MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1924, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

IUET2ALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. JAP INTEBESTS IN CHINA. ’HJKJO, October Id. After reiteration Japan's attitude of strict neutrality during, the present civil war in China, the Government draws attention to the fact that hundreds of thousands of Japanese are icsiilent in China. Japanese investments iu enterprises and undertakings are on a cost scale in Manchuria :uel .Mioieulie ami dm her mvii .senility depends oil tile iiiaintemime of law and. order in these regions. The Govcniment states that Japan deems it of capital importance that these essential rights and interests will he fully respected and safely guarded. Accordingly a note has been handed in the Pekin and .Mukden authorities bv the .Japanese .Minister and Consiil-(L-uera! respectively.

CIVIL. NOT AIII.ITABY. TDK 10. November Id. A pronouncement from Premier Kali asserts bis belief that the heads of tin War Navy Department should be civilians. Ho adds the AYar and Navy .Ministers are similarly convinced, hut are hampered by the militarist elans which have hitherto controlled the pedicles. The Premier has .given his reassurance to the Government party that lie intends to revise H’e civil service law after deni lug with the heads of the Arniv and Now.

JAP AVIATOR DEAD. TOKIO October U. Obituary—Baron .Shigeno. the aviaor. He participated in the war in he From-h Flying Corps.

GERA!AX LOAN. PARTS, October Id. The French portion of the German loan lias been entirely taken up by the French banks, which are disposing of bonds privately. Tt is staled the demand is so strong that the issue may be considered already virtually suberibed.

LADY ELIZABETH DAAV-SOX DEAD. LONDON, October 14. Lady Elizabeth Dawson, Lndy-in-AA'aiting to the Queen, (lied unexpectedly as the result of a fall while walking with the Queen in a garden at Ballatcr (Aberdeenshire) u week ago, when file broke a leg: [-Lady Elizabeth Dawson was a. daughter of the fourth Earl of Clanwilliam, and was horn in 1800. She < married in 1898 the Hon. Edward StanU f ” ley Dawson, son of Karl of Dartrey, who was a naval officer. Ho died in 1918.] THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION. OTTAWA, October 15. The Montreal Star says: “The intervention of Air Bruce (Federal Prime

Minister) in the Egyptian question is a novel step in Empire procedure, which is deeply inleresteing Canadians. Air Bruce did not wait to he invited ’ V. to intervene, hut cabled Afr Ramsay .MacDonald that Australia wanted to he consulted before a settlement was \ reached with Egypt.

“This is much more significant than A, if Britain had asked Australia to express an opinion. Australia spoke first and asserted her right to he consulted when her interests were affected. Any weakening of British policy in Egypt which might conceivably lessen her power lo defend the Suez Canal, is a matter of supreme moment to Australia but Australia has a real right to intervene. She is contributing to t..e defence of the Empire. “Canada is in an illogical position, claiming her right to he heard regarding measures for defence i of the Empire when she declines to share her hurilen of defence.” IRISH BOUNDARY BILL. LONDON, October 10. The Dail Eireann passed through all stages of the Boundary Bill similar to the measure passed by the British Parliament.