MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION,

CAI’K MINISTRY. CAI’KTOWN, duly 25. The I’nioii Asembly met this morning. Mr Jansen was unanimously .•leeled Speaker. The l'n ion Parliament uus opened in the afternoon by the (bivcrnor-floncral. The speech said that the session was intended merely for t In- passing of the F-iimates and minor leglisativc measures ihut are eou-idered urgent. Inter alia, the (foverninent will re|>eiil lie tax on patent medicines, and will amend the tobacco tax, both of which contributed to the downful of the Smuts Oovcrnment. It also will reenact n-trespectively the Act controlling rents, which expired on .June .'JO. The speech also refers to the growing distress caused by unemployment drought, and locust-, and prn/ision is heir,; inaugurated to remedy ‘he continued widespread iincmp. lymc.f. There i- to lie encouragement of industrial and agricultural development, and the careful establishment of land settlement. It is estimated that expenditure for the current year will 1.0 tabled totalling C27,!tKi.000.

INDIAN BORDER. TROFBLE.

(“Sydney Sun” Cables)

(Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) DEMI I, July 27.

Two Afghan Irregular bands attacked a small Indian Army force manning a watcb-toivc.r near Baimti on the north-west frontier. They went to Berserk on the 10th. and murdered an Indian officer and drove out the rest of the garrison, seizing all the weapons and the tower. A large force, attempting to capture the invaders brought up a fifteen pounder and demolished the tower capturing the liairdrter.s alive. A UIFEim.T JOURNEY. DELHI. July 28. The English engineer. M. Casper, has arrived at Calcutta, from Bckin, having done the journey on horseback. The trip was undertaken to prospect the routes of t,•(••graph- from India to China. Apart from the difficulties of travel no untoward incident occurred. The tribes encountered were must friendly.

HOUSING BILL. (Received this day at I I .25 a.m.) LONDON. July 27. Air Bastings speaking at AVtillsend. rol'oiring to the Housing Bill, said he saw only one way to get building materials. That Wits for the ~Ministry to lix prices. If mnimineturers would not sell at those prices, the Minister must be empowered to take over their '•'•'oiks and | rodme materials at a fair price. A Bill embodying those provision- had been introduced ill the Commons. It might .surprise many people to know that compensation was not paid under the Bill for loss of property. ■There would be such a light over the Bill as the Commons had ever seen. ff passed, the public would see tlm lirst letters of socialism written on the wall. If rejected, the dove, rmiiciit wonhl probably go to the country. He predicted that the next I’ariiamcnt would contain three hundred labourites. ON THE FI.). jI’ABIS. July 27. .Major Znnni of Argentina, living in a Dutch Fokker fitted with British engines, bus left. Anistcubim on a world flight, and lias reached Lynns, via Baris. .SPIT HEAD NAVAL DLSI’JiAY. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, July -27. -

The most striking feature of Hw Spithcad disi[lay "as the Centurion, which is the only vessel among the "ur service shij-s that was also present at the 1014 leview. None ap- | ealed to the large party of colonials more than the Queen Kli/.aheth, owing to her help to the An/.ais at Gallipoli. | he Tiger was tin- next favourite with her battle scrolls. Digger Dank and Jutland, adorning the turret. Iho sightseers trip through the lines occupied scvciity-livo minutes. NO DKPDIKVF. LONDON. July 2.4. Mr. Henderson alter < imsideriiig 11 is* medical ro|nrts as to the mental iiiiiditiun of Gnldcubctg. cabled on 21th. refuses to recommend a reprieve. UNIONIST APPEAL. LONDON. July 27. Mr Baldwin (it a Unionist donumstailoii at Manchester. without naming Mr Churchill and other biln-rals said his object "as to gather into the I'uioiii.st party all who believed ill the maintenance of the constitution and liberty and in giving the whole Umpire the assurance that the .Mother Country was resolved to do its duty by the Dominions.

DFVFNUF. FROM A MI DDKD. 1 Received this day at a.in.) LONDON. July 21

Thousands of J'last bourne holiday makers ale taking motor i liarahani trips to the bungalow " hi'l'o Emily Day wjis murdered and paying one shilling per bead admission, ol which the do vernmeiit grimly receives two-pence in tertaiument lax. Ihe r- , maiinh*r lshared between the owner and a neighbour wlio acts as guide. The surroundings of the hungaio" have become like a fair with ice-cream stalls and sellerof ('rumble's Buugalo" rock. The owner said lie was forced to admit the public as hundreds surrounded the place and threatened to break in unless he admitted them. He intended making grants to charities ol the receipts.

GRUESOME SIG HTSEKRS LONDON, July

The owner of Eastbourne bungalow has decided not to admit more sightseers. Till-: BRITTANIA TIIOIMIY. (“Sydney Sun” Cables'. (Received this day at 0.25 a.m.) .JINHON, July 27. I lie Royal Aero Club awarded the Rnl tan in trophy In Col-ham tor the most meritorious perlorniauee in the air in 1023. he flying twelve thousand miles from London to the Near Fast. Palestine. North Africa. Spain, and hack to London without accident. Till'. JUTLAND BATTLE. OFFICIAL account PUBLISHFD. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. July 27. The Admiralty has published an official account of the Jutland battle with diagrams illustrating the position of the ships during the battle. The narrative is based on the Admiral's despatches and individual ship's re|>orts' Ihe introduction emphasises the difficulty of attempting to ascertain the movements of the individual ships with clear, definite precision, in a battle in which 1.34 British flags and pennants were living. 'Phe volume includes Lord Jellicoo's comment on the oliieial narrative. regretting he was compelled to express any dissent, hut ho considers it his duty to draw attention to a few important passages with which he i« unable to agree. Lord Jellicoe defends Admiral Thomas front the imputation that ho was responsible for tlio delay of t!m Fifth

Battle Squadron entering tin- battle. Lord Jellicoe points out that tin- signals for the entry of the squadron were made l:y flags, which naturally, were not easily distinguishable. He deals with the difficulty arising from tin- receipt of various reports. and ]Kiints out. that the earlier reports led him to expect to reach the enemy > battle licet ahead. This expectation was based on reports from Lord Beatty's flagship. Lion, from Southampton. Lord Jellicoe gives a lengthy account of the information available regarding the position of the German fleet at night, after tile sec-olid engagement, lie add.s that on many points the official narrative is only partially correct or misleading.' The narrative tails to give a true idea of the confusion caused by the contradictory reports, the effect of which was felt throughout the action.

The Admiralty Lords follow Lord Jellieoe's comment with copious footnotes. and express their satisfaction that compilers of the narrative adhere to facts and are more in accord with the evidence available, where it diffeis from Lord Jellicoe. Sir Walter Windham, criticising Lord Jellieoe's comment, points out the British did not pursue the Germans southward. where they might have ill i\ cn the enemy on to the British mine field, and asks why Lord Jellicoe failed to intercept- the enemy when the Germans steamed 175 miles, and crossed the stern of the British during the night.