thief and arranged to buy the picture if brought in a cab to the public square. W hen the thief came in the cab lie found a party of police instead of the buyer. An accomplice was inside the cab and the cabman opened tire with revolvers. A sharp fight ensued, in which the thieves escaped, leaving the picture unharmed in the cab.

LABOR LEADER’S DEATH. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Juno 29. Obituary. -John Ware, a prominent lender of the South African Labour Party, formerly a senator in Australia, AN INDIAN FIRE. (Received This Dav at 11.30 a.m.) DELHI, June 29. A United Provinces Government official communique regarding the recent incendiary forest fires at Tvumnon Division, shows a quarter of a million !V :-os out of four hundred thorna -res wore destroyed. The destruction was particularly serious in the resin gold from which there will be only one fourth of last year’s. The communiqu 0 states there is ample evidence that tne perpetrators were inched to incendiarism by noco-operntors. as a direct challenge to Government to relax control over the forest*.

AT THE CONFERENCE LONDON, Tune 29 In introducing the Anglo-Japanese treaty discussion. Lord Curzon spoke at great length disclosing nothing. A surprised delegate remarked: ‘•There i not much use coming to London to hear what we know, or guessed. The feature led sight of is that the Cmf -rcncc may pEn modification!-, hut will Japan accept them. Arguments are also entering round the question whether .m Pom!, ion can refuse to approve of unv principle, ii lhe others and Britain agree. DEATH SENTENCE COM METED. (Received Phis Day at HLIS a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The death sentence passed on Charles Speceldev for the murder of Constable Wolgnst in Centennial Park, has been commuted to imprisonment for his natural life. MOTION OF SYMPATHY. SYDNEY, This Day. Cabinet passed a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the lost passengers and crews of the North Coast wrecks. A MURDER CHARGE. MELBOURNE, This Day. John King an upholsterer, uncharged with the murder of Frederick and Annie Speard at Beaconfield on 12th and remanded for eight days. A STATE LOTTERY. BRISBANE, This Day. Government have decided to promote a 10s State lottery, the prizes to aggregate twontv-six thousand sterling.