MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1924, Page 1

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION

LIQUOR PROSECUTION. OTTAWA, June (5

A telegram from Montreal says that in connection with the arrest of the Spanish Consul, .Miguel Maluqtter tit hi* ollee, on tt charge of conspiracy to defraud the Canadian customs by smuggling alcohol into Canada, the other consuls have taken up tlie matter with their home Governments. Ihe question at issue is whether a duly-accredited consul oi tt foreign bind can lie arrested by ilu* police. The sanctity o! domicile is also being debated.

Meanwhile, Seiler Multiplier is lit

■mol, having ‘ailed h, raise the live l lion-ami dollars bail fixed for his " nondin-.; trial. FRENCH TRIAL. LONDON. June 7. ■'be "Morning Post's" corrcspond"'lt at Palis states that the trial of ■'-•(I Communist.* for distributing aiittAi ;!tt;ti i.-t propaganda tinning the From h troops on the Rhine, has con- ■ lulled at Mayolieo. The sentence's ran.'.':-.-1 from ten years to three j Mu. tuiis. :

JAP ('.' 111. NET RESIGNS. TDK if), ,1 inie 7. I‘ulliiwiug upon a Cabinet meeting, tin: Cabinet has resigned.

german MfNISTRV. BERLIN, June ti. the Reichstag has voted confidence In the Government's declaration regarding the Export s’ reports by 947 votes to 183. GERMAN TREATY WiTII (MiNA. PEKIN. June 0. Copies o| the ( hitio-Genntin agreement have been li.riiially exchanged by i! i. > Cuvcrnment ami the German l.e-gali-ui. Tin- questions -cttlcd include tii- iv-:mati.m of l'.-T'sii:t ll private propvrt.v in China, the s- tliciiicui of Geri,i..n haand bends, and the teltal.dilation of the Deutsclie-A -iaticslic Bank. FOREIfi.N POLICY AND DOMINIONS LONDON. June fi. The newspapers interpret .Mr Tii a - |Lmaid's statement in the Mouse of t-oinmaus on the l.ausatiuc Treaty a.s foi-shailowitig a further conference with the I tominiotis to lay down future procedure. Mr .MacDonald lemarked: “The Colonial Oi'fice sends out a weekly cablegram in Australasia, Canada and Africa outlining foreign events. Naturally tie Dominion Mini-tors begin to express their opinions thereon, but the opinions that are expressed at the end of long cablegrams are not negotiations. The question arises whether it is pos..ible o necessary in supplement them liv creating a c-miest which comes nearer l - a -bar - in the obligations .- u.I removes any mi-omderst andiug.

lil SB!,AN DROUGHT. lON DON .tunc 7. The -Daily Telegraph" Riga ■or cs-.otnlent states that there is a tuns

< xtcM-ive drought in Southern Rus*ia. The ( Olllj. let.-.* loss of Ibe 101 l vest is t liruit'-ued.

Til !•:\T|;l( ,\i. pIiOPCUKR DEAD. LONDON. June 7. ( P-1111-!!-'. -- • Mis Soblke the theatrical, ainl j r.iilucci- • one liundrcd anil t l.i y slmWs since lie - ante to England iu U'!2

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