MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1924, Page 1

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z- CARLE ASSOCIATION.

OBITUARY. LONDON, June 3. Obituary:—M. FI. Wendon, director ot tho 1). TV. Murray Company.

IN NO MOOI) l-'OR REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES.

LONDON, 'oti:! The “Times” Paris corresp.m taut expresses it doubt whether tho demand for AT. Millerand’s resignation will le maintained. lie points out the demand is a. flagrant breach of the Consitution becau.se the presidency is deliberately made permanent for seven years for tho purpose of providing the necessary balance and continuity. Forcing tho President’s resignation would iutroduce'Tin element of instability into the Constitution, inevitably provoking reprisals. France is in no mood for revolutionary changes. THE ROTH KR.MKRK’S G 1 FT. LONDON. June 3. -Mrs Alfred Flurmsworth and Yiscout Rotherutero have given si,\ty thousand to the Alidtlle Temple to establish a benevolent endowment in memory of Alfred Ilarmsworth (husband and father, who is a barrister). .MURDER AND SUICIDE. LONDON, June 3. The “Daily Express’’ Paris correspondent states that Madame Bttchin threw herself in front of a train at ! onslcsaitnier. being decapitated. Later the police found her husband dead .it home with a butcher’s knife through his heart. It is supposed that site committed the murder and then suicided. ITALIAN FLEET. IRON DON. June 3. 'uie Turks continue agitated over ihe alleged Italian naval concentration al Rhodes. It i.s reported that Turkey has demanded an official explanation, failing which she will lie compelled to take requisite counter measures.

GENERAL SMUTS’S OPPONENTS

CAPETOWN. June 2,

General Smuts, speaknig at various elect ion meetings, strongly condemned the glowing demonstrations against the Smith African Party’s candidates. The Prime Minister charged, his opponents with aiming at secession, and declared that, if the people were to submit to the aims of the secessionists leaders. South Africa, would not deserve to be a white eivilisation at till. It might as well revert to barbarism. The Labour-Nationalist policy meant a huge row with the British Government and the Empire. “You cannot,” he said, “start secession without mobilising the whole Empire against you.” EXPLOSION TN MILL. DELHI. June A stenmpipe hurst in tho boilerhouse of the Birlu mills, surcharging the room with steam and preventing the escape Of the employees. An explosion followed and eighteen wore killed outright. One man was seriously injured. JAPANESE BAN. TUKJO, June 2 Two inoliws mi tile art- exhibit tout Lv the French Academy of Art. viz.. ! Judin's "Kiss of Spring.” and Raphael Collins's "Sleep,” were covered up. A representative of the French Ambassador, on inquiry, was informed that kissing was an unclean habit, the iutreduction and encouragement of which win not desirable in Japan.

STORAI IN EXCLANI). LONDON'. June I. A terrific thunderstorm la-ting almost 24 Imurs, swept the .Midlands and tlie South-We-t Counties. ’l'hc Severn rose In feel and flooded a large area. The (’rent Western Railway 1- blocked at Aialvern Hill through landslide.-. A numker .if Nortli Wnrv. i. k-hir.' tillage- i- i-olated. SFAIAiEI? STOILMS. LONDON, June it. Tropiral downpours nun in no i*i many districts in the south-west of England. Train ami tram services have heen di-organtsetl in many towns, wide siretehes of country are under water, and emus have been washed away. The Thames rn-e i-Tl in forty-eight hour-. The rainfall lor one day was eipml to that of the previous fortnight. Seriou- de.-trm lion lias been caused in * 1 it* Severn and Wye valleys, where Utanv villages are isttlated. The smaller bridge.- have been carried away. .Much damage has lieei/duiie in Staffordshire and Cheshire. ANO.LO-TURK ISO DEA BLOCK. CONSTANTINOPLE. June 5. Anglo-Turhish negotiation- in regard to tile .Mosul Vilayet threaten to break down. Sir Percy Cox lias informed Fetin' Bey that lie lias been instructed to return to London unless the Turks modify their attitude. The Constantinople correspondent of "The Times” states tiiat in view of the bronkuown of the Alo-ttl negotiations it is expected that Sir Percy Cox will propose that the matter should lie referred to the League of Nations. Fetid Bey will probably refer to the Angora Government for further instructions. CATTLE DISEASE. LONDON, June 2. Air Noel Buxton, Minister of Agriculture, states that only thirty-five eases of foot and mouth disease were reported in May. as compared with 21b in ALureli. There have been none during tlie last nine days. BRITISH AGRICULTURE. LONDON. June 2. The House of Commons read a second time, by 24b votes to 214, the Government’s Agricultural Wages Bill, providing for the appointment of county agricultural wages committees, empowered to fix wages and hours, each side to be e.plall y represented with an independent chairman. Failill”’ a decision l>v any committee, a central hoard will decide. . . The Minister of Agriculture, Mr X. Buxton, moving the second reading, described tlie poverty-stricken condition of agricultural workers and their families. He declared that the present standard of wages was lower than. Ijefore the war.

KING’S HORSE SCRATCHED. LONDON. .Tune 3. The King’s horse, Knight Garten has been scratched for the Derby.

THE EMPIRE’S RESOURCES

LONDON, Juno 3.

Lord Long, opened tho Metallurgical Congress at Wembley, the object of which is to discuss scientific, technical and economic problems connected with the development of tho mineral resources of the Empire and forming an Empire Council of mining and metallurgical institutions.

Referring to oil .Lord Ixmg said there was a very great potential source of oil in tile Empire in large and small deposits and in torbanite, which is similar to shale, but containing a much larger portion of high grade oil. Tho Empire’s mining resources in oil and other products were enormous—she had the mines and tho men. AL HER RIOT’S OUTLINE. PARIS, June 2. A striking programme was outlinedby iM. Herriot in a letter to the lender of the Socialist Party. It embraces the immediate suppression of the decree laws and re-establish incut of the match monopoly, both pass-, etl hy tho Poincare Government, also a general amnesty except for evaders of military service and traitors. M. Herrioit further proposes the suppression of the Embassy at the A atican, the application of the law regarding religious congregations, and a reduction of military service liv the organisation of the nation for defensive purposes. After describing his fiscal proposals mid pro-labour tendencies M. Herriot says lie favours strengthening and extending the roll of the League of Nations. the Hague Tribunal and the International Labour Office and the resumption of normal relations with Russia. lie unconditionally accepts the Dawes report.

Notwithstanding his party’s opposition over Ruhr policy in the past, the Radical leader does not lielieve in the possibility of at present evacuating the Ruhr before safeguards are laid down and enforced and an international regime established. The Socialist Congress rejected participation in the Government in the present circumstances, hut M. Herriot's statement of his programme was greeted with cheers.

The executive of the Radical Socialist- Party unanimously approved ot the programme.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL,

EARLS, June 2,

In the third round of the Olympic Association tournament Switzerland beat Italy by 2 goals to 1 after two extensions. JAPANESE KEELING. TOKIO, June 2. A second suicide, attributed to indignation at American exclusion occurred, to-dav. when ltyunke Iloshiznki, the sin of it rich 'agriculturist, of Oddawarra. drowned himself in a well. Ilosliiazki, who was of a brooding temperament, was til ways considered slightly insane, hut since the immigration nmlter had been discussed lie appeared to centre himself on the issue, expressing great indignation at American exclusion. Unlike the other suicide, lloshizaki leit no letters. The suicides have given it great impetus toS.be so-called national spirit movement. A profound nation-wide, impression has been created, and ihe newspapers are extremely bitter. Editorially they have now begun a movement to give the suicides a national funeral, on the ground that they had truly expressed the feelings of the Jaoanese people and laid typified h-rou- resolutions, which ..,,,11,1 s,,|ve the exclusion question, ot he! v iso insoluble by notes ‘ind spueehet.

A 1.-TSAN lAN 11 l-iUKI.is

I.OXOX. dune -

Ueforts IKmi Albania slum that a force 111 OOrtO rebels arc marching on Tii-ana. They arc in possession of field artillery and marbine-gun.s. but aiv mostly undisciplined volunteers. ’| He (ioviu nmnnl will bo ablo to moot t lie in with :in:vi armod regulars. Sreial danger exists in the reunion ranee of armed Flavian and Orool; J,;i lids 111’.in the Albanian Irniitiov. They aiv inking; advantage of the unsettled cmditious to invado Albania. Tim American Minister at Tirana offered to refer the Ironblo to vhc 1 .011 ono of Nations, loir both sides refused -i bo olTor. Martial law lias boon proclaimed throughout tile country. C'omnnini: a tion with Tirana li'is boon interrupted TKI.FPIIOXY ACHOSS PI.OIIK. i.OXPOX, dune d. Af.arooiii interviewed bv tbo "Daily Telegraph” ooiiiirinod tile successful experiment in wireless telephony between Ktiglaud and Australia, lie siiid : AI y system was not employed in its entirety, because araligemonls were iilieompleted. I lie system lias been used without the beam, but nevertheless. without tiie beam it has been possible to do what never was done lie fore. A speech was transmitted quite clearly and I am convinced it will be quite easy to conduct conversations between Kurland asd Australia. It will be practicable by the beam system from anywhere to anywhere. There will be no distance In future over which we (-annul telephone.

The interviewer asked:— Would it lie correct to say your system was used without the b'eanf?

Marconi: Yes, experimentally. The new system comprises something more than tho beam. That something we won’t speak about at present. An earlier successful experiment between Ireland and Alelbourne was made in telegraphy, not telephony.

A DAI DIAL’S FEARS

NEW YORK, June 4

Admiral -Bradley Eiske. who lias retired from the Navy, has made public a letter to the Secretary of tho Navy Wilbur, in which he claimed the comparative strength of the American aucl Japanese fleets is gravely misunderstood by the public. He would not suggest- that war is possible, but the Japanese and Americans had taken up irreconciliable attitudes. The Japanese had virtually broken off diplomatic relations. Such an atttmle, he says, lias usually preceded war. Though the American people imagine that as a result of the Naval Treaty, the United States fleet is superior to the Japanese fleet in the ratio of five to three, this is a reserve of truth. If the American Navy is superior in capital ships they are far from superior in

that ratio, in actual jiersonnol America is far from inferior, especially in reserves.” If Japan should go to the extreme of taking the Phillipine Islands,” lie adds, “and .thus force the United States into war, yc should find ourselves in a deplorable condition, Localise of a lack of trained men, and also of other requisites.

SEIPEL’S FATE.

VIENNA, June 4

The doctors now cautiously express hopes of Chancelor Seipel’s recovery. A special .sitting of the National Assembly passed a resolution expressing horror tit the crime.

SLAVE TRAFFIC. LONDON June 1

It is officially announced that the Government i.s despatching a division of fast destroyers to the Red Sea for the purpose of strengthening the Anglo I' I'iineo-Itnlian naval forces in suppressing a revival of the slave traffic in Africa, particularly from Abyssina to Arabia.

CANADA’S ATTITUDE.

OTTAWA, June 2,

Further restrictions on Japanese immigration into Canada are under consideration by the- Government, Air J. A. Robb, -Minister of Immigration, informed the House of Commons. Replying to a question its to whether tho Government had received representations from retail merchants in British Columbia, asking for the same restrictions on Japanese as now exist inrespect to Chinese, and what tho GovermenL intended to do about it. Air Robb said: “Keptosculations have been received, and the question of the advisability of the further restriction of Japanese immigration is under consideration.” Canada has no agreement with the Japanese Government not to pass further restrictive legislation. Inti tho •Japanese Government has agreed to restrict to lot) mutually the number of Japanese coming into Canada. Tin.constitutes the quota allowed, but last year -12-1 Japanese came to Canada. IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN. LONDON, June 2. The “Evening Standard” states that before the House of (’OllllllOlO rise.-, on F riday the < n vcniniciit w ill aiinotmee its dcci.-ion regarding an Imperial wireless policy. There is little doubt that the reciiiiitm tidatiou of the Donald Committee will lit l carried out in its entirety. :o that the new beam method will Ire restricted to services outside the Kinniro scheme.

N l-X: OT IA T I O X S PI!DC KKDIXt f . I.OXDOX. dune 3.

The Parliamentary correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph" says that inquiries in official circles show that the negotiations with the Inmerial wireless scheme are still progressing, and will not he completed in time io enable a lull disclosure of the plans to lie made this .week.

It has been announced tlml the I’ost-master-Doiiora! has decided io appoint a committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Hubert Donald, lo advise specific improvements in ino business organisation of the Post Office, which were strogl.v urged by tin- last Donald, f 0111lnitlee.

SOVIF.T AI KTI.IODS. 1 OX POX. duXo L>

The “Daily Telegraph’’ draws attention' lo tlie fact that the newspaper “Pravada.” the official organ o» the Soviet, publishes a blasphemous caricature represciitig Mr MacDonald. armi n-a mi with the King and Christ. All three arc represented as wearing frock coats and top hats. The same issue contains a lo»g report of M. Zinovieff’s attack on Mr MacDonald, io which he says: “Mr Maclloald’s policy is that of a valet serving a great lord, and dictated by a desire to serve the rich lmurgonise without diminishing his credit with the British workmen." M. zinovielf indicates that Pussfa expects a loan of oOO.OOO.Oft'O gold roubles at six per cent, interest. M.YCHIXIi FOP. Mc-LAHKX. TOKTO. dune 3. An American destroyer lias arrived with a machine for Macl.aron. Jbe machine was immediately transferred to another American destroyer, which has left for Akyab.