MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1924, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(“Sydney Sun” Cables). IH'NI.OP RCPISKR CO AI PAN Y. LONDON. Sept. t!fi. An extraordinary meetino of .shareholders of the Dunlop Rubber Company approved of tile scheme of re-nr-onnisalion of the company, whereby the capital is l.e first reduced from tweny millions .sterling t i sterling and then increased lo twenty millions hy the eretition of new ortiiiiiir.v shares. CKRAIANK AI'TKR LOAN. LONDON, Sept. •_><;. T'he (ierinan dele>ratinii is expected in London shortly to heoin neeotial.'ons lor a loan under the Dawes scheme. AI'CKLAND IOAN. LONDON. Sept. -C. 'Flu* City of Auckland loan was fully subscribed. PANDITS OKI!AIL TRAIN. LONDON, Sop. ”7.

'File “ Daily Express ” Alnscnw corre- • poutleiit slates that bandits tore up Hie rails and wrecked the Odessa ox pre.-.s train at Allotlkhovo. Id persons were killed outrioht. and 2d were morlally injured, while d!l were sli.eiitlv injured. .Most of the victims were luirieil in tin* wreekaoe. SPAIN’S ( FNSt'S. AIADRID, Sept. 28. A me-.sane states the new census lienres show nearly half the adult population i f Spain can neither read lu r write. Tho directory is enroll raein.'t: schools. TFRKISII INVASION. LONDON. Sep. 2d. It is learnt that (lie Covernmeiit views the Iran sitlialioii with crave ei neerii. 'Flu* Turkish raiders num.hered tliree Iliotlsa'iil. A dozen British aeroplanes Hew low al I In- ,*timi* time pouriiio oiil hursts of iiiaehioe pun lire, ami dcnioralisino tin* iliveabo's. ITilish air patrols oil Hie Irontier continue ceaselessly. There is an armoured ear company based on .Mosul which is available il rei|iiired.

lt|{ I 'FI Sll AVIATORS DISAPPEAR. LONDON, Sep. 2d. On** of tin* most remarkable episodes in tin* history of avialioit lias occurred in Irai|. where Flioht Lieut. Day ami Pilot Stuart have mysterioslv disappeared. 'limy set out on duly 21th for the Slut i I >;i Ii Aerodrome, but did not return, and an exhaustive search revealed their plain* undamaged, with a supplv of petrol, bill abandoned in a lonely part of the desert. I here is no .-mn of the occupants. The absence of tracks in the iieiohbourhood precludes the possibility of lieiohboiirinn tribes Imviitc carried off the officers.

INDIAN All ”Fi.\ V. DEI JII. September 2d. 'Pile loaders of all tin* comniiliiit ic.s will lissemhle ;,.t Delhi to-day t.i advise on ails t*i end Hie communal strile, "bi"!i is si raii.efill*.-; for | ■«•- lit it til and serial | ropves.s. and lias cull- *d w ithin recent, weeks all appalliim less of life and property in viols all over tin' country. .Momentarily Lucknow and Sbalijeluinfonr are under control of Pritish troops, who prevent. Hindus and .Mohammedans from ll.viim at etn h others' throats. t in* elite! I'usuie-s o! the cotifereie e is t * I'l-eiiss a propesal 1 listt a body of tie* relijjinlls leaders be const it uted to control tin* I'oiiiinunilies and to decide tin* • |nest ion all'cetiiio the rclifiious liohts and privileges ol each eominiinity. |)r. Oandlii is now on the ninth day of a last. He is medically repotted lo be weak, and unable to sit up. All tile Hindus ami Mohammedans have joined in a fast in sympathy. T’lie result has been that the markets and .shn]s are closed, and l lie European population is exp-eri-em iiic dillii iili.v in ] iinTiasinc food.

TARIFF AdITA/noN. I.(i.X Di IX. Sent. 27. 'll." wninen's seel ion al the ('nliservative Rally's Central Cilice have prepi'epa reil a leallet showing how Christmas j u'ldiugs may he made ot Kinpiregruw n ingredients, and also are ottering sample lioXes nl Fm] ire prodiiet.s. ill- - hiding dried fruits from Australia, and linnev, eliei'se and hill ter Irmn New /ealam.l, the price being .As. Fnclised in eatli hn\ is a list nl wholesale hmises from which Ivmpire ponds are nhtainahle. so if the pi n. er says he never heard nl sin li ponds. I lie a will tie a hie In tel| him where In pel t Item.

'I lie “Mm ninp I’nsl - ' says: 'I his is not a commercial advertisinp eampaipn. Iml an ellnrt to convince limi.sew ives chat the mure they take Irmn the l)u----minimis the mure cheaply they will ke supplied, and the more the Dominions will lie aide to spend on Rrilish j'oiids."

CKRFAIj CliOl’S. ROM F. Sept. Of;. F.stimatcs prepared l.y the Internali.nnil Institute nl Agriculture Ini' 10’JI show the I'nllnwinp cereal yields: ■ Wheali Riel.l fur di) ommtrics fur I’F’l. 1 ,:t:i;i.(!;r.).t)():) eentals eumpared with I .AA7.OtRMJ;*:) in lO'-'-'l. live —Yield I'm- ’.’o cuuntrii'S. dTn.c:u,i):::i eentals. apaiiisl ■! :i( 1.000. titli I in 1 !)•_’:!. IP,, ley—Yield fill- •_’!) eonnlries. 1.'1d,Illi;),i;;i!l (imtals apainst -lAI .t)l)'.).i:il‘• eciit ids in lt)o;k Oats -Yield Inr “I emint lies. i)l>A.l!;;,).n;:i) ient als apainst ‘..'AS.fillil.OiJO in 10’J'I. CIIFRCTIII.I. CIiITICTSKI). I .ONIII )X. Sept. ’IT. The A ttm ney-Oeneral. Sir Patrick 11astinpis, sjieakinp al lilirradou, made a replv In Mr Winstmi Climvhill's recent preference speech, cahled ye-ler-day. Sir Patrick Hastings said it was neither fair nor hoiiurahle fur Mr Churchill In hla/.on it all over the Finnice that the l.ahnur Rally in'i*' p‘>'pared m welcome tin* Dnminiuiis as hruthers in the time uf war. Imt that it desired to lurpet them in time uf peace.

WAR IX MOROCCO. MADRID. Sept. 26. (Jetieral De Riviera, the Director of Spain, issued a proclamatiun at Ceuta, d.cclariup tliai tlie Military Directory are determined t i maintain, at ml insls Spain’s position at Morocco as I mp as necessary, and to employ every means at their disnosnl to crush the resistance uf the reh.ds. The Spanish troops will remain at? Tetuan until the final pacitieation of that zone is efiected. and also the ostahlislim.Mit ol a new regime under loyal native authorities.