MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

iUSTIIALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION BLAKE’S FLY. LONDON, July 23 Blake reached Sibi in Baluchistan, on Sunday. He was unable to reach Quetta owing to mist, and on bis return the undercarriage was damaged. He is expected to reach Amballa on Mondav.

CHURCH UNION. LONDON, July 22

The AVesleyan and Methodist Conference a.t Sheffield approved of a reply to tlie Lambeth Conference Appeal for a union of churches, expressing a desire to co-operate with the Bishops as far as possible in recognising the value of the Episcopate, but its adoption as the sole indispensable means of providing a Ministry univer,sally acceptable, wap a question needing careful, prolonged investigation. The difficulties raised in connection with the Church and State formed an important consideration.

AUSTRIA’S PLIGHT. LONDON. July 23

The “Daily Chronicle’s” Vienna correspondent states the kroner is now 105,000 to the pound. The public fear it is going the way of the Russian rouble. Government are unlikely to avoid a deficit of 900 million kroner at the end of the year, largely because the peace treaty deprived Austria of her best food producing areas. Austria’s grain production now only suffices for three or four months out of the year. She must buy eighty five per cent, of her coal abroad. When the Government proposed fresh taxation to produce two hundred milliard kroner yearly, the rise in the cost of living necessitated an increase of salaries of state officials by 328 milliards. It is impossible to wipe out deficits. What is wanted at the moment is ten million selling foreign credits.

EVEREST REPORT. LONDON. July 23.

General Bruce, in a final Everestdispatch from Shekkardzong, sums up the lessons of the venture, of which the first is that Everest is climbable, lmjt requires better weather than this year. Tt is practically certain that a well-chosen team of climbers couhl ascend to a greater height than this year, without oxygen. Improvements in the oxygen apparatus are possible, but we proved that nights are passable at 25,500 feet without oxygen. Also the sudden failure of oxygen at even greater heights did not cause harm. The real basis of an.v attempt on Everest consists of native porters. They performed wonderfully, but were capable of even more if advantage were taken of the recent experience and they were properly looked after.

RACEHORSES SHIPPED.

LONDON, July 23.

Racehorses bought at the recent Newmarket sales shipped by the Zoalandic include Tomite, Boaulort, Clydella. Polymester, and Hanky Panky. Arrivals.—Australind ; at Suez, Manilla ; at Colon, Canadian Victor, Blocnfonteiiio. Depart tires. —For Brisbane, Ormuz; for Adelaide, Zealandie; for Auckland, Niagara ; from Hamburg, for Newcastle Rarnnga. SHOOTING. LONDON, July 23. Lieutenant ,N. A. .lory, formerly of New Zealand’ Ritle Brigade scored 221 in the King’s Prize, and was placed 25 th.