MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. CAIRO, Dec 12. Punitive operations are progressing against Angessana- tribesmen in Sinnar district, who recently murdered five civilians and two police, and later attacked police headquarters at Soda, hut were beaten of!. It is reported a party belonging to the punitive expedition, mistaking comrades in the darkness for tho enemy, fired, killing an officer and private of an. Arab corps. RED FLAG IN COMMONS. LONDON. Dec 12. Sixty nij.il sent in cards to see members, and by Iris means gained access to the Genera! Lobby of the House cf ,

Commons, where they began a demonstration. They displayed a placard inscribed “The Work less Must Not Dot Us Forget.” They also sang “4 be Red Flag.” The police promptly ejected the demonstrators. BRITISH AVAR DEBT. LONDON. Dec 12. The financial mission to the United States, comprising Mr Baldwin (Governor of the Bank of England) and Mr Rowe Dutton (Treasury Advisor) leave on Dec. 27th. FEMALE MURDERERS. LONDON. Dec 12. Two more women have been sentenced to death here. The first was sentenced for throwing her child from the Tower Bridge. The second was convicted <ff the murder of another woman, who was ai.cg(p.l to have intrigued with the husband of tho prisoner. Justice Shearman sentenc'd the two women to death, thus creating a judicial Its owl a- he sentenced -Mrs,

Thompson also. . The jurv strongly recommended both the women to mercy. Both of them were removed in a fainting condition from the dock. Counsel are now prepaying an a.pncal in Mrs Thompson’s case, ft has not been decided whether By waters will appeal. His counsel, however, arc considering the desirability of a petition for l.is reprieve, on the ground of liis von til. " . , * Tito present feeling of the lay. aithorities and of the Home Ofhee is declared to bw against a reprieve. 1. is pointed out that younger pnsoneis than B.vwaters have been wliile if Mrs Thompson is repn« eel, will never ho possible to execute 3 woman in Tutnre. however tumble lici

‘’"The whole question of capital P<">ishment for women is involved in Mis Thompson’s fate. SOVIET AND AUSTRALASIA. CNJTKD SERVICE TELEGRAMS (Received this day at 8.30 a.m » LONDON. Dec 12. Some Soviet Captain Cook has discovered Australia and the next mail boat carries a load of Bolshevik P'<>T, ; ,.raiula for a nuTioii dollar loan foi Riissia. 'The Commonwealth was overlooked until the lad moment. Maclaine- „ member of the Workers’ International Relief (oinmUeo. states the soviet is disseminating propaganda m all English speaking countries and by a strange mishap. Australia was overlooked. and only discovered to-day. He added that lie was a Irani they bad been rather provincial, paying too mm a attention to England and forgetting the- dominions, but they bad non discovered their mistake and intend to pav much more attention to Austra|i;j* Ho confidently expected tlx.' ‘-a----1,-iin iti-H of Australia to generously contribute. Regarding New Zealand we rereiillv receivcl £909 ster nig lor famine relief from them. We ]>'<- pose to do all possible to further cement such relationship. England s allocation of tho loan is twenty thousand.

HUAI INDUS PAINT. .'Received this day nt 8.39 a.m.) LONDON. Die 12. The Alessagories Maritime believe they have found a luminous paint tor boats and life saving equipment, winch will resist climate, weather, and sea. Afanv companies have been expenmentiug since the Egypt disaster m this direction, in view of the frtqueiit flooding of fiirnnces and darkening of decks. A COLD WAVE. ROAIE, Dec 12. There is unprecedented cold and five deaths occurred in tbe streets. A nightwatchmnu died at liis post CONFERENCE FAILS. MOSCOW. Dec 13. A conference between Russian, •>- land and Balkan states lias broken up. Russia refused to sign a treaty ol iiouaggression unless accompanied by effectual disarmament.

LABOUR STONEWALL. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON. Dec 13. Labourites with a. view to eompelling Government to give greater consideration to unemployed. declared their intention to keep the Mouse in a continuous session until Friday, t hey began a, searching attack on the supplementary estimates. The party divided itself into relays, speaker alter speaker devoting hours to irrelevances and speaking with mock solemnity on such questions ns the Irish \ icc]>cgal honstmiaids’ wages. Tin Chairman ordered Wheatley and Kirkwood to he seated on the ground of irrclevancies. Their places were taken by lather 'obstructionists. Tre guillotine was applied frec ( uontly. At one o *lock the. Labourites, tired ol tho game, moved tho 'adjournment, the Government siicces.sfilly resisting, amid ironical Government cheers. At 1.30 the unemploymenit vote ol more than a million sterling came up. Labourites bitterly protested against procei.lmg a such a Into hour. Mr llogge "> moving a reduction suggested that distress committees should he c.stnblisbcd in the towns to provide work -Mr Laiislmry and others dcm.umcd the Government proposals as imidiqii.i c. Tho closure was earned and the \ot. adopted, many Labourites reins,ng n vote. Ignoring lurtlicr pioUsst. . - Baldwin at seven o clock intiodu. nl tho Consolidated Fund Bill, which was immediately put through t m hist reading and the Mouse rose..

SUGGESTION MKMF.I). (Received this day at 9.30 a. n ) • LONDON, Dec LI. | Mom McNeill replying to a uuestion. said he could not accept the suggestion that the late Government s Nea East policy was partly rospnns.hh f the Greek disaster in Asm Mmoi. view of the British liiianci.il sMuigem-y, Government was not prepared to mcui further expenditure on behalf oi I, .gets who were not British s.ihjc, ts. AN AMERIC AN AH>\ E. 'Received this day at 9.30 h.'iiJ 1 WASHINGTON. Dec Lb The House; Appropriations C'omm'ttec asked Mr Harding to call ft »ew naval armament limitation conference and endeavour to roach an agieeimm for the limitation of auxiliary vessels under ten thousand tons.