MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1923, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUfcTEAhIAN AND N.SS. C.UII.K ASSOCIATION. CLERICAL STfPFNDS. L( IN DON, Dc-'. 27. The Feelesiastieal Commissioner-.; have arranged that the minimum stipends Ur the clergy ol the Church •-i England shall he increased lo C. 300 pet annum if tin- population is ins- than ICOI). and the responsibility of paying tin- new quotas i* accepted by the 1 1 i< >- lescs, in many of which considerable ■sitini' have been collected lo augment stipends hy self-denial weeks. REAL WINTER IN SWISS A LI'S. HEN EVA, December 2J. Snowstorm- are paraly.-ing social lile in many district* of Switzerland. The wot-'l avalanches for year- arc sweeping the mountain sides, causing widespread damage and disloca ting train services. Avalanche- entered an hotel at Relink- Adelhodvti. Idling the rooms with snow to the ceilings . Another entered a clinic! at Sepoy, killing a married couple, who were lottmi frozen lo death a- they stoood wrapped in belli i n he- which lliev hail -Mulched j i,, rover ill- in uhile awaiting theit | A young shepherd sheltering in a 1 chalet at Wei/ingelt we 'a, I alive ihrou'di .tire wall* and rc-ol ia!!ing in. sMEWhird. Nine oth, is wt re killed at a. eltali I in Reaitfori. ‘-urdion