MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1922, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATE .

RESCUER’S FINE RECORD. LONDON, September U

Captain Day of the steamer Ivinfaun’s Castle, wlficli rescued part of the Hammonia’s company, has a magnificent life-saving record. When in command of the Lawdor Castle, he rescued the crew of a foundered Dutch steamer in the North Ren, and also the crew of a French sailing ship, at Mauritius. During the war, he commanded the hospital ship Glenart Castle, and saved two aviators and rescued the crew of the torpedoed Welsh Prince in the Mediterranean. When his own vessel was mined in the Channel, Captain Day successfully transferred 535 wounded men to other vessels. Thon he safely navigated liis own sinking ship into Portsmouth,

MASTERY OF THE. AIR. LONDON, September 11?" The “Morning Post” Paris correspondent states that Germany continues tt> display amazing initiative in an attempt to secure the mastery of the air. “A French expert informs me,” the correspondent says, “that Dermariy’s •a re fully devised plan is inspired by a pre-war imperialist dream to march on Constantinople. Junkers, Zeppelin and Dorniers firms are particularly active and have established great expe v L mental shops and laboratories. The former have designed several new' macliines and the Dorniers firm have nine new types. Fokkers are proposing to evade the control of the Allied Mission and have established factories in the Netherlands, Junkers in Switzerland and Dorniers in Italy’ and in Spain. Special aircraft chairs have been established in Gennah schools, vthifcli iff ft few years will produce corps of skilled pilots and engineers.

THREE HUNDRED HOURS’ RUN. BERLIN, September 9. Two motor cars hare completed a r non-stop run of 300 hours backwards - and forwards over a 14 mile stretch on an ordinary road. The object of the' I test was to ascertain the wearing effects of continual running.

THE CHANNEL SWIM. LONDON, Sept, 11 Morris (an Australian) challenges any Channel swimmer to a 20 miles’ race on the Thames in five mile stages successively using free style, side strike or breast stroke.

There are still many aspirants to swim the English Channel, the chief stimulus thereto being a prize of £IOOO, offered by a London paper. I here is little prospect of anyone succeeding. Most of them are about- as likely to succeed in swimming the Atlantic as the Channel, for the water is getting colder, and the strong tides , almost invariably intervene, the swimmers back to mid-Channel when they have reached within four or five miles on their destination".

The Australian. Morris, was regarded as the most likely to achieve success hut the weather was too much for him. The Channel boatmen think it will he a long time before anyone succeeds in emulating Burgess’s great feat. A PRIVATE VISIT. (Received this clay at 8,30 a.m.) LONDON. Sept 11. . The visit of the King of Servia is a strictly private one. FRENCH SEAMEN’S STRIKE. (Received this day at 8.80 a.m.) * —* PARIS, Sept. 11. The French Seamen’s Union decided to strike for twenty-three horn’s as a protest against the extension of the working day to twelve hours. Bv limiting the strike to 23 hours, the Union escapes piinlties.

M. POINCAIRE. PARIS. Sept. in. M. Poincaire, Premier of France, speaking at the anniversary of the Battle of the Marne, declared that though France would never be guilty of imperialism, she intended that pence should ho a nality. It wr.s useless .to compare All'ed sacrifice. France never eon'ested the loyalty and bravery of her friends, and she did not even want to compare the expend i tnYes and 'the casualties. It uas sufficient to- say that none of them have a right to arrogate supremacy in the victory. During the past four years, said if. Poincaire, France had exhausted herself in repairing single-handed her damages in the northern and eastern p -jvinccs. Was that just? If Germany avoided Belgium’s legitimate requirements, she would put herself in a condition of default. It only remained for France to utilise a liberty which she had not surrendered, and with which she will not part.

“Before all,” declared M.' Poincare, “we intend to recover our credit cu Germany. We cannot renounce our claim without ruining France. It is necessary, therefore, that, willingly or perforce. Germany shall fulfil her engagements. We are ns jealous as others about European solidarity, hut solidarity requires safety of France. If we are not assisted to re-establish ourselves, we shall help ourselves. Let us swear on the battlefield of the Marne to obtain justice!” SASTRI’S ADMISSION. OTTAWA,- Sept. II Speaking at Montreal, Air Sastri (Indian Envoy) said that, rightly or wrongly, many of the young men of India find in the failure of Canada and the other British countries to extend to the Hindu residents full citizenship, evidence that their nation will not lie accorded the full privileges of membership of the British Empire. It is argued from this, lie said, that the white man is not willing to give full liberty to India, and that adds another difficulty in the way of those who believe in the British connect ion. ~ MRS HARDING’S ILLNESS. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 The physicians’ bulletin declares that Mrs Harding’s condition lias slightly improved, but is still critical.