MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1924, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LitEUiEus Telegrams.j

EVEREST TRAGEDY

ACCIDENT

AT 28.000 FEET

LONDON, June 25. The latest .Mount E> crest report states that native potters saw Mailoiy and Irvine on the 7th. June, going strongly towards the .summit. I Itev bad iij>l aretitly attained a height of 28.000 foot on the morning of June Bth. After that there was no news of them, though other members ot the expedition endeavoured bv signals and Hares to obtain tidings. Norton expresses the opinion that the tragedy was due to a simple mountaineering accident, and not to the weather.

FINANCIAL CRITIC. LOXDQX. Juno 2(J

The ‘‘Financial News” editorially says: Tile high proportion of Dominion and foreign borrowings to the total capital issues this year raises the question of whether or not it is p.ossible to over-lend. and, secondly, of the economic consequences of large overset's loans. It lias been freely asserted that oveilending abroad lias occurred, nml for the time being wc have out run the available surj his. Overseas loans may easily have similar iniluenees on exchanges and prices as inflation.

BUCK-J LUMPING CONTEST. AUSTR ALIA X DISQU A LIFI ED. [Reuters Telegrams.] (Received this day at S a.mA LONDON, Juno 2G. The Australian. Snowy Thompson, started off in fine style in the first round of the buck-riding contest for £IOOO. wherein lie and a Canadian (Vnndcmore) and an American (Edward Tegland) are participating at Wembley. Thompsoif made an easy journey tho mount galloping down the Stadium not indulging iu bunking; but the others had a livelier passage. Immediately afterwards the cowboys and spectators protested that Thompson was riding with a crupper, which is an iron attachment on the saddle and declared that it absolutely prevents bucking. Thompson declined to re-ride without the crupper and so was automatically disqualified.