MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[ R EUTEII3 T EI,EG RAMS.] EXPLORER BANKRUPT. CHRISTIANIA. September P. Captain Amundsen, the explorer, ha? filed a bankruptcy petition. The cause.? are attributed to heavy losses on his unsuccessful attempt last year to reach the North Pole, and on his projected new llight from Alaska to the Pole in an allmetal plane, which has now been abandoned. Li Ul 10 SURROUNDUD. PUKING, Sept. lb It is reported that the K iangsuite.? arc attempting to encircle l.ittho, ami that excepting it mile on either side ol the road connecting l.iuho and Sluingtiliai, the town is surrounded hv tin enemy. Troops are being rushed up from the (_hckaiigilcs headquarters tit Shaugahai in the hope of reaching the town before the enemy can gain and cut oil reinforcements. GALLIPOLI \\:.\R GR.AVUS. (“Sydney Sun” Cables;. tßeceived this day tit 0.2 P a.m.) LONDON. September 7. Colonel Hughes, bead of the Australian War Graves Committee tit Gallipoli, states the cemeteries tire almost complete, except for tuo thousand headstones and slabs which tire being delayed in arrival by a strike in the quarries. The graves tire enclosed by massive stone walls, surrounded hv a belt of trees, A record bouse is being built in the form of tin obelisk. The New Zealand memorial at (hunuk Rail is also completed. Colonel Hughes says that the conditions in Turkey having improved, there is nothing to prevent Aii.strulinns and New Zealanders making pilgrimages to the graves. The best period for visiting them is between April and the end of Sept. There ale lie hotels in the cemetery area, but the Australian stall wul undertake to make the visitors as comfortable as possible.

TR-ADU UNIONS CONGRESS. MR TTLI.UT AND EMIGRATION. (Received this day at 0.2 P a.m.) OCX DON, September 7. Mr Ben Tillctt, at the Labour Conference, on behalf of the General Council, attacked the methods of emigration which, lie said, were long, obsolete and often criminal. The flower of the manhood and wonienhnod of the country was going out and was not getting a lair deal. Mr Poulton said he was afraid emigration was lowering the wages standard in the colonies. The Congress passed a resolution instructing the Council to seek special regulations. COMMUNISTS’ PROTEST. (Received this day at 0.2 P a.m ) LONDON. .September 7. The Communist Party issued a protest against the Labour Parly banning the Communists as Pailiamentarv imididates, which it stigmatises as an act of servility towards the middle class elements which are (lowing into the Labour party. The protest concludes: •‘We will fight the decision which interferes with the right of trade unions to select candidates considered to be the fittest.” UUKUD.VS LIUK AGAIN ATTEMPTED. TOKIO. September 7. Another attempt has been made on the life of General Uukuda. A parcel which was delivered by post exploded when the General’s wife was unpacking it. wrecking the furniture. Nobody was injured.

DIAAIOND .MERCHANTS ROBBED. (Received this day at L.’IO p.tn.) PARIS. September 7. Armed with revolvers and a makebelieve bomb a Russian bandit relieved t"'o Armenian diamond merchants ol three hundred thousand francs. He posed as a refugee who wanted to sell for that amount a parcel of diamonds smuggled from Russia. Ihe bandit lured tho Armenians to a little cafe where he produced two packets, handing one to the Armenians asking them to examine the jewels. While they were occupied in opening the packet the bandit whipped out a revolver and said: “Empty your pockets. This other

Jacket contains a bomb. II you atempt to call for help we will all he down to pieces.” Thoroughly cowed

the Armenians handed over the money, "hereupon the Russian locked them in the bathroom and decamped.