MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AI STH.W.JAN ANO N.Z. 1.A111.K ASSOCIATION EGYPTIAN FINDS. ;Received this day at 10.30 a.in.'! PARIS. Jantuiiy 10. Tlic "Morning Post’s" correspondent at i.uxor says the most notable obri ■ taken In>m Tutankhamen’s tomb yesterday were a wooden bed covered v- i l l l : trips ol' gold. with a lion’s feet exquisitely earved. and a seat of ea.ne. which i- still taut. The ends of the eoiieh are inlaid in gold h ioroglyph ies. saving ‘‘Find of Ppper and Lower Egypt. Tutankhamen niter of all life, stability, power. strength and happiness." Visa a jewel box containing jewels of great beauty, including prireless brooches, neeklaees mid insignia,, showing the sacred serpent bearing the s"n disc, which might lie fresh from a London jeweller's shop window. TT! AI \ DTSASTKi; FEARED. DFLllf. .lan Id. It is feared a grave di-a-ier lias iv iiahen ibt- mail uain on the run to Colombo from daffna. A section i.; . 1 1 ;■ northern area is seriously tloud<d. It is rumoured a train with seventeen passengers had completely di appeared. There is no authoritative in Pu ma t ion a vaiinble. BYE-ELECTION. , Received this day at 1d.30 a in ) LONDON. January Id. 11l a message to Captain flee Y.C.. who was defeated at Woolwich at the general election, and is now Conservative candidate for Newcastle bye-elec-tion. against Arthur Henderson (Labour and Maine? (Wee Free). Hon. 1 ionui Law says the only hope of relieving unemployment is n revival of trade, which is beginning to appear. Confidence in such revival, which would defeat SoclsMsm w s increasing great-