MISELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION.

PERSIAN UNREST. WASHINGTON. July :ti).

The American .Minister. Mr K»nifcltl, lit Teheran, Inn advised tin- State Department. tlmt. t lie Persian ilovernmeiit Inn given mi assurance of l!i<' safety nf Cniled States citizen- at Tclietaii. Tlie city is under martial lau, and is jK'ifeetly t rn i hji ii l. Tin- least disturliaiiee in tin* prnvitu is will lan-c tlie proclamation nl niartia! iau there also. ■BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. LONDON. duly .(I. The ‘'Daily Telegraph” hints that the Soviet may break oli the J-miduri negotiations helore the British Govenimeiit tclegrtiplis. It adds that .M. Bukovsky (li tt.ssian Dolegatei helore leaving lor Moseow, alleged that he had eircularised lii.s colleagues in the other 'European capitals suyLig: "The delegation has hoen treated with eontem|>t. 'l'he creditors liave jut us against the wall. I will leeommend an tiltimatum. and that the delegation ho ordered to leave London at the earliest.” THE KNIGHTHOOD CASK. PARKINSON I.OSKS ACTION. (Received this day at 10.2 d a.in.) LONDON, duly HI. After loyal argument in the Parkinson ease on the question of the illegality of the eontraet. Mr dustiee Lush dismissed the action and nave • iudgment for the defendants. INTER-TM PER r A Kit KKATI (INS. LONDON, duly fil. The Fellowshi|) of the British Em|iire, whose receipts and subscriptions amount to £o{),00!> |iro|>ise to allocate ten thousand to promote inter-lmiierial relations by means of Empire si holarshi|>s, ranging from CIO!) to L'IOOO for young people in Britain with a view to settlement overseas.

AVIREBESS TRANSMISSION I!AIKS. LONDON, duly The agreement hetween the Mareeni Coy. and the Postmaster-General for the construction of a beam station, mentions the i'h.arye for the transmission of telegrams to Canada shall not exceed the cable rates, and elsewhere in the Empire they shall not. exceed two-thirds of the cable rates.