MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1923, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

At.'STHAI.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, THE DIVORCE COURT. AND PUBLICATION OF EVIDENCE. LONDON. April 25. A proposal to prohibit the publication of evidence and speeches in the divorce courts and to allow only the results to bo made known was debated in the I louse of Lords. I.ord Bmkmnstor said that the one great scandal of these reports was that they pilloried the innocent party. Continuing lie said:—"To make a woman seeking legal right' to undergo the ordeal ol di-dosing shameful matter- before vulgar and idle sightseers, gathered, not to hear justice done but In hear unclean matters from the lips of the woman, i* something that offends against the most elementary principles of justice.”

The lli-hop of Durham nmn.rtci! llic publication ~f divorce suits wit tlif country'- or."ro -ocinl situation. Lord Cave said it win (1 iHit-illt for the Oovonuiiem, in view of the heavy programme, to introduce legislation to elicit the improvement without entrenching on tlie liberty of the press. GENERAL SMUTS. CAPETOWN, A|) il JA General .Smuts has notilied his intention to attend the Imperial Conferences in London. A NEW ORE. C OPEXTIAGEN, April JA Professor Rohr states Hafnium is still not completely isolated, hut .success is near. Its atomic weight lies between 179 and 181. Prolessor llohr states hafnium is impenetrable by Roiitgen rays. It lias the good qualities of bismuth in connection with the Roiitgen ray, and the experiments should he of considerable value to medical science. WIRELESS MHO ADC ASTI X( L I.O.XDOX. April ‘Jo. hollowing on a persistent agitation on the subject of an alleged monopoly oi broadcasting and unlicensed listeners. tin- Postmaster (leneral has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Sir l-Todoriek Sikes to consider broadcasting in all its aspccLx. including (ontraeis and licenses, and the uses to winch broadcasting mn\ be put and the possible restrictions on its development'. PIIIXCE 01' WALKS. LONDON, April JL Ills Rival Highness. the Prince of ..ales, at the St. George's Day banquet at the Guildhall, in proposing tho toast of “England.” said the word suggested different ideas to different people. To the juvenile population. England was that portion of the globe which produced cricketers, who played and sometimes won lest matches! against Australia and South Africa. | ‘'Xebedy." In.- said, “can call me a l siay-ai-home. .My friends outside England always made me feel at home. Hut, nevertheless, when T bear the j word ‘Hume’. I think of England. Itj is just the same with British people of English ile-i cm the world over. They j speak ol England ns ‘Home’ no matter j when" they were born.” MARTI ST’S PROTEST. LONDON", April JL J Tfie Bapli'L's Union Assembly ttdop,ed a resolution protesting against the imposed hotting tax. The veieian. doctor Ulilford, declared the propo-als aid el lues and bad linailce, as approiriate as a tax on o| ium or prestitu- j ion or a iever-ion to slavery. Il book- j nalters are given a professional stains, lie door would be opi eed to buudred- I if Hiou.-ands mote, wliieh would seiiou-- i v ibietilen ibe puhlie indo- I rial moral j y. rmil home lilo, RICH TOIIACC 0 < DM PA NV. LOXDftX. April JA. The Imperial Tobacco Gov. of Uriah] ami Ireland has decided in give hareholdeis a bonus ol one new one .mild share for every three held, to e i-siled as all ordinary share. Ihe apital is L'JJ. 17J,0(1H. This means e hums will total L'7,1911,0f1!b In rder to make a ilisirihutimi of part ol ie ii serve shown at the last balance ;eet twelve millions will be capitaled. The net trading prolit last year as L'7.101,000 and the dividend 22 j t iout tax free. .MISS LI.LIS S \ I'T:. DELHI, April JA Miss Elli- has reached Peshawar. HI AKESPEEIAX C’ELEBRATroX. LONDON, April JA. It was announced during the Shakespeare birthday celebral ions that the inhabitants of Stratford-on-Avon contributed one hundred thousand sterling to the memorial theatre fund, while the rest of the world contributed twon- j tv thousand. A Shakespeare libra r\ containing fifteen thousand volumes. j tile world’s finest collection ol i:torn- | lure on one subject, is without a li brar- i inn or catalogue because the trustees , haw no funds. , WHEAT PRICES. i I.OXDOX. April JL \ Wheat cargoes are (lull, despite the < -toady trade position. Limitation- are nominally unchanged, but the tendency is easier. Steamer parcels ate weak, t in sympathy with the American mar- : ket. Small business is doing at a de- i dine of sixpence per quarter. i RUJ.fiARfAX ’ELECTIONS I SOFIA. April 23. t The elections for the Bulgarian Sob- i ranje have given Stamboli-ki's ) on- j -ant party 206 seats out ol 216. the i others being Communists and Bour- t geois bloc. ; RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED. ROME. April J-L , Mussolini created a sensation by I writing to the press announcing the ;■ acceptance of the Ministers - resigna- i lions (cabled tin 10th) thereby tutting t sliort all negotiations for the collahora- i tion of the Catholic l asci-ti parties. 1 INCOME Tax REDUCTION. t LONDON. April JO. | In the House of Commons. Air S. t Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exeho- , ,itier) opposed the amendment- to re- i dace the income tax a further (id to ,i is in the £. He said such reduction i would menu £19,000,000 tTiis year, i and £26.000.000 next. It was a tie- t mentions tiling, so soon after the war r to liave made such a reduction as Is fid. 1 The amendment was negatived without i a division. g