MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1924, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[UfX’TKItS Tf.i.kcbams.] AYEMBI.EY to HE CONTINUED. IIO.VDOX. Auk- -«• The ‘‘Daily .Mail” says: A cabinet (ommitteo has been appointed fn o;in--ider the financial position ol the UVmhlcy Exhibition and decide whether to contimie in ID2.Y Il is understood that all the Dominions are prepared to participate, stiiiulatilig mnditieil terms and a share of the revenue, Most t)l' the colonies are keenly desirous lor cnntiiiuance. It is iiilmlticd the Dominions must receive a prnporiton ol the tuture receipts to* induce them t-i continue, in view of theii- great outlay. Negotiations with the Dominions continue. The chances of their narceine to continuance are recorded as hopeful.

why foreign foods? I.ONDON. Ann. 20.

At a hnn.-|Uet tendered to the Dominions Trade Commissioners at Manchester, the S'oulh African, Mr Canham. scrutinised the menu and asked where were the South African and Australian wines. He pointed to the pineapples which he swore came Irom the Spanish Canary Islands. He ashed the House Committee at tin* Town Hall to show faith in the colonies and put Kmpirc si till on the table.

MEXICAN HORRORS. MEXICO CITY. August 20. An American woman was killed and her liu.lv mutilated by a hand of rohl.ers wild attacked a party of tourists near San Marcos.

,JAI’ PICTfHE P,HIDES NEW YOHK. Aug.

A jsi attle message states that orders have hoen issued to flovernment vessels to prevent the five-ma.sted -l;»]:anese v.-hoiier. which is ruuniuretl to he off the Strait of .I nan de dm a. with two hundred da] ane.se | icture hrides. from binding the women. The federal offi-

cers have l.eeti advised t!mt the master of the vessel intended io smuggle some of the women into Camida an I lltonre over the Boundary. and to leave the reli'.ainder in .secluded places. PRINCE Of WALKS. ARRIVED IN U.S.A. NEW YOltK, Auk- 20. The I’riuce cf Wales has arrived. NEC HOE’S PROTEST. NEW YOltK, Aiio. 20. The Cniversal Negro I'mprovemenl Association will ask the I’irestcne Itnhher Coy. not lo accept the million acre eoiicessiun in l.iheria wliiell the Association asserts has keen trained it for a colony. Marcus Harvey, I’ro-i----dcul of the Association, made this statement in response to a despatidi from Washington, report in'; opposition hy l.iherian (Invernmeiil to iiie colonisation project. Harvey said he thought that French and Driti-h olficial pressure had led the l.iherian Hovernmciil to retract the grants and asserted that Eranee and Britain did mu want the negro colony near the mandated Alrican territories. All’ll HAY HIV EH IN EI,ODD. SYDNEY, Auk- 2DThe Murray river in the Alhury district contilines to rise slowly, reaching the highest point since the I!>1 7 flood. The police were kept busy reselling the residents who were cut oil by the Hood waters, farts of several id' the streets in Alhury are now under water. SHIPPING COY’S LOSSES. SYDNEY. Aiio. 2;’. As the outcome of a lone; series "I losses in the : hi) ning trade between Australia and China, the Australian and China Shipping Coy. i- passing i:i----41 liquid;,ti; :i. Tue c tiinatcd 10-sos m'iu? the inception of the line in IRiS amounted to £IP f ‘.(lf“). Recently the hank foreclosed o.i a mo'rtgag ■ on the Company’!! steamer. SHOT MY HAN HITS. we; i.ixi.'rox. ahi>. 2 Herb, ol Ycroker. an employe.' cl ife Eagle Oil Company, was shot d ad on duly Tt’i. hy bandit- at I’o-trei'o. Lera Crux. Yer.'ker. met. his, dmilh. ii is stated, heraus:' of a refusal to hand over n slim of money demanded by the bandits. He was a nephew of Lord .l-dlieoe. Iris mother Icing a sister of I.’I(IV .lelli'oe.