MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1924, Page 2

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

j MIPTH- MAN AND N.Z CAIII.K ASSOCIATION. * ESCAPE FRO.AI CHINESE BANDITS. * j HONG KONG, June lfi. One of the kidnapped missionaries I Rev. Ray. an American, lias escaped I Loin the bandits. He got away during an unguarded moment, while a heavy rainstorm swept the mountains, and after travelling all night, lie readied Chiuping, to which a Chinese gunboat was dispatched to assist in the escape. Missionaries brought him to Wuehow. Rev. E. 11. Crane, an Australian, is still a captive, having refused to make an attempt to esea]H*. The bandits now demand £.'looo for Ids release. ''* THE CZAR'S .ySTTKS. 4. LONDON. June 17. The “Daily Express” Paris correspondent says: “General .Tallin, formerly with Koltehaks’ army, reveals in “Lc Matin” that the ashes of the Czar, Czarina and family are in France. Alter tlie butchery, the bodies were burnt in a wood nearby. The relies wore collected and entrusted eventually to General .Tallin, who brought them ill a valise to tlio Grand "Poke Nicholas iii 1920.

A MURDEROUS MELEE. LONDON, June lfi The "Daily Express” Belgrade correspondent reports that a church festival in that city developed into a" most tragic conflict. A crowd wore dancing outside the church, when an enraged peasant fatally stabbed an onlooker on tlie grounds that bo was showing improper intentions to his wife. Instantly sides were taken, and a fierce fight began, in which the murderer’s friends, armed with revolver.’ and knives, prevented a pursuit oF him. The police found twenty persoqi; killed, n|)d fifty jnjißPd,