MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. FLIGHT OF AEROPLANES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21. A flight of fifty British aeroplanes over the City in order to mark the beginning of the peace negotiations created a. tremendous impression upon the public, WHEAT CARGOES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, November 21. Wheat cargoes are quiet and occasionally three pence to sixpence lower but steadier. Parcels were in small request with a similar decline. COTTON TRADE SLUMP. (Received this day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, November 21. Lancashire cotton trade is expeiieucing the worst time for forty- years. It is proposed to further shorten the working hours to three days weekly throughout the American section, constituting seventy per cent of the spinners and affecting 129,000 workers. Distress among the operatives is acute, and the Unions funds are depleted. Many had to reduce and some to" stop benefits. Since the Ist January in Britain, the wages of seven to twelve million workers have been reduced to the extent of 4! r millions sterling weekly. Seventy five thousand had increases totalling £115.000 sterling weekly.

AGAINST WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE. (Received this day at 8 a.ill ) PARIS, November 21. After many clays of debate the Senate defeated the Women’s Stiff age Hill by 150 votes to 131. KU KLUX KLAN. TO HE PUT DOWN. NEW YORK. Nov 22. The New York “Herald’s” Washington correspondent states that the Federal Government’s first movement agains the Kit Klux Klan will he the dismissal of all members of the organisation holding offices umLi- Federal warrant, and the prevention of the inter-State activities of the Klan, whose centre is in the State of Georgia. It is now learned that Governor Parker’s special appeal to President H'.rring was for aid against the Kbinsnien who move from'State to State conmitting outrages, hut avoiding punishment by not being amenable to i c laws of individual State. ft L understood that Governor Parker has outlined a plan by which he will be able to handle the activities of till Klan in T.onisiana. but the laws of extradition are insufficient to enable a successful movement against the Klansmen coming in from the neighbouring Commonwealth.

LABOUR’S CLAIMS. (Peceived this dav at 3.8(1 a.in.) LONDON. Nov 2L The Labour Party, in a con.innniqiK; states being l\v lar the strong st Opposition party', wo have entered a claim for recognition as the <'!homl onposition. with all rights and privileges. IT AI.IA X A PPOIXTM ENTS. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m .) ROME. Nov 21. The King has created Cardinal Mnfli. Archbishop ol Ttsn and Mo"--''--nor Endriei and Bishop of \nnU. Senators. oerman'camouflagk. (Received this day at 8.30 ».ni_i LONDON. November 21. The ‘‘Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent says Herr Cuna’s Ministry is officially described as a lilismess Cabinet. It could better he described as the Cuno’s Cabinet of cninouHage. It includes the same "on-parlm-mentnrinns members of tile Peoples Party- which stands for big business, [n reality the country will he governed bv a Bourgeois? minority, minus the United Socialists. The latter are not distinctly hostile to the Cabinet, though they seriously differ therefrom in reference to the stabilisation of the mark. This pojitieal movement comes at a moment which prices are rapidly vising, and the workers dissatisfaction is steadily increasing. Thus Germany will he governed without the co-opera-tion of the largest party, when such co-operation is most essention. BURGLAR’S HAUL. (Received this dav at 11.30 a.in.) BERLIN, November 22. Burglars entered the ex-Kaiser’s Rhineland Casflc at Senderhauseu, and stole the hulk of the historic silver pjute weighing three hundred weight which the Hohenzollerns long possessed.

A SETTLEM ENT. ROM E. November 22. The “Giornales” Lausanne correspondent reports Mussolini has announced the settlement of the Dodecanese question.