MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 July 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ICSTIIALIAN AND N.Z. CAULE ASSOCIATION. EMPIRE WIRELESS. BRITAIN ACCUSED OF MISMANAGEM ENT. (Received this day at 9.15 a.in.) •LONDON. .July 0. The “Observer'' in an editorial headed the “Wireless .Scandal” says it would he difficult for anyone investigating impartially the evidence of the lr.st six years not to conclude that Britain’s settled policy towards overseas communications has been neglected. Fortified by deliberate obstruction in the utilisation of wireless Britain is not the first hut the last among the principal nations of the world. The Dominions do not share this responsibility. They have been ready to match our best pace. They have had to watch impatiently and waste precious years through Britain’s lethargy and mismanagement. It is a grave situation to make the Post Office responsible for Imperial wireless connect ions hut as the alternative is hirther delay and loss we are forced to acquiese in the policy adopted.

i THE ABANDONED POLAR FLIGHT (Receded this day id 9.15 a.m.) i ROME. July 0. ■ Aviators are urging rta ly that should undertake the polar flight which Amundsen has abandoned. Deputy l.ocatclli, a noted aviator, sought permission to do so but the Government has refused on the ground of expense. The Government is seriously considering a proposal for T.ocatelli to use the machines built for Amundsen for a (light from the North of Scotland to Iceland. Greenland, Labrador and Canada. | A DENIAL. LONDON. July 0. In reference to a statement made at the meeting oF the late Sir John Stewart’s creditors, a member of Mr Lloyd George’s secretariat declared, that Mr l.loyd George had no knowledge oi such a transaction. INTERN AT I(> NA L ATHLETIC CON KER ENC7E. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day al ID a.m.) Paris. July o. tine thousand military pigeons were released at the moment of the opening of the Olympiad, carrying the news widespread. The International Amateur Athletic Association discussed a proposal to allow women's organisations to affiliate tml participate in the Olympic games. Decision was deferred.

AT OLYMPIA. PARIS, July G. The. Olympic profession around the arena of the great .Stadium was witnessed hv fifty thousand people. Australia’s forty-nine nq resentutives, wealing green caps, blazers and cream trousers, marched in the (bird position. New Zealand's four representatives were led by Burnt and Aliss Slutnd. the latter wonting a cream costume and hat. The Americans, 3G5 representatives, were headed by naval and military oHiieis and with Indies in smart cream ce.stnines. They made up the biggest quota and resembled an army in eompaiison with the others. Tlte French numbered nearly Lillee hundred. Ireland appeared for the first time as a separate entity. . PARIS. July 0. At the Olympic Games in the second round Porrit ran second in lus beat to the American. Bowman. Cair v.as "as -oml to t lie A irei i ail Si'holr.. Mi LABK.VS FLY. TOKIO, July G. Mcl.aron has arrived at Kushitnoto. JAPANESE STRIKE. ’“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received thi- day at !l a.in.' TOKIO. July li. Owing to the Irani strike, cite people are afoot except for a few trams manned by ins|>cetnrs and apprentices. Students of the polytechnic school offered their services. The strikers lire adopting an ugly nltiLiido and the police are ready to deal with development'. The anti-American agitation is rapidly subsiding and inn-t of the antiAmerican posters have been removed. The police at the Home Qllice are tightening control over the demonstrators.

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