MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

tUSTIt.U.IAN AND N. 7.. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION a .suspicious case. LONDON, Dec. 7. Mrs .Marjorie Karlov. wile ol an exMajor of tbc Machine Gunnel's. wafountl dead in a flat at Hove. Deceased bad been shot and then stab bed. A note was found on l lie I ><jdy. «’d lowed to have been written by her busband. as follows“ This is not done from jealousy or cowardice, but Iron: love.- Look for me on the sensliore!” The husband or his body cannot i>■ traced. NO motive can be suggested

FOREIGN DENOMI NATION 7 . BERING, Nov. f'r. American naval vessels have joined those at .1 apau. Italy. Britain, and France in the i >uc,nitration at Canton to prevent Hr Sun Vat Sen's threatened seizure of tlu- Customs House, the foroiign eioitr.il ol which be lias long resented. Meanwhile, British marines have reililni'reii the l-ronon landing party, -which has Inrtificd the building, while other ioreign gunboats are standing by to support the disembarkation. GERMAN VOTE. RERUN. Dee. !b The Reichstag passed the Emergency Powers Bill by 3RJ votes to 1-. NAN AI. S<)F.NDRON CBITSK. SIERRA LEONE, Dec. 9 The naval sipiadron on the Empire cruise has arrived here, the first poll ol call. It was warmly welcomed. Elaborate arrangements are made for their reception and entertainment. RECORDS BROKEN. NEW YORK. Dee. S. At Chicago, four worlds swimming records were broken in inter-scholastic coldest.-.. Johnny Weismuller, usiiy; tlie Australian crawl, swam It'd metres in oS ;?-T sees, achieving his fiftieth world's record. Peggy Williamson swain two hundred yards, breast strokin i'miii -Vi IV sees. Sybil Bauer swam BID metres, hack stroke, in Q 0 secs. John Early swam BID yard" breast stroke, in tß* -'> sees. GENERAL S.AIETS ATTACKED. ■ Received this din at 9.A3 n.ta.N CAPETOWN. Dec. !». Speaking at Smit idield. Geiienil Hertzog bitterly attacked General Smuts in connection with li.s speene’s on the European situation, and said that the Premier's policy Tended to provoke another European war. and which was plainly impending. It was quite clear that General Smuts was willing to allow South A Irion to participate. Hertzog warned his sopporteis t-> he frugal ami pay their debts so that there would he money for food when a war came. THE LANDING DENIED. (Received this tlav at 9.A3 a.iii.l HONG KONG. Dee. S. Naval circles omphaticauv deny the landing of marines in Canton. 'Hie British and French Admirals paid a brief visit to Canton, hut whether they saw Dr Sun Yat Sen is not disclosed. The latter certainly is unlikely To can-v out his threat to annex the Customs buildings in tbe presence of an international flotilla "f "ine gunboats.

HOI’SE SHORTAGE. LONDON. Dec. 9. Houses are being rushed up in large numbers at Wembley and in many cases sold for eight hundred to two thousand sterling, according to size, as soon as the foundation is laid. Many are Inlying with a view to letting at a prolit dtirin*' the Empire Exhibition. A WICKED CRIME. LONDON, Dee. 9. John Whalley, of Accrington, was sentenced to penal servitude for life for having chopped off both hands of hifive year old step-daughter in order to revenge himself upon his wife. Six thousand sterling has been raised by public subscription for the puitUnied ehijd.