MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[K HUTKUS TEI,EOIIA MS.] .IAPANKSK TltoriJl.lv. (lteceived this day at 11. Jo a.in.) TO Kill, September JI.

X.Y.K. Directors meeting "as poslpoued till Friday. .Meantime j romineiit sbarebolders are attemptinp mediation v. ill l the disstit i.slied section uho though they tendered their resignation are tittetulinp to their duties ns usual.

INDIAN RIOTING. /“Sydney Sun” Cables). (lteceived this day at 11 .Jd a.m.) DELHI. September JI. I iiter-commmml rioting in I ndia, has grown la an alarming extent. Tint late.st danger zone is Siinhjehaiq.iir in I’l'lijuh, whe:e time wete killed ami Lty injured in prolonged strict fielding. The authorities were compelled to proclaim the uule.v. This at a time when Gandhi is lasting for twenty-ime days, r.s a prayer for communal peatc and unity at a coiifereme met tine at Delhi. The general outlook is serious, divine rise to perturbation by the public.

I’EI! HI AN I'TXANC E. (Received this day at 11.Jd a.m.) TEHERAN. Sept. Jtl.

• Do-tor Killspntiph, the American in eharpe of Persia.'s linaices, anneiim e.s the revenue position of the country is now most encouraging. At the same time he charpos the Government departments with wilful obstruction to the work of reform. I’ersian ollieials reluso assi.staiiec and persist in their illegal, wasteful methods. The effect of their attitude, says the Doctor. has

ihec.it to postpone fer a. year all hope of raising an international loan for economic development. If the work of financial reform eventually proves a failure the responsibility "ill lie with these departments.

PREMIER AND .MINERS. [Reuters Teleorams.] (Received this day at. 10.Jd a.m.) LONDON. Sep. JI. It is a n moo need tin'll .Mr .M aci lonali will meet the executive of the .Miners Kederatit n at Downing street to discuss ri>e etfeeis of the Dawes scheiiii. on the mining industry.

TRADE ONION ENQI’IRV. (Received this dav at. 10. Jo a.m.) LONDON, Sen. JI. The new eeneral conneil of the Trade I nion Congress, at its first meeting in London, decided to appoint a special commission to visit Russia, and invesiKiite the industrial, social and political conditions. The commission will include llerbeiT Smith' president of toe .Miners’ Federal ini, .John Rroiuley of the l.ocoii'Otive Men's Eliioii, and two Commoners, Purcell end lieu Tillet t.