MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

4USTUALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

POAA'ER OF AVIR.ELKSS. LONDON, June 18

Marconi’s experiments revealed the possibility of sending wireless messages at one hundred words per minute round the world.

LOOSE SOVIET FINANCE. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 18.

The Executive of the Russian Communist Party, which is revising accounts for the propaganda fund of the third Bolshevik International, found no accounts were kept of thirty millions of gold roubles. Zinoviev who had charge of the fund explained that three millions were used in preparations for the Genoa Conference, seven millions to support Indian nationalists in England, and the remainder for revolutionaries in the border States, Germany and Italy. Zinoviev’s story was received with distrust by members of the executive who" suspect the money has been spent for other purposes.

AN ESTATE. LONDON, June IS

The English estate of Rev AVilliam .McChircn, Congregational ex-Profcssor of Melbourne University, who died at Christchurch, has been sworn at C 10,929. AN ELECTION AVI RE. CAPETOAVN, June 17 In the Union Assembly a question was put to General Smuts by Mr AVntersten (Labour Leader) as to why he had sent a cable about the Rami trouble to Mr \A’. A. Holman (ex-Xow Sofith Wales Premier), during the New South AA’ales election. General Smuts said Mr Holman, who was a friend of his, had telegraphed that the revolution was one of the main issues of the New South AA'ales elections, and asking what tho situation was. He (Smuts) had sent a qablegnmi in reply. It was almost as colourless a statement of the situation as could possibly be imagined.

A Nationalist Member: It had a very disastrous effect! General Smuts: 1 do not think Hie disastrous effect was due to niy wire, hut to the revolution, and fo the collapse of the revolution. That must have had a tremendous effect on Australia, and on every other country. People all over the world were closely watching these giavc happenings. AAMien they saw that the strike was working ip) to a revolution, with heavy bloodshed like a war and noted how the Union Government dealt with the situation. in the end, no doubt it made a great impression. That was what must have impressed the electors of New South AA’ales, hut not my colourless cablegram. Mr Sampson (Labour) : That is not the opinion there 1 , General Smuts: I certainly never

thought to bring about the grave disaster that befel the New South Wales Labour Party. (Laughter).