MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AC.STItAI.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION FRENCH HOLD. FAR IS. Jan I. When tin.' Coliici'enee re-opened, an official French note was issued declaring under the contract .signed at Calais on Doth June. It’ll'. France receive! from Britain credits to the extent ot JAP mil! I -»> i deriing. a.s security for v hicli I'rauei suit ti *tv millions worth of gold to London on tic undi isiandiii:. li'ii. the gold would, lie returned to Franco in three years niter the eonelusion of tile war, upon French repayments. England in Ulf and again in l!)l!) s oiight release from ilu obligation to return the gold but b ranee refused, consequently England is -till under tin obligation to return to the gold. RUSSIAN FLEET SENSATION. N n r.D skkyk'-j tkijKOhams LONDON. Jan. .1. T'iie Daily .Mail's ” .Moscow eorresjmndeut repori* tlml the Bolslicviki are mouring the los- ol the bar I'.aste.TM Elect, widiii wa- undei tile command of Admiral Stark. Il di-appear-i:l over lhe i or./oit trom \ ladivo-tock when tile Reds oeenpied tile town last :iaiall:, and lias noi been heal'd ol officially since. Stark is a sturdy Im-peEali-l with loyal comrades. As soon as 11:< Reds appeared he got Up steam and sailed for an unknown destination. Fta | k's licet ((insist - of iwo cruisers, ha'i-n-dezeu guoliial* and destroyers, as well as several tramp steamers, till -d wi(h a < oiisidcrable inimber of stock and provisions. One rep .rI slotes t hat Stark iias |e ! al a siinill port on the Earns- . chat ka coast, where !:<• has e-taldished i a uindei colony and is lorlilying passes leading inland, to prevent the Reds from attacking, lie lias const rncteil large barracks. The forests provide him with all the fuel rml building maW'iial needed. Came is abundant and the skin* "I hears "ill provide members ol the ed or,", with abundant warm viol king and sleeping haggs for women and child reii. Unfortunately, the IhilshevlkJ .1,, not ree'ignisc the romance ot ilic vcn'.ure. and denounce the Admiral wifli considerahle heat as a traitor. chiring that if he surrenders before January be will lie granted a lull amnesty. Stark commanded Russia s Port Arthur I'Teeet "I the outbreak of ti-Russo-Japanese war, J SCIENTIFIC RbVSEA R('H. E.X I*EDITH IN' TO I’ACIFIU l.'si, \NDS. i OND( IN. .launit! v 4. j Tlie .'•teieitlifi!' Fx; e.liiienary Rescare A-sociation is lilting out a -1)00ton sailin'.; ship, whe h is to he renamed the Resolution, for the purpose of n voyage ol scientific rosi-arch t.o til Canary Islands, tin- I‘ani'iin and Galapagos Uiands and Easter Island, thence wc-tvards. the i*!:(m|s within I lie Tropics and returning via I’ananin. ( ajilaiii I). Blair. B.N'.R. will (•oinmand the vessel which sails : in July.