MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

—— “ * * AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. TfCHBORNE CASE. LONDON. Oct. 25. There was a re-echo of the famous Tichborne case at the Old Bailey when \ rth nr Orton’s daughter, iluu... I iehbornc,” was .sentenced to one year s imprisonment .... a - barge ol writing threatening l-’tlers to .~>n Geoige >-i ■ solicitor to the Tmlihorne lamily. .-he aD„ emb-a voiired to extort money trom the Tichborne family by threats to ktl. them. She was sentenced to MX months' in U>ld for a smnlar ohenre. ARMED REVOLT. MANILLA. Gel. 25. The preaching ->f fallal ieal Arab pci,.-Is ha- iiithimed lb- Moms into an revolt between Lake f.anao and ihe Cotabato border, and General Wood Governor) and the ( hid ol the. Constabulary have started lor the disturbance with reinforcement-. |, j s al-o feared Moslem activities mav produce dangerous sympathetic out break - in Dutch and British Malay Dependencies. GENERAL SMUTS’ SPEECff LONDON. Oct. 20. The new-paper-. attach great importance to General smuts' speech, which is de-eri bed a- ’'straight talk f o Praime." The ■Evening Standard's” .diplomatic correspondent declares: Mr Baldwin, his Cabinet, ami ihe Conference were fully aware of the views that General Smuts proposed to set forth.'' lie points our Genera! Smuts enunciated hi- views in the tidiest dclail before the Imperial Conierenee. following on Lord Curzon’s statement on foreign affairs. It i- not assumed the speech will displease Era nee or M. Poincare. It is known that the event- in the Rhineland have not developed a- M. pe'licare had ant ieipaied, w hich might distinct ly it (feet hi- view on the proposed eon fere lice. Important negotiations recently were in nrogress between Britain and the Allies aiming at as.-enihling a conference of the Treaty signal ones, and nothing ha- so far occurred to hinder Ihe negotiations. The general idea was to assemble the conference in Paris hi December, and if possible before the Dominion Premiers leave. The intention is to deal with the reparations and with the inter-Alled debts apart trot.; the Reparations Commission and the League of Nations, hut technical financial experts and accredited German represent a I ives will be in attendance.

Authoritative quarters are surprise,! that Genera! Smuts’ declaration should he made on the eve of Mr Baldwin's pronouncement at Plymouth to-mor-row, hut it is believed Mr Baldwin knew what General Smuts intended to LONDON, Oct. 21. The League of World Friendship has sent a message to General Smpts• "God sliced von : this is the lead England and the world awaited.''