MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[Kf.utkhh 'J i:i.E;;HA.iis. j Tl’Mi STJ.’IKK COM,AIkSF.S. LONDON, .June 10. Four rralt unions have ordered tla-ir men to resume on Monday pending ilie result ol tin* national iiof'ntialinns, thus eompletely terminating the strike [ on tlie railways in London.

SI'.N'DAV NKWSI’AI’ER (O.M.MKXT •.Deceived this diiv at N.flfl a.m.) LONDON, .luiio I.';. I lie .Sunday papers oive prominence to the preference dehate in the Common-. this week speculating on the fate ol the resolutions. Ih(.‘ ‘‘Sunday I imes declares that I’arliament otif'ht to dehate am! settle the question sofel.v ill relerenee to the reaction of the adverse vote upon Imperiiil feeline and opinion. The main point is whether the Kuipire and its affairs are to he [ made the sport of IJritisli piirtv polities. Tin- ••Observer" says that Labour Inis its chance to improve on the cheap catchwords and irrevlant issues raised hy the eonventiotial controversy ho* tween tariffs iind free trade. The Knipire’s trade itself is at stake. .■HTHI'TJ, DHAUCJfITS CHAMPION LONDON’, .Tune Id Samuel Cohen, of London, ;ioed. is, has heeome the Knolisli draufjhtx champion, heatine J. Dufrey, of Saint 'lelens. K.vperts ajtrco that he may heeome the world's champion, lie makes moves with remarkahle speed. ■’APTLY DIUTISII .MANI'I'ACTrHM. MU M ASSKV'S IMtOTKST ATTIC ACTS

ATTENTION. ; (Received this day at !l. |.I a.m.) ■LONDON. June l.j. •Mr -Massey's protest against the issue I of preference certificate-, on goods not "holly ol British manufacture has attracted much attention and muinifaeturoi- me inquiring whether reforms are possible. .Motor car makers point I out that the tightening of the conditions ol the issue of certificates would benefit British trade by shutting out I Canadian cars partly mauufacturod in America. In this matter the firms deI chile that Australia is also interested. ANOTHER OLIVE BRANCH. LONDON. June LI. It is rumoured from Berlin that the Kaiser will shortly lie coming a father. It true, Princess Hermione does not wish it to lie known as she. has written to a friend stating that her eoiifmenient to her bedroom is due to rheumatism. THE ITALIAN TRAGEDY. ROM!!', June 11. It is believed the kidnappers of Matteotts did not mean to murder him. I in the struggle he was struck a heavy blow which fractured his skull. The l.idiiupipug has caused n most serious position in the Italian Chamber. Ihe entire opposition absented t hemselves as a protest. Premier Mussolini and other Fascists expressed execration and horror against the murder. Mussolini promised that if the perpetrator "ere caught he would he brought to a speedy justice; hut he hoped the opposition would not utilise tho inti-

lent for party purpose,). in rolisc(| lienee of the uliseiiee of >|>|’osilioii 1 lie Clitmilier voted the cstiHutes to the end ol the vein - tiud adonrned sine die.

Mussolini stayed :i( iiis ollire nil ni/ht one. personally Mij'eriuteiidini: the 'oliie senreli. Three jirrests Imve heon mule.

CHINESE TIRMOIL. i Received this day at !). II a.in.) I’Elsl.V .June 11. I lie (.iti of Kweilin ha> been closely besieged for over three months. Twenty British and American missionaries are there. It is reported the population is in the last stages of I'ymiiic. No news Ini- been received from tllO missionaries. The Foreign Ollier suites four missionaries were raptured when living to reach Kweilin from Win-how. They started against olfic.ial adviie mid walked open-eyed into the bandit lair. SPEECH BY TROTSKY. .MOSCOW. June |l. Trotsky, in a sjeecli. dedaied tin* l(>|:ol - ts of bis alleged speech al Podolsk favouring the Russian invasion of Ressarabia as :i step towards 1 lie seizure of Constantinople and the Straits, was I absolutely untrue. On the contrary lie declared the compicst of tin- Straits j Was directly opposed in (be policy of I the Soviet which bad helped Turkey to j regain the possession of Constantinople and assure freedom for (lie National- j j EVEREST EXPEDITION. ] LONDON. June M. j Advices from the Everest expedition, j dated the 2(itli. May. show the advance j was again teni|mrnrilv defeated alter ascending to camp four on the north j column. The expedition is now recu- j perilling at the base camp and camp! two before making a flesh all.■mot. | Only by super human efforts some ol t the members of the parti and a ntun- | her of porters would have lusi their i lives. T|i" conditions at camp lour, at | a height of twenty-three thousand feel I were found to l>e most dangerous, and , it was decided to evacuate it. While ! Mr Hazard was shepherding the nor- } ters down the treacherous descent lour j lost their nerve and returned to the | camp. Their only lood was a sack ol | meal. The other.- iva-hed camp (luce, i Snow iva> falling Imavih and the cold: was extreme with lillv degrees of flosl. Il was realised that unless the marooned porters wen- ipiirkly rescued their doom would be sealed. Ihe next morning Mallory. Norton and Somerville started on the dangerous ascent and managed, after tremendous efforts, lo reach the porters and bring them safely to camp three, which is at an | altitude of twenty-one thousand leet. j The porters were terribly exhausted j and almost frozen. Snow 101 l roiitill- I uonsly for 2<i hours with fortv-six degrees of frost, the lowest temperature experienced on any Everest expedition. Sleep was impossible, not only . due to the extreme cold, but to pro- J longed fits of roughing. I here was no ] sign of improvement, hut many iudi- | cations that the monsoon was breaking, j Consequently on the 21th. May. the | main party retreated to the base camp, j tho smaller party remaining at camp two. i

INTER X ATT ON A L LA BOV R CONFERENCE. BERNE. June 11. The International Labour Conference opens at Geneva to-morrow. Approximately fifty States, including Germany are participating. Hu* Australian dolegacs have arrived. WEMBLEY WORKERS GET INCREASE. (Received this dav at 11.21 a.i11.) LONDON. June 11 A conference of tho workers’ union and amusement employers at Wembley agreed to tho wage increases, representing generally an advance of 10s weekly on the existing minimum find other confessions.