MISCELIANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1923, Page 3

MISCELIANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. BRITISH OBLIGATIONS. (Received this dav at 11 .60 n.m.) LONDON', March 21. .Mr Lloyd George, intervening in tho debate on the Mesopotamian ((uostion in the House of Commons, demanded a clear statement about the British obligations. The late Government gave a pledge that they were hound to uphold the Arab State and as a consequence of that undertaking they were given a. priority of rights in the access towards permission to make a chain of railways. This showed the intention, not merely to conquer, hut to uphold the Arab States and have the right of exploitation. He demanded that. all docuents he produced. Air Asquith suggested that Air Lloyd George’s Government ought to have produced the documents. He. nevertheless was glad to find that he himself was in hearty agreement with Air Lloyd George's demand for the fullest infrmation. J[r Ornishy Gore, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replied that everything depended on the Peace with I urkey. He declined to disclose the report of the Cabinet Committee. The vote under discussion was passed by 258 to 158. LONDON, March 27. Australia secured five lots of hooks relating to Captain Cook at Ssotliorhy s from Bolckow .Library, Alartou Hall. Yorkshire. They consist of a manuscript diary, including a description and the naming of the Botany Hay and the coast of New Zealand, which sold at £5, (XX), the contemporary copy of Cook’s correspondence with the lAdmiralty on liis first voyage, including secret instructions, known only to exist in this manuscript., brought £SOO. The Kndeavour's log hook 1768 to 1< < 0 sold for £500; the hook of the Dolphin, August 17(36 to October 1767 sold for £2OO. j .Sixty of Cook's autograph manuscripts describing the coasts of Nora Scotia J and Newfoundland in 1762 while Cook •w as master of the Northumberland sold