MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTItALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ITALY’S FINANCE. ROME, Dec. 29. The 13alien Italiana liisconto, one of the three biggest hanks in Italy has closed its bank and has issued a statement that it is inking advantage ol the moratorium. The hank is heavily involved in the Ansaldo engineering works and other industrial companies Its latest balance sheet showed liabilities, including share capital, to lie six thousand million lire.

BRITISH FARMERS. LONDON, Dee. 29. The Government on Monday will distribute 910,900,000 to farmers as compensation for the repeal of the ( orn Production Act, Over 100,000 claims have been made. Later on another £5,000,000 will be distributed. S \LYATIONIST’S ALLEGATION. LONDON, Dee. 29. Colonel Unswortli, a Salvation Army travelling secretary, after referring to Germany’s trade efforts in the Dutch East Indies, declared that in Asia the prestige of Britain is being undermined among tlie Moslems by a propaganda similar to the Indian Khalifat movement, teaching the people that Britain is desecrating the -Moslem lmly places in Mecca and elsewhere.

FRANCE AND VATICAN. PARIS, Dee. 00. The French Senate has approved by iso votes to 30. Of ti e Government s votes for credit for the representation of France at tbe Vatican. A •MODERATE’S” VIEW. LONDON, Dec. 29.

\ famous and well' known Moderate F.ovptinn Nationalise, interviewed in London, said: "The gravity of the situation in Egypt cannot he *x»ggcr.ted The British Government, lie snut, had. at a single stroke, wrecked the whole edifice, which Lord Cromer and his hand of reformers took 90 years to build up. Zaghlul. the National loader. Z Ll claims only .hr '"dependence of Egypt, coupled with a 'G-'e with the British Empire. H. has arrested for nothing, except his a - 1 to guide In's excited countrymen - a irrave crisis by speeches and public d. - mission. "The only remedy. - lliW j -is 7,a glibd's immediate release, tina tlv "ranting of freedom to ro discuss their political atla.rs treeU and openly."

heresy alleged. T ONDON Deepntber •">- Tin- Bishop of Oxford has appointed a commission to enquire into allegations of heresy made against the R . Major, formerly of N°" /oa a ' , transpires that, replying to a letter . (••mon Peter Green of Manchester. Rev. Sr said that his view of the Resur recti on did not include the sumsal tf anv physical integument. He held the Resurrection was only a T'ntual nnd not a physical event,

ineleenza F.RIDEMIC. f ONDON. December 40. ■'.-.“i j ntsrJxs* occurred in the chief towns.

PACIFIC RHIPFING. SAXFRAXCTSCO, Fee, 29. Herbert Elersheeker. the San krnnciseo capitalist, is discussing with « - steamship firms operating the States Shipping Hoard vessels in th P'icifie trade, plans Mr the formation of a thirty million dollar pool to P»'efinse vessels to use in Pacific trnje. This means abolishing competition th. t iB detrimental to the American comTt is understood that the U.S Ship ping Board will he naked to alloent[r Wvr liners for the passenger aid freight trade to the Far East, India 11 Tim pool will arrange to buy these steamers on part-time payin'n

AN FNGT.SIi LANDIUL LONDON, Dee. 29. There is now a country-wide hunt for Miss Wilkin’s murderer, hut thus fa,- no clue has been found. At east four motor cars me supposed to har been seen at the Bournemouth station on the evening of the iniiM e, of M Wilkins. Vast stretches of the Not Forest have been, explored m vain. 11 t Over at Christelmnffi has been drag"‘’ft is believed that the murderer is a -ox manias, and is likely to make a sex maniac, and is likely to make a A postman narrates that he saw a ear standing on tbe roadway, with it* lights dimmeti. Within ten yards of ,|m hank at the time the murder was appnrentlv going on. There was noho!lv in the ( ,r. He added: ‘‘l thcaight it was a courting couple and T dtdn t investigate.” f The most promising clue consists ot three telegrams, with curious spelling, sent to Aliss Will-tins bv other women. These are being published in every newspaper. Hotel-keepers have been asked to identify the writing. , Several motorists have been detained and then released. CANADIAN CABINET. OTTAWA, Dec. 30. Mr Mackenzie King (Liberal Leader) is taking over the Government of Canada. lie has announced that the new Cabinet is ns follows: ’iiinistei of Finance, Mr lueldtng; Solicitor-General, Alt Mackenzie; secretary for State, Mr Cropp; Ministers without portfolio, Messrs Sinclair Dnnduruud, and L< w ; Minister of Health and Soldiers Re-establishment, Mr Boland; Minister oi'g .Instice. Mr Gum; Minister of Customs and Excise and Minister of the Bureau of Marine and Fisheries, Mr Uaspoite; Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mr Robb; Min-

istt'r of Militia, Defence and the Navy, Mr Graham; Postmaster-General, Mi Murphy; Minister of Railways, and Canals, Mr Kennedy; Minister of Labour, Mr Murdoch; Minister of Agriculture, Mr Motherwell, Minister of the Interior, Mr Stewart; Minister of Works, Mr Bostock.

ITALIAN FINANCE. ROME. Dec. 2!

'f lu- closing ol the Rama Disooiilo .has caused some excitement here. The Bourse at Rome suspended business. A syndicate of banks, hov.evei. collected one hundred and eighty million lire to restore the position of the Banea Diseontn. which is reported to have now reached an agreement with Ur. current creditors.

GERMANY’S TRADE RECOVERY LONDON. December 29.

Colonel ITnsworth, the travelling secretary for the Salvation Army, interviewed hv the “Daily Telegraph” emphasised what he called Germany s desperate attempts to capture the trade to the Dutch Dost Indies. He asserted that already the country- is flooded with German commercial representatives, W h„ are ready to obtain every available contract. Aided by their low- exchange. and using Dutch ships they ~-o able, lie claims, to unsell every competitor, even Japan, Germany, he adds, is l asting a covetous eye on Australia’s jam. butter, biscuits and tin ned meat trades. Colonel Hnswortli also declares that there was a serious danger of bernnnv though ousted from .Tapa.n and China becoming, under Dutch auspices, dominant commercial force in ti* Far East.

agreement REACHED. (Received This Day at 5.30 n.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 31. An agreement has been reached between wheat handling firms and the Australian Workers’ Union, thereunder lumpers, lifters and truckers £ ccive 22s Gd and other labour 17s fid per day for a forty-four hour week.

FAVORING ratification. HOTTER’B TELEGRAMS. (Received This Bay at 8.30 n.mA LONDON. Dec. 30. The Irish demand for ratification is crowing daily stronger Already ergrteen public bodies .including two Sinn Fein executives, adopted a resolution approving of the Treaty and mstructtheir representatives in the Da Fireann to vote for ratification. Hon l.lovd George’s message has definitely destroyed any idea of alternative projxisals NEAV FADER’S EDITOR. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.md LONDON, Dec. 30. The Editor of the proposed new paper ■ K'.public of Ireland” William Fell w , is one of the bitterest opponents of ratification of the treaty He was formerly banished fro... England, hut returned in disguise and commanded tto G,l««r volmteers. Sc to America, wherein he was most active in urging America to reeogn.se the Irish Republic.

GERMANY AND NOTE. PARIS, Dec. 30,

Official. — Fischer and other German representatives called at the Bepawtion Commission, inquiring w in' immediate answer was required to the note of the seventh. The Commission replied that the German Gcwernment. alone was capable of Sat opportunity it had for replying Moreover, Germany’s request « moratorium, could not be by the Commission until it had drived particulars ujequesled in the N ° te ‘ QUIET IN EGYPT. [Received This Day at 9.40 a.md CAIRO Deo. 30. Ml is quiet except for another small disturbance near Rosetta, "here however the situation is now in hand. The’reconstructed Egyptian delegation has issued a manifesto condemning Viritain’s treatment of Egyptians am ”"S» E for un.t, h»« tin' letter to the Sultan protesting against British treatment of the country.