MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION CHINESE SENSATION. PEKIN, Nov 10. Cabinet has resigned. A sensation has been caused by the arrest of Finance Minister, Lowenkan. BRITISH AMBASSADOR. LONDON, Nov 19. Lord Crewe succeeds Lord Hardingi ns Ambassador to Paris. The totter is retiring from tbe diplomatic service. DRESDEN RIOTS. PARIS, Nov 10. Serious disturbances arc reported from Dresden. Numerous shops were plundered. ALLIES CONFER. LAUSANNE, Nov 19. M. Poincare and Lord Curzon have arrived at Torritet near Vevey, where they are expected to confer with Mussolini before the Conference assembles. AUSTRIAN BANK NOTES. . VIENNA. Nov 19. |it accordance with the League of Nations agreement Government trom to-morrow, will discontinue the issue of uncovered bank notes. QUAKE FIGURES. SAN TIAGO November 10. Earthquake shocks continue in tile afflicted zone. Three on the sixteenth shook down the ruined walls and added to the panic and distress of the afflicted residents, though it caused little material damage. Revised official figures give the total killed iu earthquakes as 5-18, whilst the injured are estimated at 837. LEST we forget. LONDON. Nov 18.

At the unveiling of a war memorial at Finchley. General lan Hamilton gave his interpretation of Air Lloyd 'Lorgo’s fall, to the text “Lest Me Forget.” He said we do lorget sometimes ou there would he no more wars. MV have no yet forgotten. This was proved recently when a man who had more power than ally man since Cromwell. was suddenly hurled from power bi cause the people thought lie was running the risks of war. T ney felt someone was trying to sow a fresh crop of graves.

A DRUG VICTIM. LONDON, Nov. 19. Gissie Lojftus, a well-known actress, has been charged with befog in illegal possession of drugs. .Counsel unfolded n pathetic life story of domestic unhappiness. She had been compelled to divorce two husbands, hud worked hard for live years to pay the first husband's debts, and undergone four serious, operations, after which drugs were administered to afford relief from the agony, resulting in her becoming addicted to drugs. The -Magistrate ordered Loftus to be placed on probation, the prosecuting counsel stating he did not desire to press the case unduly. THE NEAT CALIPH. LONDON. November 20. The “Times" Constantinople correspondent states the Angora Assembly has elected Abdul Afejid, as Caliph. He received 118 votes out of a total 152. The news of the Sultan’s departure did not create a sensation in Angora, in view of previous propaganda against him and because premature reports of his flight had been already current. The correspondent says tho election of tho heir apparent is a cute move, calculated to forestall Moslem opposition, whist preserving Angora’s claim to the power to elect the Caliph. Rafet Pasha is expected to go to Thrace shortly. Tlis conduct ill Constantinople lias caused dissatisfaction in Angora, Eastern deputies raising questions regarding his proceedings. MALTA, November f'O.

The Sultan is expected to arrive incognito to-morrow. He will he accommodated in a specious artillery officers moss. Everything is being done to secure his comfort. CHINESF CH A R G E S. PEKIN, November 10. Lowehkhau is charged that he privately signed an agreement with the Chinese Italian hank, regarding the postponement of tho Austro-Gorman loan which was signed, prior to tho war. INDIAN RACECOURSES. SYDNEY. Nov 10. Theodore Marks, of Robertson and Marks, architects, has returned from Tndin, whore he has been reconstructing the AA’esteru Indian Turf .Club’s racecourses at Bombay and Poona, at a cost of half a. million. TTe says no bookmakers are allowed on either course, only the tofali.sator. He states that horses are promenaded in single file in tho order of their numbers on the race card, so that every visitor may get an opportunity of well judging cm eh competitor, prior to each race.