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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION. r. INDIAN AFFAIRS. ‘.Received this day at 2.0 a.ni.) DELHI, December 22. 1 lie Liberal Federation of Poona concluded it- session, after some mote resolutions vice passed about questions I < Hanging the public mind including tic removal of s x disqualification and in regard to membership of legislature.-: and Dnliani.-atiun cf the army: also non,ic and political grounds, that recruitment of i II public service- in inline ordinal dy i"!cc place only, in Tn- | d;a power being rc-e:ved to the Raj to recruit experts »n special terms lor limited period-. The Fcdc*ruuon rc.qrcstod the Raj to take up the matter with the Mauritius Government in r*gsr<l to the repented impending ilcgi-bition A •indicia,fly af.wct ing Indian-- political rights them. failing which they recommended that Indian Labour emigration he .stopped. BOLSHEVIK ARRESTED. DEl.fir. December .;(). A Calcutta telegram .-late- toe police arr-'-ted Nolini Gupta, a noted Bolshevik agent, who travelled to I rs. i. and thence by a coasting vie tel reached Karachi, hi- object being t? organise B.d-hcvik activities. T! lii DINA! Till:.

i‘Ahis. ivct-iii'it \ t'l'isimilii nil - i . lent to the theerv t Ji.it l.lto I >ixi!111 c!<■ c-.t.loch'il nvi'i' the .M< iil••]')■;! 11.11 ‘ll. I)> Llie fart i!i;11 (irenamr's i, atoll >!o| ji.c| at ttv n lil ty, ai v Imi-Ii t • 'in,- t In’ sta i ioimiasier al Soiao- «'<• iitnl other re.il v. aymoii .-totc l they a baht over iho -.a Ijk. ■ iv.n ],a Ikmils alive. falliny into ili,. sea. ST AXI >IX (; A lI.UY FOi! HiKl'l STATK. LONDON'. I),c. :!t!. Dublin hue a nnniimr.l that the ( iovermnciu Ini'- clocifloil to ronrea n ise the army, takiny: the French armv as a lnoilel. The Ministry o| Finance lias decided that the military oi.pitnli-

tore must Ih.‘ limited to fllui• 111i!!ini and as a result ol tin- if(j!ii-;iiii >m then- will is' a standing uniiv n!' n limit twenty ! house ml. A -perhd trainin'' enllepe will In- eatab!i-luil in view nf the evpausion in e;r ■■ el emereenf". . Tlie lieavv domohilisatiniis tilii'li liave alri'ail'. ' ;<-i-n r: ‘ (i. i-oniljim'il wiili t! • release ei nver ten thousand prisoners. i- 1 iI-• v m put a severe strain mi the lahenr market. Intt this will lie met to -one oven! by a proposal of the Ihii! to u'ani inline- J W ' Nil: t.. " ‘ H t \,\ ! i-s j\ \ " e> t ;. !>•;■. y «•;ft ..Deceived inis (lav at- - a.m.; j TON POX. Doe. tin j The "Daily Mail’s" Dan- eorrespop- j dent says tin- Court of Appeal solemnly pronoit Meet I the leaoeeme ol l.ettis

l ;i it wsis merely mr it i found in any liimnin body. Tin’ court j ntviii ilril Dimeal compoii'iit ion ni i-‘iJ->‘• j storlino phis an annual pension ■ ■tj '.•loll. ' ■SWISS AI.I’S mSASTKKS. I.OXDOX. Dec. :;il The "Daily Mail'’ -ays s'eiioim a-!.roil' ’avalanches in 1 hi- Swiss Alps ait inci easiuo daily, Kvery ”< ".arm wind folio" inp; exception,illy heavy snowfalls starts fresh avalanches j in unlikely spots. Several Douses were buried and whole families succumbed. Rescue work is precarious. Avalanches are more lmnieroU' than at any time in living memory. Train services are interrupted inconvenienciec hundreds of tourists, mostly AnploAinerieaus, attracted by tbe winter s parts.