MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN AMI If./.. CABLE ASSOUIATIO

POLAR EXPLORATIONS. LONDON, Aug 3

Major Carr, the Guest’s Air Scout, believes the present methods of polar exploration are obsolete and in future it will ho done with aircraft during the -. . mer months. This view has be. a nulled .s'a result of the Quest’s cruise. He said few people realise the mildness of the Arctic and Antarctic summers. A German airship of modern type i s capable of doing the return trip to the North Pole from London with a week. Before long we will have polar exploration without a. year's work of hardship.

CHANNEL SWIM. LONDON, August 3 Miss Mercedes Gleitze, of London, a typiste, attempted to swim the channel. She gave up, after going six miles, .owing to a rising wind and a choppy sea.

A SOLDIER’S PILGRIMAGE. PARIS, August 3. Lieut Saints, an American, who was terribly wounded during '.he war, vowed that if he recovered he would walk from Chicago to Jerusalem and other holy places via Lourdes, whither he is now tramping.

BRITISH DELEGATION. LONDON, August 3. Mr IJloyd George, in the House of Commons informed Lady Astor that he had decided to send women in an advisory capacity to the League of Nations, to which the British delegates would lie Lord Balfour, Rt. Hon. Fisher and Colonel John Ward.

EGYPT ENQUIRY LONDON, Aug. 4. The Egypt enquiry has concluded

'The Solicitor-General submitted the view that in the weather conditions, the vessel was travelling at an immoderate speed. He asked why had there been such a los K of life, and was obliged to submit that there had hen a grave absence of discipline, lor which the Company and its officials, particularly# the Captain and Chief Officer, were in different ways responsible. The Company’s contention that because there was danger, discipline could not he expected, was had and would, if admitted lead to disastrous results. There had been a total lack of system organisation and responsibility. and totally insufficient training in respect of boat drill. Arrange inonts for the shepherding of passengers into the boats was unsatisfactory. '1 here wn_ s plenty of time before the seriousness of the casualty manifested itself to get them away, and whatever panic occurred was the effect not the cause- of the lack of order and discipline. “There would have been very little loss of life il the boats had been swung out during the fog, as they should have. been. He asked that this failure should he treat ed as a grave hrearh of duty, which resulted in 10.-:< ; of life. If the Court found the Captain and chief officer blameworthy, it should blame more the system and the final authority responsible for the maintenance ol that system.

Mr Batc«on, on behalf of the Peninsular Company and the officers, emphasised the rapidity with which the Egypt sank There was nothing like 211 minute:- in which to do all the things suggested. Possibly some of the natives h.st their heads, hut tile most highly organised bodies of men sometimes stampeded. Ihe system should uni he attacked, because the big ship turned turtle. If the Seine hud been going at moderate speed, it would have missed the Egypt alto-

gether. The persident said the Court would take some time to consider the case, and would issue a report at the earliest dale possible.

GENERAL ELECTION TALK. London. Aug. 3. There has been a sharp revival ol the autumn general election rumours in the lobbies, based on the tone of Mr Lloyd George’s reparations speech. DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL fails. • London. Aug. a. The appeal of Thomas Henry AMnway, against his conviction and death sente.nce. for the murder ol .Miss Irene Wilkins, has been dismissed.

WORLD FI I'WIT. LONDON, Aug. 3. Captain Giiist announced in the House of Commons that the British Empire Air I eague is organising a. flying-boat flight, round the world, commencing in October. A special machine is being constructed. Ihe crew will consist of Captains MiTntosh (now a cross-Channel pilot). MiCloughty, and Timms (Air Ministry Navigation Expert). It is promised . to complete the whole flight of 32.(101) miles with one machine, which will carry large supplies of petrol, spare parts and the latest wireless equipment.

BRITISH ENGINEERS’ DISPUTE, LONDON. Aug 3. A conference of the engineering; employers and men. in consequence of the wages deadlock, is discussing the introduction of piece-work nationally thrughoiit the industry. There is a South Wales dial boom. It has attracted a big inrush of the unemployed from all part s of the country . The newcomers, however, are mostly disappointed .the .labour market being overstocked.

1 . SALE OF HONOURS, j LONDON, Aug. 3. I In the House of Commons. Mi ! ’.Lloyd George announced that the j Honours Commission would consist of j Lord Dunedin (chairman), Lord Denj man, lit .Hon, Arthur Henderson, Mr Evelyn Cecil, Sir llanutcl IToare, and Sir G. Marks. The Duke of Devonshire has also been invited to act. i NORTHCLIFFE’S ILLNESS. ' LONDON, August 3 j Lord Northcliffe’s condition is les> i satisfactory. He is growing wom» i, j CHESS, i LONDON, Aug 4. In the third round Emwo boat Wn> . pop on the 13tU move,

IMMIGRATION. LONDON, Aug 3. Press relgerams received from New Zealand state that only one per cent, of the immigrants have not been plae-

Mr Cameron who is giving up tho work of overseeing the emigration to New Zealand in October, has been interviewed.He stated:—“This gratifying result (above mentioned) lias been clue to our rigid system of selection. All the emigrants ilnust give an assurance that they are going either to work, or to friends until they are able to obtain work. No encouragement is given to casual labourers.” Mr 0 1 mel on said “The records slmw that (luri; g the past year, apart from sew G usancl nominated emi-

grants, ever three-hundred and fifty pa.vin > nassengers, with a capital ag'gregating £1,000.000 proceeded to New Zealand.

SEAMENS CONGRESS. Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, August 4. At the Seamens Congress a profound cleavage has been manifested especially between British and French delegates, when the Congress passed a motion presented by an American delegate in favour ol a forty-eight hour week, hut leaving seamen of every country to bring about a realisation of the reform. The French delegates contended this was insufficient. French seamen’s federation have now decided to withdraw from the Seamen’s International.

AIR DEFENCE (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug 3. Mr Lloyd George announced in the Commons that a s a result of an inquiry hv the Committee of Imperial Defence, the Government had adapted a scheme providing for five hundred machines for Homo Defeme, cost i„g an additional two millions yearly. The extra expenditure would not prevent a reduction of the total estimates f,.,- the three lighting services for 1922. The decision would not prejudice the extension of the Air Force later. If necessary, tho subject would he reconsidered in 1923 in the light of the financan position ami air policies of other powers.

A SENATE SENSATION. WASHINGTON, August 3

Senator Wooding offered to substitute for Caraway’s recent resolution askiim for an investigation concerning Senators interest in wool raising, in which he proposes that the Senate investiente the newspapers which have criticised the Tariff Bill, or which accepted advertisements or subsidies from individuals or business concerns engaged in imjxirting business, and an investigation regarding Senators interested in wool "i-oiying as well as nil senators their- immediate relatives engaged in any industry or business affected by the Tariff Bill. This is considered a retalintorv measure, since Gooding is a large wool grower and during the debates declarer! that because a Senator is interested in any business affected by the tariff, that does not mean he should not vote on duties affecting such business Tile resolutions which are considered the strangest ever introduced in the Senate caused an uproar.

RAILWAY STRIKE. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 4. f/>ng Island railway announced it will not, under any eircumsWinees, take hack strikers in a body. A Cleveland telegram says Timothy Shea, vice-I’resident of the brotherhood of locomotive fitemen. and eiiginenieii, hns sent a lengthy message, said to contain a plan for settlement of the shopmen’s strike and also an intimation that the brotherhood would not he able to operate trains much longer in face of defective equipment and irresponsible guards

ITALIAN RIOTING. I Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) ROME, August I Sections of tlie fuseisti arc elated ol smashing the strik". They arc apparently determined 'ln oust their id versaries iruin all authority. Fasci- f i took possession of .Milan Palace. Alter replacing the Majority Commissioner, speakers including DannuiiKio, addressed large crowds. All the buildings .r----eupieil bv Communists in Ancona were destroyed.

Four were killed in fighting at Genoa. which proceeded all night long. TYPHOON IN CHINA. 'Received this da.v at 9.50 a.m.) HONG KONG, August 4. A typhoon at Swatow caused heavy mortality among the native population. Two British steamers wore driven ashore. The property damage is serious.