MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1924, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ICBTIULIiN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GREEK ARMY .MUTIN'V. ATI I UN'S. September 11. (livt'iv is threatened with a scriottN miuliiiv, originated by tin* ulliiers ol the ;ii Itli. Regiment. all of whom have I,foil a nos toil, ami who will lio severely punished. Tlio Government's severity, liowovor, is powerless to c link tlio aaivoaioat, ami a mutiny on a gland sculi- i> I>i-i 11 ;' ].!;iniie;l lor tlio iurtli.outing inannouvios. Dt-I'a lea lions, running into immense sums have Toon committed by olliters having in cess to military funds. A number of arrests have been made.

Tin: LEEDS LOVE TRAGEDY, LONDON, September 12

An iii((iiest was e| onod on the late University lecturer, Kveln White, who suicided at Leeds in a call when on the way to give evidence at the inquest on tlio tea her .Miss Nind (who had also .suicided, and who was shown to have been in curresjiondciu o with White). A ve: diet i.f suicide w hile ol unsound mind.-was reluiacd.

White's brother said tliat the deceased. a week ago, was very upset. She told him that, Miss Nind had been ] tirsllin;' him. lie told her that he had no idle'tion for her. .Miss Nind hud threatened suicide. Tim-: i-:x< iianci: rrori.f.m. T.tiNIKIN'. September 11. Mr David .[ones, of the New Zealand .Meat Hoard, lists cabled Mr Massey in regard to the exchange pto'ilem. pointing out that at. present it equals a heavy export tax on the producers. The sixlv-day rate is costing; about onethird of a million on meat alone annually. NELSON MoTol! ACCIDENT. NELSON. September 12. Wnile being driven home in a motor truck, from a Home .Mission Festival at Jfiv.iikit. i! l aity of ehihlren In m Whakitrewii Orphanage, together " itlt the Manager, Mr Stewart, met with an unfortunate accident, with serious consequences tii one of them, when approaching Motueka J!i idge. A motor (in- going in the same direction attempted to pass the truck. 11l doing no. the truck' was strin k on one of the w heels, i mixing it to slide over a hank a distance of eight or nine feel. All the occupants were tli.ewn into the adjacent worse, which fringes the roadside. hut fortunately thick undergrowth broke the fa LI .somewhat, and also impeded the desieut of the truck. All the children, hut one. (fuy Ronnie aged 1 I yours, were got out with only I.raises and scratches, hat it was found that l.’iiurne hud met with mete f.-iii us injuries. The Rishop of Nelson wlro was on his wav to Nelson from the Festival, conveyed the injiiied lad to Ur Deck, where after reviving iiltcution, he was ordered to lie removed to the Nelson Hospital. He was found to he sull'ering from a slight fracture of the base of the skull. (In inquiry at the Hospital to-day it was learnt that the lad is milking progress towards recovery. HAM A Iff PROTEST. OAMAIfU. Sept. 12. At a largely attended meeting of lie- North Otago A. and I’. Assucint ion 10-ihiy. a resolution was iina n inum-lv carried, prolc.-ting agninst the ic|mrl h.\ t In- ('iimmissi.im-r of Crown Lands ol I It ago lluil the hind- in North tll.igo were nearing exhaust ion. It was decided that an invitation be sent to the .Ministers ul Lands and Agriculture. 11l - member for tie- district, and the Commissioner, to visit, the district. Several speakers contended that t Inland in North (Itigci. instead of nearing exhaustion, had been immensely improved in recent years by judicious farming. ( TIfKF F.I.FCTI! It 'A I. ENGINEER. WELLINGTON. t g Mr. F. T. M. K I -I. l-lilc. il-al . ■ l I ant elec I l ce.it .•11 -. |oe. I ■ "it appoiiiied c liic-l elc-etrieicl eiigmc-er. vic-c* .Mr. Ilirks, dc-t-e.-ised. Mr. Ki-M-I was liorii in Canterbury.