MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1924, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

(“Sydney Sun” Cables). AUSTRIAN SENSATION. VIENNA, Sept. 30. The warrants have been issued for the arrest of (loldsicin and Neumann, Directors of the Vienna Deposit Bank, and Cnstiglioni, ex-l’rcsident, has been ordered to appear in Court. Cnstiglioni Inis had a remarkable lareer in recent years, and became known nr. the “Stimies,” or alternatively. the “Bottumlcy” of Southern Europe, lie made an immense fortune during and after the war out of the collapse of the Austrian exchange. He had interests in hanks in seven countries, and owned four paper mills, and five Vienna newspapers, and had a big holding in steel, electrical, naptha,"shipping and textile companies. When the slump cam '. Casliglior.i hastily resigned from the Presidency of the Deposit Bank, which other hanks refused to assist, on the grounds that its balance sheet was misleading.

HERO OF THE AIR. LONDON, September 20. Richard, an air mechanic showed remarkable courage and nerve aboard a. Farman Uolinth aeroplane while living from London to Paris to-day. V break occiti red in the carburetter caiitr.d. and Richard crawled along the wing to repair the damage. As he was unable to do this, he lay for fortv-fivo minutes with his feet dangling ill -pace, holding the ends of the broken pipe together, until the pint was able to bring the aero; l:u:o to the l.ympne Acred reme. Richard was numbed with the cold when lie laie.kd. Eight passengers, including three women, were profuse in their thanks for his heroic exploit, which averted an accident. TRAGEDY OF SPANISH ACTRESS. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 29. A shocking tragedy overtook a beauty queen, aged IS, while she was acting the leading part in a love drama in the Cordova Theatre. Two shots worn fired , from lehiiul the stage, and tho actress who was chosen as Beauty Queen of Cordova hist Alay. fell wounded. her fare being horribly disfigured by the .shots. FREE TRADE CONFERENCE. LONDON. Sept. 29. Representatives of Britain. Australia. Austria, fio.rma.ny, France, Holland. Italy. Sweden and Switzerland are attending the International Free Trade Conference in London. Upon the motion i f Sir George Pai.sh seconded hv Herr Dernbuig (Germany) a lesolutiou was adopted declaring that the lenioval of the existing harriers in restriction of trade, such tts the high tariffs, embargo.*, so-called “recovery” acts, and | a-spo: ts, was essential to any great expansion of international trade, and was needed to maintain tho world’s solvency, and to permit the liquidation of the past international debts.

empire cruise finished. LONDON, Sep. 29. The British world cruise Elect has arrived. The Australian light cruiser Adelaide has entered Portsmouth. Tho crew are delighted with tlie Fleet’s eninraleship.

The Adelaide team were the most successful in the sports. They won the Squadron aggregate lor the best till round spoiling team. They also wc't the Squadron shooting. They wore only beaten in the l ug-o’-war and the rowing. The personnel will he welcomed at London i n Wednesday to mark llii'.j'etuni of the Squadron. Ills .Majesty has promoted Rear-Ad-miral Field to he commander, of St. Michael and St. George, and has appointed Flag Captains 1m Thorn, I’ipon ami Captain Parker Commanders of St. Michael and St. George.

BRITISH POLICY EXPLAINED. LONDON. Sep. 30. Mr William I.each. I'nder-Si'crelary for Air. -peaking at. Bradford, compelling the be lulling of natives in Iraq, said that the Labour Government hail ordered the air weapon not to he used with: ut the fullest investigation, warning, and. opportunity to submit the native case to a civil tribunal and surrender murderers for trial. In live eii-e- out ol' s'u. which had 'arisen dill*-

ing the l.ahmir regime, the warning notices had het*n effective, and not a single life had been taken. The sixth case was when a chief dammed the river Euphrates, involving thousands of cultivators in starvation, lie disregarded a warning. Consequently iho Air Force destroyed the dam and the chief's purls.

A URITIS.II INQITRY. I .ON DUX, Sep. 29. The “ Morning Post” stales: —It is understood that a Court of Inquiry under the chairmanship of Ford Rlaneslu’rgh , formerlv Ford .lestiee Younger) will sit at the Foreign Olliee shortly to inquire into a complaint as to Ins treatment made by Sir Walter Anneslev Stewart, counsellor to the Rritisli Embassy at Rio de Janeiro since June, 1922. The evidence is likely to he of a remarkable nature. Stewart has arrived in l.midmi. lie alleges that he was removed Iroiil his home ill Rio hv a Prazilian policeman, and detained in an asylum, hut eventually lie was released, and allowed to return to Fuglaud. Sir John Tilleyf Rritisli Ambassador al Rio) is ell route to Fmidoll for the purpose of giving evidence. The Foreign Olliee, while declining to give details, says dial unfortunately it is true that there have been some incident in e miertimi with Stewart and his past. It is added dial Sir Maurice de Run .mi. I'm liter Ambassador to several countries, lias lu'cn invited to sit with I.ord lilane-burgh, and it will ha in the Mature of a disciplinary inquiry.

AIIHITItATIOX METHODS. FOX DON. S,.pt. 29. Mr Shaw (Minister of l.ahuir) in the course of a preface to a Labour pamphlet announce.-; hi- determination to set no Courts of Enquiry into all industrial disputes likely to iucm:veiliemc ike public, lie denies that disputes have ini ;ca:-i'd since Labour took oflico. lie adds: Arbitration is becoming more and more a practical method of h I nett ling disputes. Probably it will / make rapid si rides in the immediate) v, future: hut it is at present impossible to even dream of making it compulsory. V FINER ASHORE. OT.NDOX. Sept. 29. A message from Aden slates the steamer TrrrancF from Port Pirio, Australia, has wirelessed that .she is ashore a mile and a half uff shore near Cape Gnnrclafiii. She is making no j water and is endeaoiiriiig to refloat herself. There is twenty-four feet of w.iHm around the ship. TARIFF OPFSTION. I *iNOON, Sept. 29. Twelve hundred women Unionists of the North of England, at a meeting at Eo.-wick. were addressed hv Mi-s Crichton Inline. of Christchurch. and pledged themselves individually to buy only Empire produce, and undertook that if all Dominion-' rmnituidiiios were branded they would in-ist mi grocers «"\ selling —ticli goods or boycott the gror- w—or-. They also undertook that the in- \f gredients of their Christum* puddings would he Australian and New Zealand product*.