MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ABSGCI AH'"' RUSSIAN LAND. (Received this dav at 0.30 a. n.) PARIS, Dec. o. Tho "Echo de Paris” says an important contract was made between Soviet and Krupps for exploitation by Krupps of one hundred thousand hectares of farm land in south-west Russia. 1 LEV A N SENTENCED. LONDON, Dec. 3 Levan was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. IN THE COM A lONS. !Received this dav aL 0.30 a. n.) LONDON, Dec. 5. The Commons sat, all night discussing financial resolutions, firstly on a bill to be introduced extending the Trades Facilities Act for a year and secondly authorising the Treasury to guarantee a thirty-five million loan to Austria, of which the Brutish share was six millions. Air Pringle unsuccessfully attempted to secure provision that no loan lie granted under the Tralles Facilities Aft to any industry abroad, tvliich competed with a similar industry in Britain. Several Liberal and Labor members opposed a loan to Austria, Air Afacdonahl unsuccessfully moving the adjournment. Tbo resolutions were eventually carried. RUSSIA AND ITALY. (Received this dav at 0.30 a.’u.T PARTS, Dec. 5. Krnssin arrived unexpectedly at Rome and conferred with -Mussolini. The "Petit Pnrisien” understands

they agreed on tbo principle that Italy send a political, instead of a trade representative to Moscow. It was also decided to create a llusso-Italian mixed commttec, charged to study all economic commercial questions affecting the two countries. MURDER CHARGE. BERLIN. Dec. o. At Leipzig, Hustert and Ohlochlager admitted they were members ol a gang of conspirators of whom Elu-bardt was the leader, but they refused to say by whom the gang was financed. They stated the syringe with which they squirted acid on Scliiedcmann’s face was given them by an unknown Hungarian who said he was most successful in killing undesirable Jews. They admitted the only reason for wanting to kill Soliiedemann was that he was the cause of the revolution, and Germany’s downfall.