MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1923, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7.. CAULK ASSOCIATION. IDS HEART UK OK EX. LONDON, duly 11. At the J’owes-I,yon inquest, the father of the deceased tie'hired :—‘‘Mv Lev's heart was broken! I hat was the end!" He said that the deceased was Ins ntily remaining son. The others were killed during the war. When Miss Parsons broke oil' the engagement, deceased was in despair. Witness made a filial effort to see her on Monday, hut without result. In reply to a question, the father said his sou drove to Ryileet. when fie suicided. nrohnldy because, as a member the New Zealand Glf r, uh there, lie knew the road well.

The Coroner, in recording the verdict, added that the agony of the broken engagement had unhinged the deceased's mind. JKWHL FRAFD. LONDON. July 11. Sir Albert Calvert has withdrawn his

appeal in the ease heard on the seventeenth of April, and lias paid the Grand Uttche-s Xenia, of Russia. £lu.O;M as damage.- and ro-t- in e.miieetion with the selling of her jewels in Ktiglainl at pi ices allegedly much below their real wort!!. BANANA CARGO JETTISONED. LONDON. July V2. Tweutv thousand pounds’ wortfi ot hnnanas were thrown into the sea at Hull do(k. Tho strikers thero would not allow the shipping clerks to dis- ; l arge the cargo. The vessel had to ictnni to the West Indies, so she put to sea and jettisoned the bananas. KXCHAXGK KATIiS. LONDON, July I-’-Tim Foreign Exchanges display a more confident tone, viz: On New Yolk ; .-,fi’dol to the £1 : mt Paris, Tti.Oo /rail's -. on Berlin. LIAO,OOO mark-.

PRINCE OF WALKS. T.ONDON, July I'-’ The I’rineo of Wales, travelling as the Duke of Cornwall, visits Canada early in September. He will spend most of his time on bis ranch in Alberta. The visit will he purely a private one, no official engagements being accepted.