MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

FRENCH BABY FARMER

[‘•The Times” Service.] (Received this day at 0.25 a.m ' LONDON, Ana. LI. A Paris correspondent says hahy farming chare.es against a Bordeaux doctor in which the police are trying to trace sixteen missing children, have again rivetted public attention on the abnormal rate ol infantile mortality in France. Apparently the doctor made a practice of receiving expectant, unmarried mothers, whose children were horn secretly. He then undertook the supervision ol the infants at a price. The newspapers draw attention to the surprising fact that in its birth rate France exceeds England, hut France’s infantile mortality is lar higher. They comment on the common practice, particularly among the workiiiß class, of mothers placing babies out to nurse, and the dangers and mortality resultant from that resource.

rack to gold standard

(Jte'-eiveil tnis d»v at 0.25 a.m t LONDON, Aug- 14

It is reported the Hank of Knnla.nl and the American Kederal Deserve Hank have already agreed to the t,.,ins lor a world-wide restoration of the unit! standard. Alter the treat* is sinned America "ill not expo'-t Hold, hnt "ill use Hritish Hold l'»r the payment of tvar debts and to establish credits for financiuH Kiiropeau industries.

STKAMKH KKIZKD AT CANTON. PKKINC!. Ann. ! K The Cloverninctil of Canton seized the Norwegian steamer Hay, ear . - i,,0 ,|HoO rilles, lAAI Mauser pistol*. Ui;o revolvers ami two 11 * j lion rounds of ammunition consigned to Canton merchants for the volunteer corps. Hr Sun Yat Pen previously granted an import permit, hut v declares that this was obtained ny misrepresentation by the merehanl volunteer organisation "hull render. ' good service. preventiiiH execution* and terrodism hv Sun Yal Ken s tnerceuary troops. The merchants threatening a general strike it the munitions are not released.

llKid* KOI? CHINA. PKKINO. Aug. IK . The International Kamine Itel.el Committee has received verihed reports that tlio nuinlKT ol known cliMtn* Hood amounts to 13.11.".. Ihe • ommittce estimates to millions are nllccted in the Hooded areas ol Hnnau. (Midi. KimiHsi. Kukien. Kwnilgtung. S|entung!~ Honan and Dupie. while about Iwo and n-hnlf millions sterlniH ls ipiired tor relief.

I KVV ON OKIt.MAN IMPORTS. LONDON. Ann. H

Uovernment has decided t<> 10-rnmn. cut l.v restore the 2d ‘cntum I'"‘".X moo levied on (hrm:,.. nnpo.ts ill the Repartitions Remvei\ Ait. ~ vornmont on Utkins: ollicc 'educed the percentage to live centum. V

\ SIONIKICANT ORDKR. MALTA. Auk. I K One of three l.ntt.d'u.ns hero has boon ordered to be m to proceed to Kgypt at a lew horns tiee.

TO SsTTDY. SOVIET MKT HODS. MOSCOW. Ann- '>• Tweutv British Labourites, ineltidi,iH the Commoner. Dorothy .lewson. have reaelied Leningrad to study the Soviet educational methods. Japan’s Ainn. TOKIO. AUK- Kl. The A nilv heads have approved of the reorganisation of the army plan which will go to Cabinet and then to iw-Kraor. ~ TOKIO. Auk. ! '• The Department of Apiculture lorecasts the greatest rice crop >'.r -« ye " rS ' ZANNI’S FLIGHT. DKLHI. Aug. IK Zanni left Calcutta this morninp in nil endeavour to read. R«nR«»» > means of a straight voyape across the Bay of Bengal which has never beep pompli s lt?4 Y e^!

A CIIAHOK. DISMISSKD. (Received tins day at. 11--o a.m.) LONDON- A up. ItCampbell, editor of the “Workers W'eeklv” was discharged, the Crown aeeeptinp the plea of armed forces in the suppression of industrial disputes was admitted that the defendant had an admirnble jnilitaiy record.