MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. fatal fire. LONDON, Jau 20. Goods stores of the North British Railway at Glasgow were destroyed by fire ftild five persons perished. Tb® damage is a quarter of a million. INDIA’S PARLIAMENT. DELHI, Jan 20. A lengthy debate took place in the Legislative Assembly on a- fnotion recommending th© Viceroy to abandon measures against Extremists, and an is amendment recommending a round table conference of leaders of the various parties to discuss the situation. The speeches indicated that the House realized the situation was critical. Eventually both motion and amend - : Itient were defeated.

BOGUS TURF DEAL. LONDON, Jan 20

On the application of Harold Lloyd, solicitor of Cardiff, a warrant has been issued for tho arrest of George Hunt, oil a charge of obtaining five hundred sterling by false pretences from a professional backer. Lloyd stated the matter whs connected with a bogus turf scheme,. by which it was alleged three and a half millions Sterling were obtained from people in. various parts of the country. The money was obtained as a result of an advertisement guaranteeing a dividend or interest varying from eighteen to five pounds weekly. A BIG FIRE. reuter’s telegrams. MANILLA, Jan 20. A fi.ro desroyed thirty-two blocks of houses, and twelve thousand persona are homeless.

A BIG FIRE

LONDON, Jan. 21

There has boon a big fire in Glasgow, one of the most disastrous in the city’s history. It was in a building which covered two acres, being the largest railway goods store in Britain. There was over a million pounds worth of Whisky in a bonded store in the basement. It is estimated the damage is it feast half a million.

COST OF LIVING

SYDNEY, Jan 22,

The Commonwealth Statistician’s figures for the last quarter of 1921 show tha he combined cost of food, groceries, and house rent in the six capital cities decreased by 14.1 per cent., compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.’ NEW ZEALAND LOAN. AMERICAN FIRM’S OFFER. LONDON, Jan. 21. The Australian Press Association learns that an American hanking firm jej prepared to subscribe New Zealand’s £5,000,000 loan. The terms are not disclosed, but it is believed that they are more favourable even than those re-

eehtly given by American lenders to Queensland. j Australian bush fires. ADELAIDE, January 22. 1 Extensive bush fires are raging other hundreds -of square miles in the northeast portion of the State, travelling at the rate of ten miles per hour, on a front of 100 miles. The flames are 40 feet high. ALIENS’ REGISTR ATION. MELBOURNE, January 22. The West Australian Government has discontinued the operation of the Aliens Registration Act, stating that it will not use the police force to carry' lout the Work, unless Die Commonwealth pays expenses. The Federal Treasurer refused to do this, and it is now expected that the other States will follow West Australia’s lead.

MOTHERHOOD ENDOWMENT

HOBART, January 22.

The National Council of Women’s Conference adopted a affirming the principle of motherhood endowment in necessitous cases, and favouring the taxation ,of bachelors

CANNED FOOD STILL GOOD,

AFTER A CENTURY

LONDON, January 21

A numbel 1 of tins of bully beef, deposited on the Fury Beach by Captain .Tarry’s Arctic expedition, which have ']»eeh hecoVered, have passed into the possession of the Hull philosophical Society. The tins have now been opened arid the beCf was found to be ill excellent coloh'r and condition, though it is over a hundred years old. It proved sweot and good when eaten. 'A tin of pea-soup was also found to be good. Tim Absence of tin plague is attributed to the thick coat of paint . EX-EMPEROR KARL. ALLIES STILL FEARFUL. Berne, January 21. French British and Italian Ministers have communicated to £he Swiss Federal Government front the Ambassadors’ Conference a decision that if Any further attempts Are tirade to restore the Hungarian Mdfial’chy, Emperor Karl and Empress Zita will be exiled to an island, and more remote than Madeira They request the Government to communicate this to Empress Zitft. It is understood Empress Zita leaves Switzerland to-day and her children a few days later.