MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1923, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

COUNTESS All-RESTED FOR SP\ INQ [“The Times” Service.] (Received this day at 10 a.in.) LONDON. December 12. The “Tillies” Fragile eoriospoiidcnt says Unit, it- is 1 (-ported lion' Brutislaca that Count-s.- Louise EstciJmzy. a mi ml or of t' e famous Hungarian family. lias been arrested at her country seat in Xitra Slovakia, on a. charge of spying on behalf of the Hungarian Go vcinment. The (’ounless. who is aged twenty-four. 0 now a Czecho-Slovakian snbjei t and is alleged to he of a roman tica llv unbalanced temperament with revolutiumuy activities. She lias been long suspected and her arrest was due to the fact that she inadvertently left Scaled and iinaddiessed letters ell the counter of the 1 r.’cuw hail k who re she transacted business. They were 0 ! cited and liiumi to contain inatoiial connecting her with 11 conspiracy, forged by incniber.s of the Relish and Hungarian niistoeiacy with the object ot separating Slovakia from the rest ii ( y.ccho-S'ovakian Republic. A search of her country house revealed fuither important evidence.

ARMY OFFICIALS’ SAJARIES. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, December 12,

The ‘‘Tillies’’ (Berlin correspondent says that the German Government’s attempts to reduce army officials and [nit their salaries on a lower basis while lengthening the hours of work, seems likely to cause an administrative crisis. Ba roll von M dtzi'liii. the po - innncnl head ef the Foreign Office, has

i. ii!umi an unusual stop 1 1 y publishing, ml behalf of his collonguc.s, a sharp | rot o- 1 against these economies. Hi? ] rcdicts t -tilt th*- purposed measures ; will min. not only nflirinls, lint also the i s"rvi(es. thus resulting in a breakdown of the admiiiistrai ion which will disas- ■ tmusly ali'o. t Guimany's foreign | olicy. Ml! '.MASSMV. LONDON. ’I Jit. 12. At- tho Rotary Club dinner to Mr Masev at tho Jfot.-l Cecil. Lord .Norris proposed tlif health of Mr Mas-ov. paying a tribute to bis work for the Empire. Air Massey responding, gave the largo assemblage some interesting pictures of Maori life in the early days, and tile great advance New Zealand lias made during sixty years; also its suitableness for Rririsli migration. A DEXIA!;. [‘'The Times” .Servjc'k.] this dav at 9.2. j a.m.) I.OXDOX, Dee. 12. The “Times” is authorised to emphatically deny the report emanating from Berlin, which alleged that shortly before tho election France and Britain concluded an agreement whereby, inter alia, Britain agreed to participate in the control of the Ruhr if France renounced her intention of annexing the Rhineland and the German Reparations were reduced to a thousand millions sterling. The ‘Times’’ adds that the alleged agreement exists only in the imagination of the anonymous authors, THE SOVIET’S VIEW. 'Received this day at 9.45 a.m.) I.OXDOX. Dee. 12. The “Times” Riga correspondent says, although publicly hailing the Labour’s Party's success in the British elections, Soviet inner circles seem more frightened at a possible Labour Ministry than Government by the Conservatives on Liberals. Notwithstanding the willingness of Labour to establish relations with .Moscow, they consider the class consciousness of British Labour is not sufficiently strong, and they do not desire the Labour Party to attain power constitutionally, instead of by a revolution. WARSHIPS 00 TO CANTON. MANILLA, Dec. 12. Tlie United States flagship Huron, with six destroyers, proceeded to Canton on the lith.