MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

IIISIII.M.IAS AND N.Z. CAUI.K ASSOCIATION COTTON OIiOWINO. <0 This Day at 10. IS a.in.) LONDON. Nov. Jo. || r; \ i min director ot tin 1 Aus- ,| i a,li.in Cut toil Crow ill;; Association, niter visiting America with Ciawhud P.anplmu. in a. eonrersntion with • lames Currie, Chairman < f the hmpire ( 'nt tell Corporal icill cell 1 rel I i lie (lie eveemlit are of the Hritisb Ooveri.meut .Million sterliae vote, ureea the appli,,.,li„„ of a oeiieral Australian price guarantee In prospective new nrnwers, inelediep Murray ami Murruinhiilgee irrimit i"„ areas ami oilier states, from \\ lii<-lt cotton innilneiioii may he expected. Currie staled lest ion ot a lixed minimum would he a subject lm favourable consideration, lie promised assistance in the shape of export direction of the industry. A) It KKI! VI(Ti ■Her. ive.l This Day at 10.1.1 a.lit.) LONDON. N“v. ‘Jo. Mr Vshholt. iecluriiie; oil the Imperial Air Service, before the 11 oval Society 111 Arts, under the presidency ol Lord Montano of Iteaillrau. said an iiiti*i—l mperial service was praetiea ne with a subsidy of half a indium annually to lie contributed jointly by Itritisb and Dominion ( Jovei iimonts. Conversations with Itritisb Ministers 1, ; ,d ,nni ineed him that Itrilain had not only Willine to join the dominions ill a od'idv. but would ma be additional ion. I ribntions for a Icon of years, provide' 1 ..eirdue at teen I was made *o con'tinne 111. service for not les* than two v ,.n t .=. uji boot fritterin'.' money away in desultory experiments. Mr ■ siibelt pointed out fiat the Tmoei ial Conference Committee in .Tune ■Hit ~o' uiiest ion the iieerßsity or prae-li.-ddlit' of an Imperial Air Service. a-eeided Doth withnut (iiinlificaI i o n ft >vs merely a on stioo nf finnn--M.t al.-o vl-etber the seliem-* could