MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[Reuters Tkoequams.] BALDWINS LIMITED. (.Received tnis dnv nl- 9.2 d a.m 1 LONDON, December f’>. The “ Evening Standard ’’ announces that Sir R. Horne has resigned the Vice-Chairmanship of Baldwins’ Limited. Therein he will be succeeded by the Prime Minister who is still the largest shnrcholdor having L’l9l .(If i 1 sterling therein. A BIG ESTATE. LONDON, December 0. Wnlchter (Tabled on October 13) left L 005,1197 sterling net whereon death duties amount to L 170,000. lie left half the residue to his successor of the title, and half to a nephew in Merlin, stipulating if the present German logacv laws are not repealed the nephew must reside in the liritish Empire and become a British subject. A SWISS JOKE. (Received this day at 9.2 d 1.m.) GENEVA, December The whole of Switzerland is laughing over a burglary at the residence o; Hitvbay, a millionaire Communist deputy, who is continually fiilmiuatiw against capitalists. The crime it attributed to Communist comrades. The burglars ransacked the bouse from cellar to attic. When the case is heard Tlitybay will be forced to reveal how ho gained Ids fortune. POTATO CROP. 1101!ART, DecemherG. Potato growers arc experiencing a disastrous season. Besides the crop being light, disease is prevalent and prices abnormally now. A nominal quotation at Burnic was one pound per ton the lowest for thirty years. APPEAL DISMISSED. LONDON, December d. The Court of Appeal dismissed wit’ costs, an appeal by the owner, an American merchant, from the judgment with Matatua case. Lord Justice Bankers said the gyroscopic compass which had been called a silent witness in the case was shown not to he an accurate record of what occurred.