MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1924, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ITBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIAVION. R HI NELAND SI IOOTING S. PARIS, Jan. U. Advices state that as a result of 1 lie assassination of lleiutz, the representative of the Rhineland High Commission has prohibited the entry ~> the Palatinate of non residents from unoccupied Germany, and has oildered the 'closing of the Rhine bridges, except at Ludwigsh'aveii and Mannheim. Curlew is imposed at Spevcr, and all meetings are forbidden. BERLIN. Jan. 11. The death of one of those wounded at Speyer makes the victims six. Ihe Occupation authorities at Coblenz, owing to the imminent danger of a I resit Separatist revolt, have rearmed the German police. The Separatists have strengthened their garrison at Castle

Coblenz. VF.NI ZFLOS BEKM 1 KR. ATHENS. Jan. 11 M. Yenizelos has accepted the Premiership of Greece. TWO STEAMERS SINK. LONDON, Jan. 11 - The ArnelilV, arriving at Vigo, reports that it saw two unknown steamers sink off Cape Finisterre. It received eight other calls for assistance before its wireless was smashed by the terrific seas. THE GERMAN FLEET. LONDON, Jan. 11. A Queen boro firm entered a contract with the Admiralty to raise (IS vessels uf the German fleet sunk at- Scapa Flow. Many of them will probably lie Mild to shipbreakors. Others will he used for target practice. SINGAPORE RASE. LONDON, January 11. There i> a growing belief in political circles that the Labour Party feels itself irrevocably committed to the suspension ot operations at Singapore base. A prominent Labourite told tlie “Stan" that no item in Labour’s election campaign was more popular than social reform measures, whi ‘h could ho paid for by utilising millions the Conservatives wanted to sink tit Singapore).

WHITE AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY. January 11. lord Leverhulmo. discussing the White Australia policy, declared that it, ,-<nd 1 not fail to retard emigration „||(l development of the Commonwealth. If Australia’s wonderful resources were to l;e developed, the introduction of native labour to do the donkey work "its essential. Ihe danger- following the ineoption ol coloured

I labour were very much exaggerated, jf n careful selection were made, there need be no tear that the natite i would ever he more than a beast of . burden. He instanced the calamitous result of the while man doing work in tropical climates, as shown in the .sugar industry of North Queensland. Jin order to keep out Fijian sugar, the 1 Government raised the tariff wall, j which cost the taxpayer three millions annually. Every man engaged in the . sugni industry was costing the Commonwealth five hundred sterling yearly

apart from wages. No matter how laudable the White Australia policy might he it was impossible to develop the vast areas of the Northern Territory while such a policy was maintained.'

SWIMMING. i SYDNEY. January 12. I Arne Borg was timed to cover a furlong trial swim in 2.2 2-5., which is the fastest- swim ever recorded in (Australia.