MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1924, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

tUBIUAMAN AND N.Z. CAItLK ASSOCIATION. REBELS HOIST WHIT tv FLAG. .MEXICO CITY. J-Vhh. 11. Fcdotal forces haw- achieved an overwhelming victory over rebels after 11 hours furious fi^htiii<r. on the hanks of the Forma River. A report to President ( tbregon says there were heavy t-av-mdtics ml hut!; side,., and a number of cciolea::d;:cra!, \w-r ■ !;;!Dd. 'I la- mail- rr fidumu ■ i/vn ; . in !••■<. I II" i! c : . THE “Ql'O YA IMS” INCIDENT. CIIA R(tF. I) WITH AIA X SI. Ar(;hi Ter . ROAIE. Fell. n. Signor Gabncllinu D'Annunzio, the -Oil ol the poet, and two (.tiler movie tin colors, have hern i,-harped with m;inslauphter in connection witli the tilni. hoy of “(,luo A'adis" ((-allied on oth.) iiu- | olii-e allege that ihe directors iuid no liiou.M- to use lions in film prodt:i lion. D’Annunzio and liis eo-direetors have tied Irom Rome, and the police are 'i-ii' chins' for Diem.

nncsrxo uefokm scheme. LONDON. Feb. 10. I Ik-* “Daily Chronicle's 1 ' lobbyist uniK'istamls that tin* Covernmont linvo arrived ;ti a practicable bousing plan. " lie keynote will be the co-operation of ihe .Ministiy ol Health am, the municipal authorities, the Master Builders' !•'< derations, and the operatives unions. Ihe policy v. ill consist, firstly, of a Guaranteed specified programme, ] ro'.a!i|v to! - g!) years; secondly, the prove ion of an additional supply of skilled labour by means of a regulated apprenticeship system ; thirdly, an inert ase in the supply of materials, by (•'overnment action if necessary; fourthly, the stabilisation of the prices of materials, and the prevention of profiteering;; fifthly, the fullest concentration on householding by the control of I luxury building. and the stipe!vision of coimnercial building. Ovine to the .shortage of supplies, it is respected that only 120,000 houses 1 u:i be completed in the first year. Thereafter two hundred thousand lion- ' "ill be built nnmudly. The MiufsU'y of Housing is now negotiating with Russia for timber. NEW LOCOMOTIVE POWER. LONDON. Feb. U. The “Daily Telegraph's" Home correspondent, says t!); 1 1 experiments have been carried out with a r.ew tbemoterc type of locomotive, which has ' con invented by the Italian engineers Feu-to and Zarlatii. The invention consists in tin- utilisation of the advantages of both hot ami compressed air and steam. Both are produced by an interim] combustion motor of the Diesel engine type. The motor i.s fed wiib heavy oil. ’the new invention can he applied to existing lot-motives at a cost of 600 lire per horse power. The invention is calcinated to generally reduce costs by 70 per cent. A TIMELY H ESC EE. LONDX. February 9. A remarkable story of the sea is revealed by the arrival of the crew of

tlic Runderton, a sailing ship. When the vessel was en route from Oporto to Newfoundland, the whole crew except the captain and the cook wore prostrated by smallpox. .Simultaneously a teriiic storm broke out. For a fortnight the captain and cook handled the ship unaided. The sails and rudder were torn away, and the ship was leaking and about to tounder when :i steamer sighted her and rescued the crew.