MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

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WEN I BLEY AT T E XI) A X (E. LONDON, dune 1. there was a record attendance o ffif),2o2 at Wembley on Saturday.

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I I'ooeived this day at 8 a. in.) LONDON', Juno 1. Ihe ‘•Sunday Lxpro.vs" Parliamentary correspondent hays it is not boliovod .Mr Asfjuith will rotain tho load, orsliiji of the Lilioral Party for long, h is equally certain .Air Lloyd (I cargo "ill succeed. The Liberals seem determined that Laliour .shall not produce another Budget. Ihe probabilities Point to a general election in the Autumn when the Liberals expect to I be ready.

BUTTER AT WKAHiLKY. London. xrnv ;u. I 111 till- Com minis, II questioner drew atteiitimi to tlie fact tlmt every rcstaulitnt table at the Exhibition proclaimed that none hut Australian butter was used, ffe asked who sanctioned tin's discrimination against home produce. Mr Limn promised to make entjuiries.. WOULD FLIOHT. TOKIO. May 31. -American planes have arrived at Kushiiimoto. CAUSE OF DISASTER. Y MINNA. A lay 3|. A traveller Irom Bucharest descrih111ft the disaster ,say s the explosion of the magazine Idled \% it li shrapnel and grenades was so terrilie that it seemed, that every building in the city had laden. Mouses shook to their foundations ami tiles and parts of facades Idled the .streets, hanllv a single pane of

glass being lelt unbroken in the city. Me adds that the people of Bucharest all* coin meed the disaster was the work of Commiini.sts.

THE DEATH BAYS. LOXDOX. Alav I

Matthews returns to London on Sunday. A consultation with Ids solicitors resulted in the formation of a £3uo,Oili! sterling liritish Company in which Uoyer (a scientist of Lyons) .scoured sixteen per cent. Matthews becomes the direction at a big salary, enabling him to develop tin- ray and carry nil other researches.

BUILDINO TRADE ACCEPTANCE I.OXDOX. .May 31. Tin* second Xatiomd ballot of building trade operatives resulted in tin- acceptance of the employers' otl'er. The danger of a threatened .strike is therefore removed. fIOYFUX.MKXT MOUSINO SCHEAfE [ U KITTKRS TIJI.KUI* AMS. j (Ueceived this day at S a.in.) LON'DOX. May 31. The ollicial details of the Onvcriiment's Mousing Scheme, show the contributions of the Stale and local an tliorities. nrlmdlv. an- estimated lo total £l.37i;.i::i:>.(!:)'! spread over forty years, the Stale's share being £!)20,1)00,000.

AX ALLIAXCK. Ueceived this day at tb’Jo a.in.) I:KLSIXCJFOUS done I

The newspaper ' Sevodjmi ” says Uoiimuiiia, Turkey and Poland have ct.iuludeil a treat by which Unumauia ami Poland will jointly provide a million soldiers, and Turkey •Jdt),(K!J in the ev.ent of any of the trio heing attacked. A COLOSSAL CONCERT. i Ueceived this day at O.'Jo a.in.) I.OXDOX. .lime I. Umpire Week al Wembley culminated '.villi a colossal eoin--il at t.lie Stadium condiicled by Charles Harris. Ten tlioiisalid u bite-robe I chorisl'-rs. drat'o from cboral soiietie- in all pails of the Kingdom were arranged around an orebeslra consisting of five hundred players. It:iiit did mil damn the enthusiasm of thousands of musical enthusiasts who arrived from the provinces to hear their own laliiotis choirs participate in l lie programme of works of liritish compo-eis. A CENOTAPH. I.OXDOX, .lime I. lo ibe presence of fitly thousand, Ceoeral Haig unveiled a cenotaph ill (ieorge Square, Clasgow.

cniNA-iirssn pact. deceived this day at !).2o a.in.) PEKIXO, June 1

After a month’s critical negotiation, China and Russia have signed an agreement by which the former recognises the Soviet's agreement provisionally. It settles the fate of the Chinese Eastern Railway, of which tlio management is placed in the hands of Riis-ia, who takes oi or the railways and debts. China restores the Russian Government property, and thy Soviet allocate the Russian shn re of the Boxer indemnity to a fund for the education of Chinese. The Soviet also undertakes not to transfer Russian concessions in China wholly or partly to a third Bower. The Soviet recognises the Chinese sovereigiitcy ill outer Mongolia.

A I'NIOUE OPENING. CAPETOWN. June I

The Rhodesian Legislative Assembly lias opened at Salisbury under unique conditions, before a huge attendance, many settlers travelling from remote districts. The Assembly is being held in a dancing ball at an Hotel, which is probably tiie first time in history that even a Colonial legislature or such ail august body were deliberating in licensed premises. Nevertheless the dignity was well maintained, but curious waiting c rowcl.s were entertained by orchestral music. The Governor and .Chancellor opened the assembly with Hie usual pomp and ceremony and after formal business the House adjourned.

NO PEERAGES LONDON. June 1

The “Sunday Times" says the King's Birthday list of honours on Tuesday will contain no peerages.

R USSIAN CONFERENCE. LONDON. Juno 1. The observers special interview with Rakowsky declares the Anglo-Rnssian Conference revealed a most serious orisi«. The Conference is divided on the subject of pre-war <lebts. \W declare it is impossible for an impoverished country like Russia to pay according to the nominal value. Our formula is that the payment of debts must be considerably reduced in exchange for a loan. The British answer is to refer us to the city. The City takes a stand on a manifesto and says “Earn our confidence first, by repudiating your Socialism." In the cir. cHinstaiiccs no practical results are possible.

A FREE FIGHT. ROME. Mav 1

The Italian Chamber was converted into a stadium, when Fascists and Communists and other parties engaged in a free fight. They exchanged blows with fists following a Fascist! Deputy’s taunting speech. Increasing preponderance of black eyes, swollen lips and trickling noses prompted the President tq interfere OPfl p.djonrnfd tho sitting.