MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1923, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ; EIFFEL TOWER BUILDER DEAD. PARIS, Dec. 29. Obituary.—M. Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel Tower. THE ATTACK ON JAP PRINCE. TOKIO, Dec. 28. The Prince Regent’s assailant proves to he Daisuke Nnmba, a student of Wasethi University whose circumstances compelled him to work as a labourer. Me was interested in Communism and he declared that he had no associates. Xumhu was seriously injured hy the crowd which seized him before the police effected his arrest. Baron Goto is reported to have resigned, assuming responsibility for the attack. Goto has been accused since for an invitation to General .Toffre to come to Japan and also of having Socialistic tendencies. Goto's residence and the Socialist centres arc closely guarded because of the fear of tin anti-Soeinlist outbreak. FRENCH DEMAND REFUSED. PEKIN, Dee. 28. Waichofit Inis sent a note to the .Ministers of the eight powers who are signatories to the protocol of ]9lO refusing to accede to the French demand for the payment of the Boxer indemm ily in gold. ATTACKED BY CHINESE PIRATES PEKIN, Dee. 28. According to a message from llong Kong the British steamer Hydranger, going to Swatow from Hong Kong, was attacked by pirates last: night. THE AIRSHIP DISASTER THE WORST FEARED. LONDON, Dec. 28. Tlk> mystery of the Dixmude, the big French airship, missing with bO men aboard, has not yet been cleared up. A Paris telegram was received, deel-ir-ing that the loss of the airship at sen , had been officially announced. The telegram new appears to have been proma- ; are.

A Paris correspondent transmits the text of a communii|iio issued by the Frem-h Ministry of .Marine, which does not mention the loss of airship, though it confirms the news of the finding at sea of (lie body of Lieutenant Duplessis do Grenadan hy some fishermen, six miles off the shore, near Girgenti. A thorough search of the Coast ms proved fruitless. Some of the newspapers report that the airship sent out “K.<).s.” calls in the midst of a heavy storm last Kunday. The commander’s body. when found was identified by documents in the pockets. The Dixmude carried scleral distinguished passengers,, including M. Yvon. the Director of Aviation. LONDON, Dee. 29 It seems now to he generally and regretfully assumed that the Dixmude has been lost at sea. and the report: that the airship was seen by natives j over the Sahara Desert is held to he i erroneous. j French warships have been orders !! to search the neighbourhood where the j body of the airship’;- commander Pound. AN EXPERT’S OPINION PARKS, Dee. 28. The Ministry of Murine reports that Italian fishermen have recovered the body of Commander Duplessis Dogrenedan near Seiaeea, North Sicily. ’l'h French torpedo boats are sweeping the sea south of Sicily with the hope of finding the survivors. The British airship export do- I scribes the Dixmude as a groybounda very light craft built for bombipg. speed ami height though mil strong: but the vessels designed fur Burney’s Empire service "ill he live times stronger. The expert believes that possibly the Dixmude was driven down to sea though it is more likely that a long and excessive struggle in storms caused it to break in two. The “Star’s*' aeronautical correspondent stresses the C-oniniaiuler's inexperienced and error of judgment in endeavouring to fight the gale instead of following the safer course of flying ’ tn Malta or Rome, which lie < ouiil ( have reached in a couple ol Lours. AY HEN PARI.I AMENT MEETS. 1 LONDON, Dec. 29. The ".Morning Post's” political co, respondeat says:—-A Cabinet meeting will be held next week, when the 9 - coni' the King's Speech, ill the circuit - , stances, will be an indication of the policy of the Ministers, rather than a , programme of legislation, because j coalition of the Socialists and the Lib- • earls is practically arranged, though

ouch protests there is no arrangement to ilclent the Government on the Ad-dress-in-Reply hefori' the House haj been sitting a week. GERMAN SEA POWER. LONDON, Dec. 28 Set ton Del met. writing in the "Niue teemh Century’’ points out that tit. ink had hardly dried on the Treity of Versailles when Oermany began with adinirahle doggedness, to birM u]> her old sea power. She star!"! ; 1most from scratch. Yet, three yor« shows the amazing result of a hr.ui I new mercantile fleet of two and throe quarter million tons, or practn a N half the shipping Oermany posaco.-d in her palmiest days. It is an achievonient unparalleled in hisiory Ill's fleet is splendidly organised, and backed by the whole phalanx oi Gcrinany's great industrial trust. Oer many will proceed with the construction of a navy later. FURTHER CHECK. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The House of Representatives Committee on migration, are considering i plan to apply the quota rule re immigrants to all countries, including Ca i ada and Cuba, chiefly because llm European immigration is said to l': entering through these conn :*'ics. FRANCE AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA PARIS, Dec. 28. That an alliance between France and Czeclio-Slovakin may eventually prove a bridge between Paris and Moscow is the opinion of a number of French newspapers, which declare that M. Benes. in the course of negotiations, expressed the opinion that ns Soviet Russia would 'GOITRE! I A LADY who tried every remedy in vain, and at last discovered a simple self cure, will send particulars FREE to sufferers. | Send addrelj to ALICE MAY, Box / Jiff : Cbrhlcharcb. N.2. Pool send iiamri. tut .

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CHINESE PIRATES. SEIZE A STEAMER. 110XG KONG, Dec. 2f>. The exploit of a gang of Chur' s pirates in seizing a steamer, the Hy drangfa, is recorded. The vessel i- >, Chinese-owned steamer, being a c, nverted Rritisli sloop of war. She was manned by live Rritisli officers and a large Chinese crew, and she was carving five hundred Chinese passengers, also three hundred tons of genera! ca rgo. While most of the officers wer i nf dinner at seven o’clock in the "Wiling, the pirates, who were among -.lt first, second, and third class passenger-. proceeded siiniltaneouslv to d’snrm tlio Indian guards aboard. an 1 t.-r pirates quickly gained contrd of the entire sliip. I iiov made the captain surrender his revolver, and also the rifles in his robin. They forced him to open the guard room, from which the pirates obtained other firearms ami ainmunitio.i '1 he eaptaiir was then made a prisoner in hi- own cabin while the other officers were locked in the saloon. The pirates had their own pilot who took ’he ship to Bias Ray, where she accidentally ran. aground, close to a pre-arranged rendevous.

Meanwhile the pirates robbed all aboard of everything of value, the loot being estimated at many thousands of dollars. The loot was taken off m the ship’s boats to junks that were waiting nearly. The only casually was one pirate, who accidentally shot himself in the leg. 11 is companions took him

s After the pirates had departed, the ship was refloated, and she returned to llong Kong. It is assumed that the pirates expected a larger haul of bullion, hut none? was being carried on ibis voyage I.OXDON TI RE COLLAPSE. 1 LONDON, Doc 20. There are hundreds of tons of earth ■ covering the rails, casings, and cables 1 of the South London Tube, which collapsed on November 27. It is unlikely that the tube will bo reopened earlier than twelve months lienee, as the strengthening of the tube in the vicin ! itv is imperative. i RECORDS OF COLD AIRES. MADRID. December 27. Specially important documents relating to the discovery of America arc believed to have been destroyed in a fire the Town Hall of Palos, whence Columbus sailed in 1492. j j It is reported that the fire, which completely burned the building. was caused bv a local official in order to destroy evidence of fraud in the municipal accounts. HYPNOTIC TRAGEDY. HOME, December 27. f hreo deaths and several wounding” followed a hypnotic display at Sebenieo. An Austrian professor hypnotised j several members of the audience, then j called up a policeman to the stage, lij-p----i nolisod him. and made him dance and j sing. Placing a piece of wood in bis i band, he said. “That is a revolver, j Shoot into the audience, then arrest the people for making a disturbance. " The policeman Hied. As the stick was useless, lie. drew hi., revolt <-r and filed killing and wounding members of the audience. With the greatest difficulty the policeman was brought to his reuses. When be learnt what be had done lie worn mad. BREAK THE CHAINS. Don i. remain shackled to poop work and low pay! . Are you watching others get along in business while you plod along at the same old work ? If so don’t blame your ‘‘Lurk*’—but .start at once to acquire the expert training that will fit you for a bigger position. Take a correspondence course with the CHRISTCHURCH COACHING COLLEGE in. ACCOUNTANCY or BOOKKEEPING.

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