MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N . 7.. CABLE ASSOCIATION. COTTON' SPIXXKIIS' DKCISIOX. (Received tins tiny at 11.1.5 n.m.) LONDON'. Any. 1. The master cotton spinners, by thirty-one million spindles against fourteen million, rejected the proposed control of the industry by the. Advisory Council, composed of ail sections including workers, and suggested an organisation which is similar to the war time cotton control.

PENSIONS FOE WOUNDED. (Received this day :it 11. Id a.m.) LONDON, Anir. 1. The International Lahour Bureau, Geneva, reports the mini her of wounded men drawing pensions in Germany is 1,537,00 i), France 1,500,000, Britain 1,170,000. VATICAN DECISION. (Received this day at 11.15 a.m.) ROME. Auj!. ]. A large party of women were waiting in an ante-room at the Vatican for the Pope’s reception. Monsignor Alarmaggi divided the women into Iwo groups. It was some time he lore the women realized that only those with their arms and necks covered were going to he admitted to the Pope’s presence. The rest. with low-necked dresses remained outside, many crying bitterly. Marmaggi said lie acted under the Pope's instructions. Henceforth, in order to avoid such scenes, all women not dressed in black and heavily veiled, will he stopped at the entrance to the Vatican.

HIXESE GFNROAT.S’ ESCAPADE.

(Received this day at 8.50 a.m.)

PEKIN. 'August 1

A telegram from Amoy slates the British and Japanese consuls have requested Hong Kong to despatch gunboats to protect their nationals following the appearance in Amoy harbour of the Pekin Government's gunboats. which opened lire, the shots striking the icsideiitial sections of the city. Thtoe Americans were final at while attempting to land. PARTIAL RESUMPTION. (Received this day at 1t.1.l a.:n.) LONDON. August L. The strike leaders have been compelled to admit there has been a partial resumption of work on some uptown wharves. SAXONY RIOTS. (Received this dav at 11.-J.) a.m.) BERLIN, August I. The Government of Saxony officially admit a, series of disturbances at Twiekau, Lantern and Selnvartzenhurg broke out simultaneously. They acre organised by Communists who enforced drastic demands'with t a reals against life and property of employers, several of whom were badly maltreated and forced to agree to the demands. The militia, has been despatched to the scene of tinting.

A WARNING. ROME. August 1. Government has notified Zita that if she sells the Florentine diamond the transaction will he invalid as the gem is 'ltalian property.

IMPERIAL DEFENCE. LONDON. July ill

Mr Hicks, replying in the House of Commons, said the defence expenditure of Britain for tin* current year was ->Ss oil per head. The approximate cost per head in the dominions was:— Australia 17s lid. South Africa 12s Id. New Zealand 11s -1(1. Canada (is 3d. lie said it was impossible to discriminate between the cost of the internal defence o-' the self-governing dominions and their contribution to Imperial defence.