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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. (CBTHALIAN HID N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. TAXATION' IN r.S.A. NI.U' VOIIK, Senloinhor I Arcnrdiiij/ lo ihe Niitioli:il I mlil-i* I ini Cotifercm e Hoard taxes raised in the I'nilcd States in It'L’.'i totalled one and a half I illinn stal ling. This is I itl ill ■ 1 11 <• 1 1 above the precedin'! \eiir. Taxation lor IVdoral, State and loeal (tnvornm *nt s has risen more than one billion one hundred million sterling during the past ten years. I{ I'SSI AN I'A.MINK. MOSCOW. September 11. The Coimeil of Col i-aries ale specie II v taxiitn all pe >ple over the ape of eiphteen tor the reliei oi lamine ilistriets. The tax ran pes Irom eityht shillings lor workmen to L'-T h>r trades. It is expeeted to yield one million Sterling. The Oovernmeiit are expendim; a total of live millions. Ol'N-IU NNKI! SKI/.KH. [Redtehs Telegrams.] (Received this day at fb-n a.tiO CAI’KTOWN. Septeml.er Id. On arrival of the steamer I’ortmarh at Dtirhan Irom llambnrp the eiislonis ollieials diseovered one thousand rides, a ntimher ol maeliine puns and a larpe (plant tty of n tun ahoaid. lltoll ell the shins papers pave no inti ietilion that she had these on hintrd. It is surmised they were intended lot China. Th ■ vessel was placed under tinned pittird ami removetl to (onpelin. A I'TKi: IT' I'ANKII A.MKN. CAIiTKI! TO IIKSt'.MK WOIIK. f A I Itl). September IT.

An amii able arrangcmcni has heel: reached between Mr Howard Carter and the Egyptian Coveriinvnt. whereby .Mr Carter will rc-unio tin- exploralinu uf Tutankhamen's teluh in the iiutumn. An iinpreieileiited rusii ol tourists is expected. .MOTOR TRACERY. LONDON. Septemher IT. At the impicst regarding the Nun eaten motor 'bus tragedy, cabled on August tilst. In which seven persons were incinerated and live others had to he taken to the hospital, the jury roil dot ii tin* pntrticr ot filling petrol tank when tin* ’hus is IhskUml up with passengers. At the Nuneaton iupiiest the jury returned a verdict el aeeidelilal death caused by the ignition oi petrol tomes through the striking ol a match whilst the petrol tank wa- being lillcd. advanit: in wool. LONDON. September 10. T lie wool sales have nj curd and prices are showing a ten t■> li'-'lecn |er cent advance. RKCOMMK.NDK.D KOK DK.I’ORTA'I lON. (Received this day at 11.2> a.in.) LONDON' September 10.

The student r. misdile id' the slionlii g at the Roumanian Legation on the Jlt'li. of duly was eonvi ted at the Old I’arley i n a i barge ol shooting with iul.-n'l lid, g.ievoa - . bodily harm ami sent cm ed to t.'.elve months ini) li.-.oi:-ment and reemninended I' - r ■•.'ejortat inn. NU T l-IVY S II IS i Ol! V. ROM IT. Set t• • 111 hi - r KL Profess.): Dr. Martino Eusui, "Jm.se recent annuiiiu emelit that he had discovered the lest honks of Livy in the niiii.s of :i in; iiastry in Na; I-s. caused such a seiisati" n that the I'mSsir di-;-:i|.|:cai'ei! usteiisi-'lv t - i uveal the inteiiiption of his wfk. He a; p-.-ared ledo’v to Na h - . to , . and was ml - ’ t --- l In ||. : . Ministerial ( ommi-- I In- preserne of the |i.fet. A setiii-elli ial s.t-aleiuelit was issued later and declined that what Dr. Martino Kiim o Im.l discovered was merely notes ot hooks and not the hooks lheiiisalvi s. I h -- impiiiy. huwirer. is proceeding. THK. NKW AORANOI. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at T2..T0 p.m.) I.ONDOX, Sept. 17. '| he Am-angi cabled on June 17th. ,::„I| I. t.-s her trials in Novemher. prior to da; nrtiiiv on a s.i veiileon thousand miles cruht‘ to Australia and New Zealand. t along at We-t Indies. Panama. Yu; ouver and San Krnmisio. This is tin - longest i rili-'e any lim r lue: made on her maiden voyage. Many slnpliuildiug orders sir.- b.-iug with-held lending reports <1 tliis cruise of tin- world’s largest motor liner, which world-wide shipping eirTes are keenly watching. A IH 151 1C RI'ENINTL I ' DELHI, Septemher Hi. An suit In-in ic report I ruin Kabul states a Main .iimcdaii prii .t helonging tn an afostalic soi l was publicly stoned In deat'i in the heart of the city by ,1-dei - of the high Court, leidirmcd hv the Amir, for declaring the Runnier of t!ie se. t was a se. ( lid Messiah. Ihe

11( used il l'll- I to IV. ant even when bin ie I to the waNt in the public square. the | opmla-e d.dighti dl.v stoning him. He was oil Imried under a pile of 'file execution has aroesed iud : 'iiaticu among his co-sec-taria'is in India. CONDITION'S IN IH'SSIA. (Ileceived Ibis day at 1 .HO p.m.) I .ON DON. September 10. The ‘-Dad.v Chrur.icV's" “ ,:i- ial cniies; oudent in Russia, describing the condition cf the I!e.ur.‘coi-e. ays tlial it is a veritable lile in death to save fuel. Several families held together in a single Hat. the sick and hea'lhy sleeping in the sane led. Many live on black bread and potatoes. Only ten per rant of the t.v.n | opulnlions rre free from it hrt ulosis owing to the bail situation. The water slip] ly in IVtregiad. under low | ressure. roes not reach the upj er storeys o! the houses and the sewage is diiui|ed into tbe liver. Tv; Ims has large y disappeared, hut malaria is raging. I hole were four million cases last year. The average salary of intelligent* is liitecn shillings weekly and | rofe-sois are

earning fourteen shillings. Men of high •distinction arc slaving themselves to death in giving extra le. lures and writing hooks in older t> double the salary of fourteen shillings. A famous actor may get forty shillings weekly, a musical composer of world fame at the Comervatorium also earning forty shillings. The lest paid membes of the intelligentria are the sc.-ealled s) e ialists in the civil sarvite who may earn £ll ti £B:3 monthly. Kverybody has tried to become a specialist until thiity per cent of the civil servi e wci • socalled specialists. A ligcrous combing out then took place, as the State was threatened with bankruptcy and olli(ials are now being dismissed wholesale. Recently thirty thousand students of the bourgeois class were expelled Horn univorsitios.