MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1922, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

1 ' - lUSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCCATW". STORMS IN ENGLAND. LONDON, December 20. Fierce gales and snow storms have {-swept the South of England and the | Midlands. A small steamer foundered ,in the Channel. To were d.own- , ed, while the rest of the ciew were j adrift *in a boat for twelve hours. They : were rescued in an exhausted condition. UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, Dec 20. Mr Bonar al,w is visiting Glasgow. He has consented to receive a deputa-

tion from the Glasgow Trades Council in reference to unemployment. An unemployment deputation informed the General Council ol Trade j Union Congress that if the Parliamcnj tar.v machine was incapable of dealing | with the unemployed problem of or- | ganised labour, and incapable ol securing a larger measure of relict, the iinI employed would face the winter in a j spirit of revolt such as never has I seen shown before. I The Council decided to give its whole attention to the matter, and intends to ask to see the members ot the Cnbj net Committee of Unemployment, urging them to utilise every facility to provide work forthwith.

FASCIST! POLICY. ROME, December 20. j Signor Mussolini, the Premier, informed the Siena Fnscisti that he had I terrible duties to perform, hut w II per- | form them. He has appointed Signor Eduardo Torre as Deputy High Commissioner of Railways. Torre has lorn i Instructed to dismiss all the rail- ' waymen who were not fighting during ' the war, replacing them by ex-eombat--1 ants. The railway staff will also ho | reduced by forty thousand, and the j eight hours day will he eight hours’ actual work. Torre will repress thefts l on the railways which have cost the State 120 million lire per year, and will j introduce iron discipline. j RELEASING GREEK i EX-MINISTERS. i I RKUTETI’S TELEGRAMS. ! /Received this dav at 11.30 a.m.) ATHENS, December 20. The Revolutionary Committee has decided to release with the exception of Oonstnntiiiopoliis, all the ex-Minis-ters awaiting trial. AMERICA AND REPARATIONS. LONDON, Decemher 20. The “Times” Washington correspondent says it is believed America is conditionally willing to participate n the Reparatons Conference. POLAND’S NEW PRESIDENT. WARSAW, December 20. The National’ Assembly elected Mojoiehewski, as President of the Republic. by 298 votes ngainst 227 cast for Mornwski. a. candidate of the Right Wojoichewski belongs to the party led by Witos and was a momb"i' of the Paderewski Cabinet. Mornwski is a professor in Cracow University. A WOMAN VET. 'Received this dav at ]0.30 a.m' i LONDON. Dec 20. ! -Miss Aileen Cost, sister of the King’s Eqiifirry. is the first woman to receive a diploma of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.