MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Aetna,rU-iN and n.z. c.viu.k associaviox LOCI'ST I'l-.UH I. BPA'o.NI) t 11. M i;oi„ CAi ETOWN, Deeemh. r FT. The loii:.-.t plague i~ beyond the CoHas already expended a bundled lltousar.u, hut a large farm r in Ciiqludaiui West reports one thick mass in the hopling stage. Cattle ere n, a de-|>erale eei,dition and the pi ice ef n.i'alies jsteadil.v rixilig. The only power t Inn wii! li.Tp us says the luriiiei'. is provideiiee. The fa ! i Her advi -e> the t-n erinueii' t,, spend no rum mon.'V . LORD ALFRE!) Dl'd't.l.AS M.N TENCED. I.II.NDON. Deeelllher In. Lord Allred Dough:- as ,-eii! elieed R. s:\ nmuilis in the .et'oiul division. CATTi.K DISI'.ASE. LONDON. 1 lecoinhe; |:t. Drastic eat ilf slaugliiei ing i.s now proceeding, in < onst queue..' of the see inti.- -plead oi tout and month diseast, i'.nd it is evoking iiitieisni of the Cove; iiuieiii's polity. A motieii was suhn itteil at a meeting i I the Couneil of Agl'iculture in I'avoui > i substituting an i-olalioii policy lor slaughter. Ibe Minister. Mr Sander.-, in op;,using it. drrln.red tb t:ovei'iiment's experience had shown isolation “it a large scale was useless. ’I he (be.-el le.iK'ill was ptepare,! le eeqitiuue it.- siaugluer polep to at leas! mil! I'u-.i a. hall siii ling in I'onipeii.'.'it am in ninri'i'S TT:e mol ion was rejeeted aliao-l tiiianilai.usly. Pileie '. ere I resli oul- |., cak.s to-dny. making a teial'ui 1 07 1 voniitii's. .'s'cvcntx tin use nr! aaimel- lull e been slatighle'.'il el, 0 ' I u ‘-sent. iig'baliug P'.OOI eat tie. LONDON. Deeemher M. Tw onty-eigln eoiinlies in F.nghind. two in Wale-, am! nine in Sent inn, l are infected with foot and month d:s cose. Hinee August '27. 70.000 heastq Pave been destiny oil and cum pelll U'U ,)|' Cl (P|.-,.111!i> paid to fanners. Mr llaneeek. a w vil-knew'.i Laiieashlre Cheshire farmer, .w, ike !'• ue ~,'s iuTieve the lime has eome to -tiq, the slaughter j" lity of the Ministry of Aim i'idl me. and let the :arm. i s lrv cine the eellle of the disease. This ps Ihe heaviest t low : . the dai: ying in-(tii-iry in li'. mg ie -leery. Re ado-.: “| believe lb" growing hm.vy cloud„l -moke Rom ihe e.vinath n py:es are sureiidillg the plague', ah-n lloeks of rooks are a ting r- u-'i'm eariiers.” HEIR DI-API’EABS. LONDON. Dee. 11. .John Dunn, oi Knock ( a-lh', Ayr shire, aged 17. who is heir to 077,0,1.00 went lor a row on a lake one night ill March, and was never seen again. The Court of Session at Edinburgh has decided his death inu-i he pro sitnied- His brother David, who i- an orphan, with no living relative, llmsucceeds to the fortune, which he will receive in nine roars lienee, when h*

THE DOIT ; LAS IT! I \L. LONDON, Dee. 11. 11l the Douglas ease, Justice A very, summing uj>- sail! lie did imt Helic-ie any counsel had ever been allowed more latitude than Mr Hayes' tor Dol'd Douglas. Mr Hayes' address t„ the iiii'.v. he said, was a mixture of diatribe and ef a politician's vituperati ui ef Mr t'hunlii!!. .fustiee Avory emphasised that Lord Daugla- still ,in Dm libel:- after their I'ldsehotid had been proved in the relent "Morning Post" action, without the slightest grounds for believing he was telling Dm I rut'll, and his deimnee h;T<l been comlm-tf! in :> ni'i>{ enprohions nnn'mr. Ho < .I*]* *r<*:l Douglas, at exnirat i ni i f a -e< eemths seiitenve. to lind --ureiy to kee-p Di" lienee. partietdarly towards Mr Churchill. Failing su.-h -'avty. he would undm-go a further -ix months'

VrxPF.P DEBTS. (Received this day (u 10.25 a.m.l BOX POX December 11. Addressing London Rankers at a dinner given in his honour by Westminster Bank. Af i lirm-e amunmeed he was negotiating with the British Government for a revision ni the terms of tin- landing el' Australia > war debt, including the rate el interest c harged. He said lie bed pointed nut the terms were a little harsh and the request was • I minded on principle:-- of equity which could not he overlooked. Britain had funned am debt to America .m very much more advantageous terms. Mr Bruce stressed the fact that every tutui? Australian loan would i-erry a minimum sinking fund of ten shillings per font. He felt confident they wold he able to continue to carry eat loan operations in London, though ...reiving the most alluring olfers from elsewhere. Australia to-day offered tlie greatest opportunity of any country in tin* world.