MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH MINERS. LONDON, Aug. 17 Contrary to expectations, the British Miners’ Federation Annual Coiiferetico. nuclei Mr Smith’s Presidency, opcnct' with an unusually subdued atmosphere. Mr. Smith said: The influence of the war has became manifest in the economic position position of the coal trade. A sense of their power and <'t their importance has developed in the minds of the workmen that is not altogether a healthy one. It has given many oi them an exaggerated opinion of their power. If they had learned the lesson l,oiii the October 1920 strike, they would have followed different tactics to those adopted in March.” He considered that, it was a wrong decision to fig l ' s upon the pool issue. Subsequent events had proved that it was wrong. Another terror was the withdrawal of the “safety” men. Its consequences were all around them to-day. Referring to the failure of the Triple Alliance of” Labour Mr 11. Smith, tin Federation President, in his speech :• jtlie Miners’ Conference, said he was eeriain that the miners themselves were not provided with an opportunity lm united action upon one great issue, i C'ev had one regret, it was that they were too loyal. Their loyally was pur chased at too great a price of poverty und sta i vat ion to members and miser, h, millions of their fellow countrymen. CUT IN SHIPYARD WALKS. LONDON, Aug. ' The shipyard joiners have mcc nn immediate weekly cut ol six shilling ~nd a further three shillings cut m October and December. A further reduction still of three shillings is he.ic also considered. The employers originally demamltd a reduction oi 12 shillings. Work will he resumed next week. X.S.W. GOVERNMENT loan. UJNDON., August 17. Tin* London newspapers publish a cablegram stating that All Stoicj (New °South Wales Premier) has arranged to borrow .CIS),500,000 in London The loans are to he spread over period of three years. The interest is to he oi per cent. Financial circles doubt the accuracy (,| the statement, as it is considered impossible to forecast the conditions in the loan market, even for a week ahead. They instance New South Wales’s recent inability to place a £3.000.090 loan last .Tune in the same manner as Air Storey intends placing those. Tt is also pointed out that some New South Wales stocks are purchasable nt n price yielding 137/6 per cent, and others 133/6. AIR -MASSEY. LONDON, August 17. Mr AI assev receives the Freedom of Sheffield City on Friday and of Darlington on Saturday. Afterwards he inspects the results of the smelting test of Taranaki ironsand and Para para iron ore at Summersons’ Electric smelter at Darlington. WOATEN AND WAR. WASHINGTON. August 17. It is understood President Harding has replied to a delegation from the National League of Women \ oters. who asked for the appoint meat of a woman delegate at the Armament Conference. The President, said he was very anxious to have the influence and intuition of women utilised at this great conference and such an arrangement was being worked out satisfactorily. NEW YORK. August IS. Senator Lodge has severely criticised the reductions in the Army and Navy appropriations hv Congress and declared lie would earnestly work for a reduction of armaments but would insist on it being a general reduction Ly all nations. HAWKER’S DEATH. LONDON, August, 17. Tn the House of Commons the Secretary for Air stated the Air Ministry was aware Hawker was suffering front tuberculosis, hut the result of ar. examination in December 1920, justified a renewal of his license. This expired in .Tune 1921. Hawker at the time of his death was flying without a license.