MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1923, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A BANQUET. LONDON. Oct. 30. H:r Gordon Camp-bell presided over a dinner given by the British Cold Storage Association, at which Air Alasscy was tlm principal guest. Responding to the toast rt refrigeration and Empire Air Alasscy s mphaxised that, if the people oi Britain were ted oil meat from the Kill pi re. instead of foreign meat, there would he more employment here, hes-aus" every shilling spent ill the overseas pans m the Empire meant increasing tin- markets isn* British A pcrmauciii n mads for the ’iivsi.m u ns.it i.'i aet-ary i-onditiou of allairs in Britain was 1o peoplo the ovs i scas Dominions w ith British tolk. who would iiroslme raw materials and loud, and buy British manufactured croeds. At no previous eonfereiice had he seen stt'-li a desire as at present on the part of the representatives from overseas to help the Alolherlaud out of hei present iroubh'. j;lt ITA i N AND F.S.A. LONDON. Oct. 30. ( id I lari .y. spoaking at a linii-,|,i,-t to Air T. i’. O'Connor Af.P.. on t| lt . , asiou of his Toth. birthday, said: ''Great settlcmcnis have been made in tin- relations between Britain and the Fnils'll Stall's. 1 have reason to believe. from w'iiat I have heard front R,illl Curz.nl to-night, that before l sail oil Saturdav, two or three outstanding questions will he disposed of, and 1 shall have the great honor and happiness of leaving my successor absolutely a clean slate between the Fnited States and the British Empire. (I’rolongod cheers). FT so. I may not physier.llv die, lint politis-ally I shall pass away, content, and. like the, job. leave you in peace.” lord Ctirzon said that, none had done more than (Vlonel Harvey to promote o-,,,,.) r ,'fa! cols between tho two countries. PERSIAN POLITICS. TEHERAN, Oct. 29. The new Rersian Cabinet is; Sarilar Sepnli, Rreinier; Alodirolmolk, Finauco Alinistcr: Zodadolmolk, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Moazeslessaltaneu, .Minister of .Instiee: Haii Ezolmatalek, Almister of l’ulilie Works; Kbodavarkbau, Alitiister oi Rest and Telegraphs; Prince Soleiman Uirza, Minister of lusi ruction ; Alirza Kassitn Bran Sovrosrat'ail, Acting Alinistcr of tho inferior. All are new men, excepting Afodirolini)llc, the erstwhile .Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zakadolmoll;, who was Finaiiee Alitiister in the last Cabinet. A VALUABLE GIFT. FROM' INDIANS TO FRANCE. LONDON, Oct. 30. The “Daily Expresß’ slates that Assail Dina, ills' Hindu engineer and scientist, and his wile, who are iu America, are present ing France with an .'quipped sdiservaterv costing a million and a quarter sterling. The observatory is being erected sm .Mount Saleve. a peak -1139 feet, above Geneva. The equipment will include a telescope ll;o inches in diameter, or five inches larger than the Mount Wilson telescope. Alt. S'uleve is an isolated peak. Its atmosphere i- the purest and the place is exceptionally free Irom clouds and air currents. An aeroplane service and wireless will he installed, to keep the observatory in daily touch with civilisation. A STARTLING PROPHECY. LONDON, Oct. 11 Dr Tliorck predicts Hie colistr'r te-n of a synthetic mao. Imilt from spare parts like a motor-car. says a '.! sisago from Rome. Tin's startling prop'iicy is bused upon bis successful process s.f transplanting the eyes of monkeys Io

Before a gathering of scientists, Dr Tliorck asserted that rejuvenation by means of gland transplantation is impossible, and that it was possible s lily to improve certain physical conditions ini-idcoi lo old age.

Tin: 1,1X01! OPERATIONS. LFXOIt, October JO. The clearing of the ground in front of Scti the Second’s tomb, and tho removal of earth covering Tutankhamen's tomb has been completed. Soti's tomb was opened yesteulay. and the intciior has keen prepared ns a lalioralory and workshop. Carter proposes to reopen Tutankhamen's tomb on the first of November. LARor.lt CONFERENCE COMEDY. (Received this day at !M5 a.m.) GENEVA. October 30. Lively scenes were witnessed at the International Labour Conference. Joiu raux. a French delegate, declared that the Italian delegate did not. represent the Italian workers as he belonged to the Fascist organisation which was composed of both workers and employers. A number of Fascists in the public gallery protested noisily, but Jouraiix refused to withdraw the .statement. ami the disturbance continued . till the police ejected the interrupters. Later, the validity of the Italian delegate's credentials was (juostioned but the Confetenec by sixty-three to seventeen upheld the validity.