MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1922, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. MORE IMMIGRANTS. LONDON, July 22. Sir James Allen (New Zealand High Commissioner) has practically concluded a migration agreement for emigifa.nts to New Zealand. He is now only awaiting Colonel Amery’s signature on beTialt of the Overseas Settlement Committee. This agreement, to some extent, follows the Australian agreement, with a modification to meet New Zealand s special conditions. For instance, it piovidcs for a maximum expenditure of £403 (XX). This expense shall he equally shared by New Zealand with Britain. It is similar to the Australian agreement, hut Sir James Allen explains that the actual expenditure, probably, will not exceed half the Australian total. Tt i s , anticipated that New Zealand’s immigration from Britain this year will be considerably below last year’s number which totalled 10,000,

MUR HER CHARGE. LONDON. July 22. Hugh Massov, the son of Enrol* Massey, is being charged at the Dublin Court with murder. The charge arises out of his shooting a solitary reader who entered into his fathei . house at Rathfarnham. CENTRAL ASTA. DELHI, July 21. The Bolsheviks have driven out Enver Dasha’s Turk forces from Baistin headquarters, due south of iharUand. Enver has retreated east, where the rnti-Bolsheviks are holding their own. ...