MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[Reuters Telf.uiiaais.] CALCUTTA TEA SALivS. CALCUTTA, November I!). At tbe tea sales there was a good demand for all classes, particularly the higher grades. Commonest leaf sold : t b| annas (i pi.o to IA annas. Commonest broken leaf and ordinary common Pekoe Soia-bong sold at Id annas <> pice to I rupee. Lowest even leaf I ekoc sold at I rupee to 1 rupee anna. Kanning.s and dusts were in strong rci|iiest. tin- latter bringing np to I I aiina.s. Prices generally advanced I anna per lb. •M KAT PR ft ICS. Till-; RKTAILKRS’ PROKIT. LONDON, November 20. Amid the welter of the meat prices emit roveisy, the fact is generally emerging that the present enhancement of values is largely seasonal, arising ont of the law of snpplv and I demand.

Home of the retailers give detailei figures, showing that their profits yesterday were 12! per cent., whereas IP per cent., they say is needed to sliou a margin over handling charges, but in numerous cases the profits are much higher. ST I! IK K. SETTLED. LONDON, November 21. The cold storage strike has been settled., and work was resumed tit midnight. IRISH PRICSIDKNT ILL. (Received this day at 8.110 a.in.) LONDON. Nov. 21. President Cosgrove is ill. ami he has decided that he cannot continue the dual ollico of President of the Kxooutivc Council and Minister of Defence. He is resigning the latter. AI’ST RIAN POLITICS. VIKNNA. Nov. 21. Dr Rmhdl Raniok has aecejited the I Chanccllorshij) in the Cabinet coalition I ol pan-Gormans and Christian Socialist-.

HERMAN OKNKIiAL SENTENCED. (Received this day at 8..'10 a.in.) LONDON. Nov. 21. Advices from Lille state that Oeneral Xnthlisius has been retried by courtmartial and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and ordered to pay costs of the prosecution. Large crowds were unable to gain admittance to the Court House. NaUm-dtis immediately demanded a re-trial which was granted forthwith. The accused strenuously denied his guilt and stated that ho merely had a carpet removed because it as full of fleas. The principal witness, the caretaker of the chateau where Nathnsins stayed during war-time, declared that articles of furniture and personal attire were missed when Nathnsins left. Counsel lor the defence argued the cas.--' had not been proved, while an adverse vcrdicL was likely to react in Germany mi the elections. The Court deliberated for an hour over the verdict by a majority of four to throe votes.