MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

WHITE STAR STEAMER ASHORE. [RKUTKIIB Telegrams.] (Received this day at 11.2 b a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 21. The White Star cargo vessel Ilardic went ashore in a fog off the Lizard this morning, mhi lo proceeding to London after discharging part of lidcargo at Liverpool. Lifeboats took olf eighty of the crew, and the captain and nine others remained aboard with a lifeboat standing by. The ship is grinding heavily and the stokehold and engine room arc flooded. Tho prospects of salvage are considered slight. The sea is calm. MOTOR BUS DISASTER. (Received this day at 11.2 b a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 21 Seven acre burned to death and live others taken to the hospital severely burned, through a lire in a motor Inis at Nunieartan last night. The bus M’hieh was licensed 1 1 • seat fourteen, was clouded with shoppers. some standing. It burst into llanies descending a hill and practically all tlu* passengers Mere burned. The lire i s stated to he due to .someone striking a match while the driver Mas tilling the petrol tank. The bus was immediately enveloped in flames. Ihe fire lasted only ten minutes. One dead man, u'lio il is stated could have escaped. remained in tlu* bus and helped his u'ife to escape through a windou* He perished in trying to rescue others.

PA( T A l’POl NT.M ENTS. PARIS. Aug. 21. Official. - Tlu* Reparations Commission have appointed tlu* American, Owen Young, as inlcfin Agent-General of reparations payments, the Belgian, Delacroix, as trustee of Railway Boards, the Italian Negara, as trustee of Industrial Bombs, and Muel*adyean Commissioner ol revenues 1 ■ 0111 pledges. EMPIRE PA Cl*: A NT. (Received this day at, 8 a.in.) LONDON. August 20. Sixty thousand witnessed the last ] erforinanee of the Empire pagent at Wembley Stadium. Tho performers were diemhed. hut this Mas not an excel tioiial experience. I* lank 1.a.-eelles. the pageant master, uas laurel u reatlted in the centre of the arena, while an aeroplane encircled overhead. (lropi|ing the Union -lack. A military tattoo begins on .Monday. ORE A TEST WAR HOAX. -Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. August 20. The “Sunday News” special correspondent, dealing with tlu* greatest ma hoax, that the Russian Anny had passed through England to France, affirms that tlu* authorities deliberately planned the scheme and chartered ships ostensibly for tie* purpose and ran empty trains southwards with the Minds drawn, with the le.sult that the nows spread like wild lire and was transmitted to Germany by all her spies, including Carl l.ndy. attoruaros executed, whose letter said he estimated that sixty thousand Russians had been transferred. **l went to tho do; < and Matched the trains passing high speed with the blinds drawn.” the correspondent added. ’I lit* troops lauded at Aberdeen.