MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION AIR DISASTER, DELHI, Aug 25. During the "air bombing operations on the frontier against tribesmen, as a reprisal for the attack 'on AVelsh Fusiliers, a dc Haviland plane crashed at Dai-done killing the observor and pilot.

MISSION TO THIBET DELHI, Aug 25. A British Bhuddist mission is visiting Thibet with the object of obtaining a complete antropological knowledge), and to establish fraternal relations between Thibet and the rest of the Bhuddist world. It also considers the possibilities of establishing a Bhuddist university and hospital in Thibet.

NOT BANKRUPT. LONDON. Aug. 25. The receiving order (cabled on June 25th) against Hopwood has been rescinded. The-creditors are being paid in full. .

ENGLISH STRIKE OFF. LONDON. August 24 The Northern Union players have withdrawn their strike throat, and will confer with the Council regarding

wages. FIRE AT CALAIS DOCKS. PARIS, August 24. A great fire is raging at the Calais doc-ks, affecting an area a mile long. Many warehouses, containing British war material, are involved. One shed containing ten thousand gallons of army rum, is threatened.

DR SUN’S PLANS. PEKTNG, August 23 Dr Sun Yat Sen outlined to a conference that is discussing the unification of China, a plan for the rehabilitation of China’s finances under which America would take countries, on n refunding basis, as part payment of the European debts to the United States.

CURRENCY DOWN CRASH. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. Financial experts call attention to the fact that the Austrian kroner was nine months ago, and is now quoted at four hundred thousand, and point out that the, mark is rapidly approaching a condition in which it will he equally as useless as a medium of exchange, and a* a basis of taxation, so before long Germany will he unable to do any trade abroad, when it reaches that stage of depreciation and supplies of food and raw material are exhausted. The developments will be much more rapid, and infinitely more dangerous than in Austria, on account of the larger proportion of population engaged in industry in Germany and of political complications.