MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

iIJSTRAMAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. SPANISH LEGION. LONDON, November 26. Fifty-three haggard Englishmen, clad in odds and ends of clothing, wearing wide-collared green shirts and boots composed of rope and canvas and looking like starve,- brigands have arrived in England from Spain, after going to tight in Morocco. Ihey are survivors of the secretly recruited English contingent for the Spanish Foreign Leion. They confirm the statements made of ill treatment (as previously cabled). They assert that just because they could not understand the Spanish words of command, they were beaten with rifle butts or slashed with whips, or tied to posts. They wrote to the English Premier and also to Major Kenworthy. Their release soon followed.

\DMII!-V BEATTYS ITEM'S. ATT AM'A, Nov. 26. Admiral lb alt.' in it speech said if the Washington < .iiilciYnec dosed its doors to-morrow, it. would Lav,, accomplish'd something towards t (-leasing the world from the great burden »f tmnameut and the taxation it involved, lie added that bis very presence in Ottawa indicated all goes well at the Conference. The limits of the plan proposed by Mr 11 iighos were not derogatory io Hie dignity nl tie- Great. Empire to which we belong, end the Empire on sc;, will he s-fe in the future ns it has been in tin- prist. Matty questions will In- -.(like! (it. The Ljivat. achievement desired cannot lie accomplished in a day. but that they will bo achieve,-] is signally proved by the spirit of haimony ruling at M’ashingtnn to-day. DAMAGE BY VITRIOL. LONDON. Nov 2fi. The Coolgarilie has arrived at Messina. Simie passengers are dead and a number of the crew injured, owing to the breakage’of vitriol enrbevs. \ PRESENTATION. LONDON. Nov. 2(1.

The Mayor of Swansea presiding at a gathering of 151X1. presented Harrington Lees with gifts from the town, valued at £306 including a cheque) to e-ircb.-ise nt!;: ia I lobes.

pacing statistics. LONDON. Nov. 2ti. Winning owners: .1. B. Joel, C|l,995: Lord Londonderry. £11.903; CunIi He Ov. eii, Cl 1.201: W. 11. Dixon, £1(1,OOt). Traito rs: Alex i aylor. 51 races, £48.11)3; Deiin-slre. 33 races £39.121 ; Basil Jarvis. 35 rncoxT £25.199 ; Lambton. 30 races. £24.515: R. Day, 3(1 rcei-s. £17.721: 11. S. Price. 37 races. £17,378. Jockeys: Dmiogliue (i9l) mounts, 143 wins; Bullock 514, and 122; Cnrslake :tia: and 88: F. Lane. 378 and 52; V. Smyth 333 and 51. Gray is humid for New Zealand and u ill return later.

THE HOLY SEE. ROME, Nov. 27. Bishop Gaspari, cabled oil 2ltli, states the Holy See will not claim the Church's former estates, but asks for freedom and independence. Every foreign civil power was allowed to appeal, and so should every Calholit- people. Gioletti, ex-Premier, impelled reconciliation by depriving the Church, through death duties, of moneys bequeathed by Catholics, as the Church lives on i-haril ics. CHEAP GERMAN TOYS. LONDON, Nov. 2fi.

The cheapest toys since 1913 eliaraeterise the Christmas displays. This is principally due to cheap importations, owing, to the low German mark exchange. Germany’s toys are consequently retailing below pre-war prices. Meanwhile, thousands of British toymakers, itu-ludiug ex-servieemen. who learnt the trade alter Hie war, are un-

employed. The retailers are no" buying a •'half-guinea” jointed ‘hill, opening and shutting its eyes, lor 1(M, rom|,a red with 5s in 1913. British makers still excel in the denier and bettei quality goods..