MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION BLAKE'S FLY. DELHI, August 13. Blake lias arrived at Allahabad l>y train, and entrained for Calcutta. Capts. MacMillan and Malins, overcoming tho trouble to tbe machine flew | from Asms to Allabahnd and thence flew to Calcutta and joined Blake. The I journey from Calcutta will ho continued I in a new Fairey seaplane.

CAIRO SHOOTING. Five men with revolvers, ambushed Brown a director of the horticultural division of the Ministry of Agriculture, while during homo in a cab with his children and nurse. The driver was killed and Brown, a child and the nurse slightly wounded. Brown believes the assailants vero students. No arrests have been made.

CHESS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.ni.) LONDON, August 13. In the ninth round of the chess tourney Wahltueh beat Watson. Loading scores arc Capnblanca 8] games, Alexhine end Vidmar 7}, Rubenstein and Tartakowar six, Whitson (Australia) has only won two games arid is second last, out of seventeen competitors. LLOYD OEORGE’S BOOK. LONDON, August 13. Cassell’s will publish Hon. Lloyd George's lrook in the spring.

COST OF PATENTS. LONDON, August 13. A White Taper announces a conference of Representatives of Empire patent offices evrflved a scheme whereby the cost of patents throughout the Empire will be considerably reduced. The Conference proposes, pending the creation of a Central office, that patents granted by the United Kingdom be accepted throughout the Empire.