MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. RADIO IN CHINA. SI IA NO MA L May 10. Regular radio broadcasting has been started. ".Sin Shun I’no" is the first Chinese newspaper to utilise wireless. Its four daily programmes (omprise lectures and music. MB SUN VAT SKN. LONDON. May 10. A special representative was dispatched to Canton, last night, with instructions to demand an interview with Dr Sip: Vat Sen. Me visited bis head-quarters and saw bis secretary. Sugeiie Chen, who said Dr Sun Vai Sen did not feel called upon to see anyone. Chen was emphatic that Dr Sun was perfectly well, after an indisposition. hut not on iil.ue.-s. Me therefore refused to allow him an interview with l)r Sun Vat Sen. The opinion in Mongkong still is

that l)r Sun is dead, or that be i-. si; feeing a severe mental hreakdow which justifies the prohibition tipi inyono seeing him. except his uearei •elutions.

A FATAL piRCFI. PKKI NO. May HI

An unknown person left a box at the home of the Foreign .Minister. Wellington Koo. saving that it contained articles for Kiln’s pus.null Use. Koo ordered the box to be opened, but lie remained i:i Ids study. When the lid was removed, a bomb inside exploded with terrific force, mangling three servants whose condition is critical. OBITUARY. PARIS, May is Obituary.—Major (leneral Sir Charles Towiishcnd. LLOYD BKOitCF. FI KRCFLV ATTACK FI). Received this day at 9.2.7 a.in.) LONDON. .May |s.

Mr Shiiiwcll, speaking at Durham, fiercely attacked Mr l.lnyd (leorge ill connection with the defeat of the Nationalisation 01 .Mines Dill. Mr Shimvell declares the Bill was defeated, not by considered reasoning, but by the liotcli poteli of balderdash and puerility for which that great polilieal contortionist, Mr Lloyd (leorge, uas primarily responsible. Mr Lloyd (leorge had proved himself as much a Torv as .Mr Baldwin. The only dilferenee is that he lacks Mr Baldwin's honesty. In spite of this defeat Labour was determined on the nationalisation of the mines, railways and land. -

DRINK AND Til F COMMONS. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this dav at 10.2 u a.m.) LONDON, -May IS

"f am a temperance mail and do not waul lo defend drink, but it is nonsense to say that the scenes in the Commons are due to intoxicants.” declared Commander Ken worthy discussing the accusations made at a conference of the National Commercial Temperance League held at Leicester. "Some of the most violent members are strict tccto’l allci s. There are bound to lie a small number in a Mouse of (I IA members who take too much drink. They are not confined In any one party. Undoubtedly drunkenness i:i Parliament was more prevalent, thirty to fifty years ago than to-day.

Another Commoner of thirty years’ standing, said the Coiiiiiioiis was becoming more nbsronious every election since |SP!>. "1 am confident the prosent Mouse is as sober as any in il" history. About fifty per cent of the members are Ivjietaller . .md hvotliirds do not touch any liquor at West minster. The remaining third do not exteed the amount regarded medically as necessary for middleagod elderly men. uin king under ihe tremendous strain Mini membership of the Commons involve-.

TEXTILE WORKERS' RISIMTK. LONDON. May is. The Rnidford Employer? have reined the Wool Textile Industrial Council's application for a tell m'f coni, increase in wages, but nflered a year s renewal of the existing agreement. Ihe Council recommends a rclusal ol the offer and lias decided to approach the Government for the apt* lintmciit ol a Court of Inquiry. THK AMRITSAR AIT A 111. COLONEL'S DRAMATIC STATIC MKNT. LONDON. May I-'. (living evidence fur the plaintill in th(‘ O’Dwyer libel case. Colonel .b’bnston, military commander at Lahore, in justifying martial law. dramatically asserted: '“.My first objective wa- to maintain the British race at all costs, even if the streets of Lahore van red with blond, and second, please (old. I was out to effect that without shedding a drop of blood. ARMY MMAT CONTRACT:’. LONDON. May IT. Mr ||a->an ha- leen informed that the whole ol the frozen meal cunt met of six months for the British Army has been awarded to the Dominion--. It is umler-lood that Au-tralia gets the maior portion.

KM PI R K KXIIIIIITIOX. attendance reaches a MILLION. .Received this dnv at 5).-15 ti nt.) LONDON, May IT The Wembley Exhibition admission tapped the million mark this afternoon.

It i> announced the King and Queen v.-ill pay their third official visit on the •jstl, when they will be neeompnnied l, v ibe King and Queen of Italy, who will be making a State visit to London during that week.