MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1924, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. DBA Zi I; KKX’OLT. .MONTEVIDEO, Aii-ust I. It is stilted in iintln .ritativc <| mirier- ihut ilie withdrawal <>| thy rehei.s in ji San Paulo is n strategic move. I lie levelt i.s .still formidable and a re lie I army <>l thirty thoiisnnd is said n lit* | ro: ceding to the interior of t lie Si.ile i Sao I'an'o. S()\l Ml AIII.ITABA' I’ll EPA BATIONS I .ON DON. An-. 1. A I! iga correspondent states extensive military ]ire|i.iratioiis are proceed* iii- in Itnssia. Centum military experts are now natively i o-operating with the ftisl Army leaders, who have decided to order from abroad -rent ijUantitie.s of technical cipiipic.ent. In recent months the Soviet has purchased from Holland, Italy and Switzerland over seven hundred aeroplanes, and seventy-live sithmarines besides laree (|iiantitie.s if rifles and machine K'Hi-s. T, AX'A It lAN NE*’ Hi ITATIONS JiBOKEN oEF. !.ONDON. Ano. I. A Berlin cnrre.-in.i'leni say.- the i:egut ijt ions regarding Fiaviirian railways have lieen broken oil' without result. A! I Ail KN .XII SSI NO. NEW YOI’K. August I. |; eated effort., ly wireless in ali directions la.e failed to olitain word if Ma'ir Mi l.iil'en. the ll.itish -lol.a Ilier since the | arty under his eommanil united at Pet i opavluv-k, in Kan l -; 'latka. cn .Inly ‘JI. Endonvot:,s to learn l !te tvhereiihiints of the .party have hreii i nergrti, ally carried on for three days by the JJchring Sen Patrol of the I'nit'.'il States ( oast-nurd. IlilSll BUI'NDABY IHSPITK. MAX' (A I'S K !•'LECTION. I.ON DON. Aii-ust I. Tli.' news a. lei's joeiliet tin*.t Ireland w ill locate another f i.lit ii n 1 ciisis. They state Liberal i i-o] eration will enable the (ii.'.'iunment to carry in the Camnims. a Bill dealing with ihe IJoti'.idnry Commission again-t- the Conservative's o]i|;o-iti'.in, hut t: l ords w ill iv it-, t the Bill, upon which the Government it ill appeal to the countrv. The Conservatives realise

t.ieir scrim's di-advantage if 'I ihera 1 ' and I,:thour eo-o; crate In the election eliminating t hree-i oruered iiintests.

'I :' K - IT IS SX'D.NF.V. SYDNEX". An-nst - J. The l o'i e are being k •*; l imrensingly husv. Mm ir ear llie.ts and rohIr.ules e he. ,:nii j< f daily oieunentf and the week-end li.-t is e; iisisfeiitlt heavy. SYDNEX' BA'IS. SYDNEY. A n-iist t!. As a | la-ne pieeaillion. the City Bat ( niche's are lonihitin- a seriis ol intensive drives in the city, in addition li nit* ea-iug traf .in- and | nisming. Darin- six months - I the ciirretu tear, the numbers killed tier, t iinijiaiatively In.v, shattin- the ] es! is Inin- kept well in hand. FIJI BANANAS. MAYOII. OF SFY.X'S PBOTKST. SYDNEY. A ugr.-t I. .or (irahanlc, Aluyur of Suva, who is visit in- Sydney, makes a t i-orous protest attains; the ( uiunu uv. call L duty on Fiji hauauiis lie i mi't lnii - that the le-s ef Ansi ulian trade has hit the while ] lanters hard and has reduced the dire, t .steamer •. with Sydney to one monthly. Bel’t a tile duties were imposed the monthly ■shipment of hummus to Sydney was veined at L'dO.OI.O. Fiji', ih maud for Australian it': ids also shrunk -really, i .ji now obtains mi st of pi i sn| plicdirei'l I■ om lit it ail'. Th ■ . le.-ic- -i the Australian market h.t '/.<•;■- lai d n.s the only market ill ai'ahle oil' Lammas. Ile urged that ii vas essential to l'e-t'. r a -till.!;' and linamially independent w hite | onulniinn in I•"iji in nro'er to iucvi ot lontrol !y the Indian ehmei.t- whieh were making ever im reusing demnnd- lor ei|i:n! still a-. 'lhe alien colour ill a place of •a h su ateitic im lortam c cmihl not L* |olitie:illy H""irded with indiU'er"ll. e. Sl'B-'IDIEs ON FBDZiIN MEAT. MEI.BOI'BNE. An-. i>.

Ac aiding to a statement tabled in tile House of I’e; reselilalivcs. mio sidies illiniumii:g to £! !:)..".'l2 have been laid dm ini; lII’-’I in rcs;:e; t ef 'frozen heel, canned bccl and live cattle <".* 1 oiled. A SKIMOI’S ( lIAKCK. CHIiISTCIirHCII, Ann. d. Ilio hearing was continued ibis limriiing ol the ehnrgo of tbe illegal use <o an instrument ngaiii'i (lertrude Hraie lioll, married. The evidence ol Iho girl concerned. I'loreiue Xicholls, hi years, was taken in the hospital. She identified the accused as the woman io wlio'o lioli'o 'lie went. Witness (le'clibod 1 lie operation. Tile hearing ini' adionrlied.

(orpsixo. ( Hi;iSTCI!I !!( 11. Ainr, I

Ihe Sixtli Au'tralas'iali Waterloo Cop meeting coiieluded at Soekhurn today in ideal weather. The linal' resuited:—

Watcrluo Cup. of ll’.'i sues—lb .\ Irwiii' l Hun: din) drey (lipsy beat T Laos (Southland .lack .Mac. Waterloo I’ursc. ol i’ll mV' -11. \ . Toys Ati'lralia) Hazel lilooin beat (L .Malum’' (Xew I’lymoullii lletter Luck Waterloo Plate, of 2!) soys—.l. Marshall's Kdeiidale) Onyx beat Harper and Adams I'airlie) Pox ol Tricks.

MAIiIOX AOHLEMLXT A PI’ItOVKD. I.oXIIOX. August 1. The Commons ii.' 1■: i vc l l of i In- Marconi agreement. LiYK-KI.KCTIOX KKSII.T. I.UXDOX. A ii” u.-t 1. .Mr Dean, a Conservative was ro--11111.v;I at the !ye-ehction at Holland "ith Huston. Mean (( 'oii'Ct val ive) I'JPlir. Dalton (Lalxiuritei I2IUJ. Winfrey ( Liberal i CoPti. CAPTIVE AII!MAX' Ul”i HiNT.I). I DKI.IU. August I. Aftt , r ilia aeroplane crash on ilia frontier on July iStli.. bombing opcratinf's wee '•tspcndcd for two day.-, to -ivo an i p;u: Utility t«.> tin- Arab .Malik of Simla Kind to submit to tlto (lovoniniout lii> t.-rnts lor tlx- handling over of squadron loadar Cupel who 101 l into their hand.'. Tin- Arabs brought Called and submitted their conditions. Capo 1 was well treated while in the Arabs’ hands, and is (|iiito lit and uninjured. Operation' have now been terminated.

rOLTCT.MAX’S XEW LAMP. J.OXDOX, June P,

It is claimed for a new electric lamp with which the London police arc being equipped that objects Kill yards away can be clearly seen and that it will keep alight for ten hours on one < lm fee

The lamp, which was designed by Mr (1. A. Wnotton, Inquiry department Chief at Scotland Yahl. can be made to give either a concentrated beam or a wide-angle illumination. It is attached to the wearer’s belt by a two-handled arrangement that can be unfastened only by him. ,