MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[ Hkutkh.h Thi.kch.vm.s. j THE SI DAN TROUBLE. (Received this ilav at Hb'-’-T a.in.; CAIRO, August 27. A demonsUiitinii occurred at Luxni on tlm in rival of a section of the Egyp. thin Railway Battalion Ironi the Sudan . The crowds who Mere jeciing. mere dispersed. It- is stated uiioflieially that the Kjevplinn (iovernnient contemplates the disbandment of the whole battalion. TROUBLE IN CHINA. (Deceived this day at I-,.'ID ji.ni.) I’KKIN. Aue u st. 27. There is no train eoniiniinieation between Shanghai and Peking, except military. The local Chinese Defence Commissioner, who tinder Tueliunltto. having assumed control of part of the line dispatched four trains, laden with troops, last night for an unknown destination. Fighting has not yet commenced anil there is still a chance of no war. .Much depends whether Wupeifu, without whose permission and funds Chi cannot fight, considers whether ii is near the worth of the heavy financial piie lie will have to pay. So far as the foreign population and property in Shanghai are loncernotl. there does not appear to he much danger but all possible precautions are being taken to meet the possibility. Tens of thousands of Chinese refugees are coming into the foreign settlement. British and American warships from Woihaiwei gild Chofoo respectively, are expected to-morrow. AVKMBI>BY CONTIXCAX C E. LONDON, August 27. The ’‘Daily Mail” states the Exhibition authorities have learned the Lovernments of Canada.. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, who do not desire to participate in the continuation of the exhibition in 1020. have been asked to reconsider their decision and negotiations are proceeding. A All'll DEI! TRIAL. (Received this day at !).2o a.tnA LONDON, Aug. 27. 'l’li- trial has commenced at Edinburgh of William l/aurie King, aged 22, cabled on Kith. Nov. last, on a charge of matricide and attempted patricide. The jury included live women. The lather of accused gave evidence that following a supper of bread and cheese, lie and his wile became sick, the wife dying ill a few hours, lie believed the food contained arsenic. There lmd been family differences over his insistence upon the accused becoming an accountant, hut no quarrels on the fatal night, lie had decided to alv ] o w his sun his own choice, namely chemistry. Accused kept quantities of poison at. the home, and was well behaved and devotedly attached to his parents. He had lioen discovered telling lies about the accountancy examination for which lie should have sat, hut did not sit. hut he had n" reason to desire his parents’ deaths. THE HESSIAN TREATY. EI’SETTI.NU DISCLOSEDES. [ "Til k Tim us" Siatvu.-i:.] .. (Received this day at 0.20 a.lit.) LONDON, Aug. 27. Lending Bolshevik commissaries continue to gloat over the enormous benefits ooeuring to Dussia from the Anglo-Soviet Treaty. ICamereff typically asserted that Russia need not pay her creditors, even a louse, lie claims that England under the Treaty, recognises the Soviet's lights to confiscate private property. The “Times” says a feature ol the disclosures regarding the Treaty is the methods by which it was negotiated. After the Foreign Olliee had announced that negotiations were abortive, according to .Moscow papers, Purcell, Wellhead or other Labourites conducted a new form of secret diplomacy behind the hacks of the Cabinet, and threatened the (lovernnient with their resignations if their solution were not accepted. This was not the only ease in which it is claimed that pressure was successfully exerted upon the .Ministers. The “Times” added:—The nation has a right to know who are the men who un..ertake to supersede its recognised representatives in important negotiations, and apply pressure to the administrators of the criminal law. Hie last reference being to the withdrawal of the prosecution of Campbell, rallied on the Bth.

CROKS-CIIA N N Kl, AIR FKRR Y. Ijle“el'»ed Inis dnv nt f).2.‘> n.nt ' LONDON. Aug. 27. A half-hourly air ferry is being arranged between Folkestone and Ron logne, a thousand horse power Ilyin;; boat carrying twelve passengers, cross ing the Charnel in a quarter of nr hour.