MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1922, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

SOUTH AFRICAN LAW. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN-, October 18. Speaking at Johannesburg, Mr Smuts referring to the demand for an amnesty in connection with the charges arising out of the recent upheaval, said this time the law was going to take its course. Those who committed crimes during the revolution would ho tried. The. courts would decide what would happen to them. People when they started killing must know in the future that there would he a law for them *s well as everybody else. MR SMUTS’ LOYALTY.

reuter’s telegrams,

(Received this day at 8.-80 a.m.) OAPETOYVN, October 18. At Johannesburg replying to a charge bv Mr Hertzog- that the British Government appealed to the Dominions over the heads of their own Governmeats Mr Smuts said lie had no fault to find with the attitude of the British Government. They were bound to notify the Dominions of what was going on and did so in the most civil, polite way. They asked the Union but did not invite them to do anything, whether they wished to associate themselves with Britain in case war broke out with Turkey. There was nothing to which exception could be taken. They went further and said the request was really addressed to New Zealand and Australia because of the Great A.nzac tradition, and said the communication to the. Union was really pro forma. If Mr Lloyd George had not done what he did, he would have failed in his duty to the Dominion. He was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the Near East question. The British Government knew his views on the subject already. Mr Smuts thought the British Government acted with great firmness and saved, without bloodshed, the Empire and world from a very grave trouble. '

DATRY SHOW. LONDON, Oct. 1«At the dairy show here, m the Colonial bacon section there were eight entries, and first prize was awarded to the New Zealand Afeat Packing Company. • The feature of the show again was South Africa’s fine display of dairy products, which attracted great attention, while hardly anybody noticed the Australian of New Zealand competition entries.

SIKPS FUTURE MATCHES. PARIS, Oct, 17. If Siki beats Beckett on November 23, he will meet Carpentier again in February, for a stake of six thousand sterling.

CHINESE WAR, TOKIO, Oct. 17

It is reported from Amoy, China, that American, British, and Japanese marines are guarding foreign interests in Foo Chow. Tfie Southern Chinese forces completely control the city, while the river is controlled by the navy, whose status in the fighting between the North and South has not yet been determined. It is reported that seven thousand Northerners have surrendered after two thousand casualties.

A PAPER DIES. BERLIN, October 18.

Maximilian Harden’s journal “die Zukunft” has ceased publication ou-ing to economic reasons, after thirty years bringing its owners and editor the largest journalistic income in Germany. Harden is retiring to Switzerland, where he will live with a wealthy brother. RED ARMY. PARIS, October 17. Harbin reports state that a Red Army lias defeated the forces under General Dieterichs. The former has occupied Nikolsk. The latter has retreated to the Chinese frontier. The reports add that Vladivofitock is nowin immediate danger of being invaded by the Reds. AN EMPIRE-EXHIBITION. LONDON, October 18. Robert Donald lias resigned from the Alanagement Committee of the Empire Exhibition, as a protest against the attitude of the management towards the use of Imperial foodstuffs in a restaurant attached to the exhibition. Tlie Committee turned down Mr Belcher’s recommendation that the restaurant should use nothing but Imperial produce, by alleging that such a course is impracticable, and the General Manager informed Air Belcher that the wishes of the Dominions should be followed as far as possible. This was follower)' up by » memorandum from the Board of Trade supporting the theory that the restaurant could not run without drawing on foreign supplies for meat, fish, fruit and cheese. Air Donald opposed going outside the Empire for supplies. He considered the Dominions were being treated as subordinates, instead of on a basis of absolute equality. Mr Donald also asserts tlie General Alanager stated it was impossible to get suitable timber within the Empire to fence tl;e Ex. hibition ground.