MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

VUSTIIAUAN AND N.z. CABI.B ASSOCIATE

CHINESE MANDATK. PEKIN. January I. A mandate has been issued appropriating a ( 'abinet as folio's - Ohangshai Tseng (Premier and Minister of War). Ylfrcd Sze (Foreign Minister). Linen Vnan (Minister of 'Finance'). NO RKPRIF.YE. LONDON. .January 5. Tlie Home Office declined to reprieve By waters and Mrs Thomson. MINISTER. SHOT AT. PRAGI'F. January I. A n employee of the Rank of Ihdieima fired severed shots at Rascfien (Alinister for Finance) four taking effect, and badly wounding Rnseheu, who was sent to the hospital. ITALY AND l'l! \.X< - E. ROME. January f>. The paper “Messagero” say-: The breakdown -i the Pa is Premiers’ C nI’ereiiec, is producing an important Franco-It alia u ra |) proa e!i men t. Italy, in the p"-t. his I-'-!" 1 rvermi'.ih on Fngliiml's friendship; hut Air Lloyd George's declaration fas produced nothing. France has ! hindered in neglecting Italy mo m'iiteh. Conversations towards a Fram/i-Italian paliti-nl and economic undor'B'mlmg have already begun.

V.D. BOOKS. LONDON. .1 r ii"' r.v 0

Sir \rei'ibiild Reid, in a letter to the “ West minster Gazette” comments on the New Zeeland Government's b'n on Miss Ft tie Rout’s Imok. 's'.-ib-Marriage.” Sir A. Rice states that his own hoolc on the prevention of venereal disease is practically banned ill New Zealand, as no l ool;sell T will stock it. unless he lias a gir-ranfee from a local medical man. Sir A. Reid says. “Fo'im-rl.v, all

diseases, especially if on a huge or unusual scale, in'ii' I'c.'arded as p’-ni-h----ineufs of .in and is mani'V-ta!i"iis of (lie wv; ||i of the Diefy. and they were first combi tied by iirayer. and hv offering- and bv a --Irir-tadherence to the* local and temporary system of taboos. Attention was thereby directed from sanitation. These ideas, though evidently still current in New Zealand and in darkest Africa, have been or are being, abandoned in civilised Stales. I wonder' T anyone can tell me what New Zealanders do read?”

EXITED STATES POLICY. WASHINGTON. Januarv (i

Secretary Hughes has informed Senator |. M dgc that Ihe Administration thinks that the present is not a frv durable time for placing an official American member in tin- ReparationCommission. Therefore. the Administration does mu wish Congress t' pass Scu’ifor Robinson’s Bill nutlicrising sm )i an apprintriiem

EGYPTIAN CRISTS CAIRO. Jan nary 5

The commander of (lie Rritish troops in Fgvpt is issuing revolvers to the Rritish subjects in Fgvpt. through the Consulate. GERMAN AEROPLANE. JNITET) SERVICE TEr.FdRAMS . Rceeived this jlnv at 11.‘10 a.in.) LONDON. January 0. On hundred yards all metal aeroplane wings, hollow, built of feather weight alloys, enabling the carriage of aero engines.') fuel and cargo therein, is planned by a German scientist. Even the mechanic and crew are able to move inside tlie vast wings, which will lift one hundred tons and carry sixty passengers. A SOCLALIST. Received this day at 11.50 a.m.) LjOXDON, January fi. Sir W. AY'. Strickland, an advanced writer, on Socialist topics, lias announced lie has become ft citizen of Czeelio-Slovakia and "ill not use his title. SOVIET EXPORTS. 'Received tiiis day at 11..10 a.m.) BERT.TX. .la n nary (i. Despite' the danger of a now and more terrible famine, the Soviet Congress decreed the export of Russian materials, ostensibly for the stabilising of the rouble, hut really because the Soviet needs funds for propaganda in Western Europe. Cential Asia and Tn din.

PARIS TRAGEDIES. PARTS. Jan C.

According to the French Police Statistician. there wow 1 fit? murders m Paris during 1922. compared with 424 in the previous year, and 'if!': in 1020. The majority in 1022 were dm- to jealousy or illicit love. The knife was less used for murder than formerly. Mostly negroes from Senegal. Algeria and Morocco use the knife. There were 720 suicides in Paris during 1022. mostly young peopli . disappointed in love, or through lack ol NEW BRITISH PRO.' KCT. PARTS. .lan fi. | iciit Grieve, who was navigator for Hawken's trans-Atlantic flight, _u» planning a llight round the world in March. The proposed route is via. Central Eurojic. Constantinople. F'.agoad. India. China. .la.pan.__ the Aleutian Islands. Vancouver and Newloiindland. It js proposed to use a do Tlatilaml 2 lOh. ii. machine, which will pick up t|,,ats at Shanghai and Vancouver. UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION. LONDON, Jan. 7. A big demonstration of unemployed celebrated Unemployment Sunday in Trafalgar Square, processions with banners marched from all parts of London. and were addressed from live pint forms by Labour members ol the House of Commons and other trade union leaders. The processionists included hunger marchers from the province.-. After a rainy morning, the

weather improved sufficiently to allow big crowds to assemble. The speakers denounced the government for failing to deal with unemployment, and demanded the immediate reassembling of Parliament.