MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[Reuters Telegrams.] AGAINST BROADCASTING. (Received tliis day at 10.2-0 a.m.) LONDON. September 21. The Church of Scotland Ministry is alarmed at the effects of I ronclca.stiii'..; cliin •i sen ice's, which they regard as another temptation to churchgoers to hod an excuse to absent themselves fioni the service;. The Presbytery of C'a-gow is considering a | reposal forbidding .Ministers to l.roadeast sundry services oil the ground that the praeti'v is iletrimti.tal to corporate worship.

charged with merder. LONDON. Septemhev 21. Allred Soloman was charged with murdering Enden and atteni] ting to murder Ahoboit. The police' .'.rave evidence that ,Soloman when charged slated: “What I d< tie was in self defence'. ’’ He was remanded for a week. RUSSIAN TRADE. (Received tliis day at 10.25 a.m.) LONDON. Se;t. 21. The "Daily Chronicle” special corres. j. 111 1 nt stop." sixty-four ]cm cent of Russian trade is now due to private enterprise mainly in villages. 'I his percentage is seriously alarming the Bolsheviks as a new Bmirgcoi-e is springing up. The new forces n:e gnniping all of which makes it certain that if the Ri'shovik coinnicuees attacking there will he bloody episodes. In Mc:seow peasants refuse to join the Cmniuunist Parly and working women boycott it. The, total membership is only GSO.Ot.O. ’Private enterprise is growing despite Soviet's merciless oft* cl‘ its power. The 1 Soviet has the wholesale foreign trade completely in its hands. Not u single foreign undertaking in Russia of any importance is leaking a I riifit. The Government takes lll'ty-nne per cent of the' share's in each foreign company, hut only sit! .scribes cine qtinrter of tin" capital wildcats foreigners subscribe forty-nine per cent.

LABOR PROPOSALS. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 10.2.1 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 21. Consideration ol the scheme lor the hulk pur. base and transport of principal commodities by the Government, and nls i the di.slriluitie.il of I’m. ilstmTs and other liuii-eludd supplies by municipalities and c o-npeiative uocietiis, is c ue e:f the c hief proposals the l.ahoui j arty’s executive is Mibmilting to the annual l.a’hcir (’mifercnce cm November 7th. Tee disposal nls-c includes the slandai disiiig. grading and marking af nil commodities where possible, according t:i quality and condition, with a view to enlor.il.g ..tainlard prices. II the eoniereiice tallies the | rcipiisal it w ill heci.me a plank of the ] arty’s platl’nini to which (al.incl will he enmmittecl. Other executive pr.'.j osaU nic the ice. t ioiiaii-o I ion ol mine's at the earliest possible' dote, a national .a helm for el".-trie power, based on 1 uhli ownership and (centred ami ine rea.-eil payment of imcm| loved.

BRITISH si‘( CESS. CAPETOWN, Kept. 25. G’itish riighyites ch*‘e:ile I Western Pi.ovin.es by K to li. A SENSATIONAL STORY. ("Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) LONDON. September 25. The “Star” publishes a senset ional story of the purchase of Riitish snhnm'ines and the enlistin'lit of British ex-'".Hi' er> to assist Ihe Bill’s against the S] niiiarils. Il -tates Adh.d K'rim Ihe Bill le'icler ha., been liaan-ecl loi ue nt I , by a Kriiiieo-Rritisli ..yuelh ate which ndvaut el half n midion sterile, in exchange for c; ncessious in the Riil country, when the Spaniards are expellt I. Aclhel Krini coneeiving the idea c.l culling the Spanish sea cummin ii i ations, tlcc .syndicate f ought for thirty thousand sterling two old submarines from a North ol 'England Armament linn in the l name of a .Middle Host fower, in order In prevent the British Government's intervention. The negotiations fur the purchase were* carried out h.v a mysterious Bill’ delegate, who is a Scotsman and a daring | roles, si ilia! soldier and Aclhel Krini .: advisel throughout the Spanish war. lie speaks Arabic like a native and fought in iKrnllco with the Sinks Greys. Ill" is now slaving at a West I'.i.el Hotel. \ndthei" Bill' delegate is- ". British exnaval oHieer who by oll'ering GOs per dnv and a big gratuity when the war ended, enlisted submarine crews Iroiil among tlce iiueml'hiyed naval olli. e s wlm are ready for anything. | rovie'ed the limiiey is gund and an exciting job. Adliel Krini also obtained a number of machine guns and aeroplanes manned l.y British ex-eili'ieeis and ex-pilots.

. INDIAN RIOTS. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) DELHI. September 20. Nine were killed ami over one bundled injured ii> n suburb ol Lucknow, as the result-of trouble between llinuiis ami .Miliainmedai:-. A big Molininmedali m b attacked the railway station. mercilessly maltreating all Hindus met and also damaged a motor eat in uhi: h was seated a prominent lirit isli ollieial of the civil servile. (iandhi. in a .statement deplored llie appalling »ommiiw! animosity ami reallirmed Ids decision to continue bis 21 days fast as an exj iatory prater. Sdl TII African oeeick. C.\l LTIIWN. Sept. 2h. J. S. Sin i t. a Nationalist legislator, has siieeee tied Mr Walton as High ('ommissioner. A CONFERENCE. LONDON. Sept. 2-1. A preliminary iuiilcrcmc between Mi Donald and Zaplilul lasted two and a half hours. A sodden DEATH. LONDON. September 2"i. s; r Herbert Raphael, while shooting, collapsed and ex) iced in a few

A TIDAL WAVE. 1UI! A, Sept. 2 .j. A huge tidal wave I rum the Baltic swept up the Neva, ovoi flow ing the hanks and causing great destruction ami loss of life. Petrugrad trams, water, gas and electric light servites are paralysed. The authorities mobilised the population to clear the streets.