MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1923, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7 .. CABDR ASSOCIATION A that;kdy. LONDON. .Jan 10.

.Mrs .Middleton .wife of a .Mercantile •Marieii ofiicer. disappeared in August last. She went to live in a house in Regent Park, occupied by .Mali by. a tailor, and used a'- business premises and dwellin';. Afaltbv allowed bis business to go to pieces and became a recluse. Prior to .Mrs .Middletons disappearance she frequently was seen motoring with Aialtby. It is .stated the latter told the police that be bad not seen .Middleton since she left him in August. .Maltliy rarely ventured from tin? boii.se and the water and gas services were disconnected by the authorities. Armed with a warrant granted the .sanitary authorities, the police broke into tbe bouse, and as they entered two shots were beard. Aialtby was found wounded in tin. bead and died in a lew minutes. The police found Middleton's body bent double, the face downwards in a bath in an advanced state ol decomposition. There was verv little water in. the bath.

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Til K (A I.CTTTA SWEEP. r»i: 1.11 I, dan. 10. The Royal Calcutta Turf Club have made new arrangements in connection with their Derby Sweep. The plan now adopted, it is claimed, will restrict participation ill the sweep largely to the members of the Club. Xo tickets will la- used, and club members wishing to take part will be allotted a number. Therefore, non-members who secure participation through members will not receive any tangible proof of their share. It is claimed the now method will tend to eliminate the widespread sale of tickets, which has made I lie sweep one of the greatest in the world. I.AM l!A’ KIDNEYS I.OXDOX. Jan. 11. Replying to the New Zealand Afeat Board’s cable announcing its intention to continue shipping lambs with kidneys. the Incorporated Society of Meat Importers have cabled that il this course is pursued, the Board must- bear the consequences, as buyers will expect the Board to make good all losses. The Society fails to understand why the change has been made against the unanimous and strongest protests of the trade who have been buyers of New Zealand lambs for many years. AX IMA l>- HOSPITAL. XKAY YORK, January ! 1. Mrs Simon McKie. misanthropic, but animal loving, lias annouiued she will bequeath her entire fortune, unofficially estimated at a million dollars, toward the, foundation of an animal hospital bearing her name and containing a bust of herself in which her ashes will he deposited. Over the door there will he a carved inscription. “Tile more I saw if people, the inoie T thought of the dogs." BRITISH TRADE FOB LAST YEAR. I.OXDOX. January 11. The British imports for 1022 amounted to C ’ flO’l.d 1 10.000; tie 1 exports to £720,930.0 r 0; and the re-exports to £ in:}.OOfhOOn. ROBERT BARTON ILL. LONDON'. Jammy 10. The liregulars are demanding the release of Robert Barton, the imprisoned Republican, who is stated to be in a

precarious condition

LITHUANIA GRABBING. BERLIN, January 10 The “Loknl Au/Jeger” states: Lithuania is profiting by the international situation, and is sending two regiments to occupy Memcl. LONDON CONCERNS. LONDON. January 11. Lord Devonshire, presiding at a meeting of the executive of the Imperial Institute, said that he would appoint a Commissioner under the chairmanship of Mr Ormsliv Gore, with the High Commissioners as members to enquire into the Institute’s affairs. Sir James Allen proposed that- the Commission should consider amalgamating the various Imperial organisations and report to the Imperial Conference. KU KLUX TERROR. NEW YORK, January 10. According to a. telegram from Bastrop, in Louisiana, a girl aged seventeen, who is a witness at tho investigation of the Ku TClux Klan murders, testified that a band of masked men a year ago abducted her from her home in the night, despite her kneeling mother’s entreaties, and deported her from the community, alleging that she was leading an immoral life. The girl positively identified Doctor McTvain as a member of the abducting party, which threatened to tar and feather her and her mother if she returned. Since her secret return recently, the gill said she had lived in hiding and in abject terror of discovery by the Klan.

DEBTS TO U.S.A. WASHINGTON, January 10. The U.S.A. Senate Finance Committee has begun the consideration of a bill introduced by Senator Harris, for authorised the President to appoint, three Democrats ns Members of tho American Debt Commission, which is at present composed exclusively of Republicans. The Republican leaders wish that the responsibility for the Commission’s direction should lie shared by both parties. Hon. Mr Mellon (Treasurer) lias sent a letter to the Committee disapproving of increasing the Commission’s membership, on the ground that it would become cumbersome. The British-Americnn Debt Commissioners have held a long session to-day. going over the Britishers’ statement of their financial position, and they began consideration of the terms upon which the debt can be funded without any unduly severe disturbance of industry or commerce. The meeting was private.