MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

IfSTRAUAX AND N.Z. OAUI.B ASSO- VTiON. NEW GEBAIAN CABINET. BERLIN, Oet, 11err AYirth has agreed to form another Cabinet. COST OF MONEY TRANSFERS. LONDON, Oct, m November Ist the Associated Anstralasion Hanks have decided to ted.lce the "'si of cabin transfers of mnm-y to Australasia fwm London l>\ As from 20s to LAs per £IOO. ENGLISH HANK FAXES. LONDON, Oct. 2n. The National Co-operative Bank has suspended operations, owing to numernotices of withdrawals of deposits, following tlm recent failure of the arBank and the present unfavourable conditions. NEW SOUTH WALES AY HEAT, SA'DXEA'. Oet. 2G. The Labour Party, nt a enur-us. reF,,5..d In sanction a AVl,eat Acquisition Bill which provided for a wheat pool m- New- South AVales. The members .■d,l thev required a gimrantee that-the price of bread should he reduced. Tin result was that the Ministers. who strongly eritieised tlm Party’s proctmsi illation over inaugurating the " e.i wool, adiourned tlw discussion until Thursday.

XF.W FKDFKAI. STATE. SYTiXFY. Oet- 20. The Knorina “Now State” Conference. sittinp now lit Xarrandoi a. d - ,dded that any Xew State Karlmment sir,mid contain not more than JO members. and that they be paid two puiuoas per sittinp and be not paid m the event of their hoinp absent, alld also that not more than (50 sitting's bo held yearly. ItYF-KI.KCTIOXS IX N.S.AV SYDXFY. Oet. 20. In the \ssomhlv the Vremior, Mr Ooolov introduced'a Kill to amend the Parliamentary Casual Vacancies Act. The Mill provides that the lender ol a Partv whose interests are concerned in n vacant seat shall have the up l ” nominate a member to temporarily fill tile vipanev until a bye-election is held. The Kill was introduced as a matter of urponcy in order to till the (loiilburn (Nationalist) seat.

SICK IMMIGRANTS. CMTI?TSTCHl r KOH, Oet. 26. At a. meeting of the Hospital Hoard s letter was received front Pr \ almUtm in reply to fhe hoard’s complaint regarding the admittance to the Dominion of consumptive immigrants. The letter staled that the procedure I,(looted in New Zealand for. port , health insiH-ctions compared lavonraldv . with the practice in other lands. I hi. attention of port Wealth officers was being drawn to the necessity for oxoreisiu„ the utmost vigilance in medical inspection of ships arriving from! over ; seas. , , Tt was aoreed that the hoard request , the Minister of Public Health to Rive; instructions for more stringent examination of all passengers arriving nl New Zealand.

TOTE PERMITS, WETd -1 N (5T< IN, Oet. 26 Certain Alembcrs oT Parliament met n ,,ain to-dav to consider the-problems of' the Racine Commission’s report Sir 0 TTunler. in an ..ITietal Statement later, said that a meeting held to consider the reports of the Pacing Commission was attended by over oil members of Parliament-.. \ resolution was carried, by a good majority. asking the Prime Minister to .rive the Trouse an opportunity ot oarW consideration tof the Order-in-Coniieil ami report of tlie Commission. The following wore appointed a depiitat ion to wait on the Prime Minister: Messrs Tsitt, AAitty. Mitchell. M. .T. SWivage. l?rown. T. • CJ - P"kson. .Held, AVilliams, Thacker, and Hunter. The deputation waited on tlie Prime Minister, who pave, it a very natient hearing, and premised-: it ho would eonf„r with his colleagues. ffe would letthe denotation kndv definitely by T 1 ndav when all opportunity would he given it, Tt could not- in any ease he liefore next Wednesday. \nnther point raised by the deputation. said the Prime Minister would u- referred to the Crown T.aw Offiees. TiOA r DROWNED. AITOKT.AND, Oet. 26. A lad named Paul Edward .Tones, lived 11. son of George .Tones, hri-k----lavor. was drowned in a swamp at Eden