MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION

FRENCH BITTER EXPORT

(Received this day at 9.0 a.in.)

PARIS, Jan. 24

The Minister of Agriculture has issued a decree forbidding the exportation of hotter until April. This has relieved the shortages of hotter and milk.

FRENCH BOYCOTT OF BRITISH HOODS.

(Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 21

1 Tlii‘ "Daily Express” Pari- correspondent states that it .M. I’niucare's liill against foreign importations passes, hundreds of Rritish Jirms in France will he affected and may lie compelled to close down. Campaigns exhorting the people not to hoy British goods, particularly groceries, are belli" waged in several newspapers. A ’IRKA SURF. 111'NT. ERRAND IfOV Sl ( ( F.SSI'TI.. ■'lteceiveil this day at t>. I.T a.m.) LONDON. January *-M. A woman lost, a pearl necklace valued at lit teen hundred sterling in a .Manel ester Street. The insurance assessors ollered £l5O for its rr.eovery and a treasure hunt in the mud ensued. FinalU an errand buy found 121 of the pearls, this number being all but nine. The hoy receives £llO. The corporation lent its street cleaners who cleared tne drains, hut .'they were without success. AFST Id A I.T AN AM) NX. HOOKS. I.OXDON, January 21. The Hodgson Company will auction on the second day of May a remarkable collection of Australian and New Zealand hooks, prints and maps collected by the late John Calvert. The owners would prefer to sell on bloc, for a moderate price. ADVICE O-V TOWN DLA NX I XU. (Received this day at (1.25 a.in.) LONDON, January 21. The King, on .Mr Baldwin’s advice, lie appointed a Fine Arts Commission to advise the Oovcrnnieiil regarding the public statues, town planning, landscape gardening, public parks and the decoration of public buildings. The personnel includes the Marl of Crawford. Lord Ourzoli. .Messrs Aston Webb. Lutyens. Framplon I). Cameron. T. Mawsnn, town planners. CAM ICS AND UKAI.Tir. LONDON, Jammy 2-1. ITofe.ssor Wildenhart, lecturing befor the Japanese Society, said that the influence of games was being already felt. The average stature of the Japanese in the past weiitv years had increased half an inch, and the national In altli had improved forty-nine per cent. SERVICES I NCREASE LONDON, Jan. XL A fair number ol trains ; p- running | and the position is easier. A luriherj number of Welsh colliers are idled. However, the delecliones tn>n i Hie National Union ol Ruilvuymeu are on i the increase. 1 STRIKE INCIDENTS. 1 i is. in iv i ~11. 2 t An attempt wa, math.- in " reek a Irani between Glasgow ao.l Edinburgh. A goods train scattered on nh-t inetion of planks and stones. Strikers throwing itoue.-, from a bridge at Wellingborough hit a retina-.- hrcmin. rendering him urrcoJiseicuo. STRIKE NEWS. [Heuteas TF.r.F.c.hams.] (Received this day af 12 noonL LONDON, January 24. Tiie dislocation of industry in South Wales owing to the strike. i< growing worse. It is estimated over eighty thousand colliers are idle. Hie stiike committee claim 150 National l. own railwayman at Derby joined the strik-

CREEK DYNASTY. (Received this day at 12 noon). ATHENS. January 24

The Chamber was densely crowded at the opening of the Assembly. Ihe Royal Box was thrown open to the people. Yenizelos, who was received v ith tremendous cheering, stated the Government was of opinion that the only means of solving the dynastic tpiestum wa by a plebiscite. This declaration, r.r----c use cl a. protest from the Republicans. I’apanastassiou proposed the introduetinr, of bills for the overthrow of the dynasty, and the establishment of a Republic. . .. . Yenizelos interrupting, said, it me people were allowed to choose their own regime, and favoured a republic, he would tell the people there was no occasion to fear external dangers in connection with the dynastic question.

DEFENCE REPORT. (Received tilt's day at 12 15 p.m.) LONDON, January 24. The advance report of the .sub-coin-m’ttce of the Imperial Defence Committee dealing with co-ordination of army, ,:av.v and air force dismisses as impracticable the proposals for subordinating Ministerial beads of three services to the Minister of Defence or of amalgamating the three services. On tin- contrary, the Committee expitsscs ih opinion that the existing system of co-ordination by the Imperial Defence Committee is insufficient to secure H'l initiative responsibility, and needs strengthening. '1 he report .sum *■ 11 strengthening of responsibility can ho effected bv tlieChairman of Committees who is the Premier’s deputy, being invested with the responsibility lor imth tins a consistent line of policy, directing lhe common acting of the three services or any two of thorn with the assistance of the three chiefs ot staff. The sub-committee recommends the Responsibilities of tlie Navy air force with regard to protection of communications In'narrow sens should lie further in-vesti-atod. It says the principal need renurd to co-operation in correlation, is closer co-ordination and the principle that in nil belligerent operations m which more than one service is concerned. one of three should be selected ms Hie predominant partner to co-ordi-nate with the others, should be examined liy the three chiefs of staff. It is agreed tluu while the menace ot attack from the uir has greatly increased necessitating a strong home defence force, the country’s liability in the existing conditions to seaborne invasion is considerably diminished, compared with pre-war standards.