MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A VANDALISTiC DECISION. ROME, Nov. iL Alter a lentury of controversy il has been decided to build a wide lector bridge two miles long, connecting Venice with the mainland, thus ni?e'idling tlie necessity for the romantic gondola. The artistic world de nouiieed it as a vandali-tie deei-ion. COLOUR BA I! ABOLISHKI). [ Rbctbrs Tki.kckams.j (A BMTOW.V. Nov. II The colour bar in the Traii'V.ial mine- Inis bc’cn legally abolished as lie* result of the de c ision of t lie Tran-vial Appeal Court. The deei-ion is a boin-,-sheil Per labour. Tlll’l DOW HI! OH THE PRESS. (‘‘.Sydney Sun” Cables). ;I’eeeived this day at tb Id a m.) LONDON. Nov. li. I,uni Burnham, lecturing at t lie Colonial Institute on the influt-ncc of the pre - - mi Ihe ilevi’lopliioiit o| Ihe I'.mpire. -aid I lie imii of imli'peiidi’Uee made Dial pre-- -lull a great power t lirougli nit the dominions tlii'i it wits < a leu la led jo f'ceonic the greaves*,. putter in a demoerai ie Stale. The newspapers in Australia ami New Zeahincl were mole Kngli-li ilum many ol the English papers which Ameiieau Unveil ie.s hail -o largely altered.

TROTSKY'S 1,1 HK ATTEMPTED. I Rei-ci veil this day at I 1.2. T a.m.) LONDON, Nov. II A .Moscow message reports that Trotsky’s iioii-al tendance at the Bid Devolution aiini ver-ad v ei-lobriitions on the 7th. w.’is slated to be due to sudden illness, but it really ua- due |i. an at temp! on In- life. When he was delivering a speech revolver shots were li red Iro m the audiinriuni and hit Trotsky on the head. The grenlest secrecy i- inaiiltaineil a.s to tlm exlent of H’e wound, hut n i. reported that a surgeon from Munich arrived at Moscow ami i-. atieliding Trotskv. LAWN TENNIS. (I’eeeiveil lids day at 1 1.10 a.m.) LONDON. November 11. The I.;i ’. ■ i Tennis ('ouueil lias deeidi'd to submit to the annua! meeting oi the Association in Doeembei. a icso--lil Lion to uit hilr.”. w Iron the Winible<lon elnimpjon-Tiio next year .1A DAN'S HINA NTH (Reeeiveil this dav at !!. Id a.m.) 'I (>K It). November I ! Tbe estimated ordinary budget fin Ib’tM is 127(1 million yen, being a reduction of Dll million in the current year's figures. It is I'm (her agreed to cut HU oil' the expenditure for the re-t of the current vear.

SDKCIAI. SESSION. (“Svdnev Sun” Gables). TDK It). November M. The Diet holds a speeial session to consider the cnnslnictiun vote credits sale toaied after the carlliuunkc bv fm[ierial ordinances. and to cuMshl'-r tbe Govermni’iit programme. iiieluding manhood suii'rage. a law recognising tln* I regulation of trade unions, landlord ami ti nant. and an m bit ration act. SOVIET STEAMER'S CABGn. TOKIO. November 11. The Soviet steamer. Kt-sioev was finally | erinilted ’to find a e.irgo ol liimfier broiigbi lor Hie r-'liel soppl.es wlii'Ti v. a , refused but - Til event "n!!\ to private puieha-i r-.