MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. (A 1)1. It ASSOCIATION. V PERSIAN TROL'BLE. TEHERAN. July 8. \l:irtinJ law has !:<*«■ tl proelaimed in Ispahan. Tiiu origin "as the refusal e‘. opium merchants to conform to the I’ersiau. (iovc-rnmcnt's regulations <eileriii'' all dealings in life drug to be eontluttetli under the supervision of •.•.vise officials. As a protest against the regulations merchants kept: the bazaars closed for a fortnight. Business "as at a standstill. A. number oJ the leading protesters wore arrested.

■ANOTHER Ql'AKi:. TKII EI!AX. July 8. Another severe c:>vlHquako has cc--1 urred at Turbatihaidari. The inhabitants were seized with panic and lied. Another town in the same district was destroyed l,y heavy Hoods. slt \ SAT] OX AI. ROBBERY. ROME, July 8. A sensational robbery is reported, the I’rime and Princess Banditti lioinjz drugged during sleep. They were robbed of two million lire worth of jewellery, including a. set of rubies and diamonds originally belonging to the mother of XapoJcon 111. d hey were also robbed of fifteen thousand lire in easli. ROYAL ROBBERY. ROME, July 8. Banditti is abed with a fractured arm and other injuries. The Princess

i‘ confined In her room with shook. f I he Prince’s ehaffeur, who disappear- <■'!, )K .suspected. His brother "'ns procj'iiitionaHy arrested. Thieves secured chloroform which was used, from the Princess-’ own medicine chest. In the limy of their escape they overlooked jewels valued at one hundred thousand lire. LABOUR, DEMAND. LONDON. duly 8. The Indcpendeut l.ahniir Party, at a meeting at Glasgow, resolved to demand that the Mouse of Commons shall unconditionally reinstate Messrs Wheatley. Maxton, Stephen, and Buchanan, suspended Labour members, all ol whom, it’ wtis stilted, had refused m withdraw their remarks and apologise. SMALLPOX IN BRITAIN. LONDON, duly 8. There have been -118 cases of smallpox 11 <H i fiod between .June 9th. and Will. They are widely spread through tlie cauntry. The Ministry of Health now regards the oui-break with concern. SIR IK E TROUBLES. OTTAWA. July 8. Strike troubles in Nova Scotia continue. Orders have been issued for the arrest of the President and Secretary of the United Mine Workers’ Association, who struck in sympathy with the steel workers as a protest against the occupation of Cape Breton by Federal provincial troops. Additional [loot's are being sent to the disturber! nivas. MIXERS’ LEADERS ARRESTED.

OTTAWA, .fuly 7. A telegram from Sydney. Nova Srnlia. say. i!ia( Dan 1 .ivingst < iiv (presi- • tli'itt) nml James Marl.aeliktin (>eeretarvi of rile ITi'iu-il Mine Workers ciT America. have heen arrested, following their rii'i'iiiatimi of a letter tltging a general e,'.:i| ininets’ strike. as a pro-le-r against the |o!ne ami the military measures ill the steel suike in ,1 line. ITS.A. COAI IMH’STIiV. WAS! 11 NOT'. iX. .Inly;;. Tl.e rnileil Sintcs C’onl Commis-ion v.hii lias heen investigating the c: a industry since last year's strike, ha--issueil a preliminary lej.ort, retommerdin<r that, in the event of future strikes, in the s iso. nsion ■! min a..; oper.U ion - .he I 'll. e ■liaie'.il should take over the .nasal i' aof t lie . mines, ami the iransnortalioii. distribution. ami marketing f nothin ill- real. The report favours the th.wrnment regain t i.ni of the mini > I ait is against the ‘lit ownership. The (.Otamis>tun slalv-s ihal Lite counlev's r.nt iiratue I'esuni*:-.-. are limited. One-thinl ef the original ■ apply has already heen exhausted, uhile the remainder i- eonlrollod hy a few individuals. anil is therefore of tpeeinl ]uih--lif interest. The report also recommends Congress in fix a uniform standard of weight for anthracite and hintminous coal-, am. adds: “The owners of the mines place reserve of from eight to ten dollars per ton on anthracite coal in normal times, and during stress the prtee may he anything." The‘representatives of the mine witkers attack the report on the ground Mint it would deprive them of the bcnctits ol a strike when it wn- necessary to protect their interests.