MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1925, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

yUBTUALIAN \ND N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION. A LIGHTNING STRIKE. LONDON, Jan. 23. A lightning ‘strike occurred among the lighting and heating stall's at (he Law Courts, at Parliament and at other public buildings. It lias extended to Buckingham Palace. All these places were closely picketed. Their Afajesties are at present residing at Sandringham. The strike arose over the authorities’ refusal to remove an electric light attendant named Rcw, who has lost membership of the Electrical Trade Union, because lie lias become unlinancial. A number of tbe buildings are unhealed, and without lift facilities. The British Museum is without light. Hew states the Union refuses to reaccept him on tbe payment ol his arrears.

GENERAL BIRDWOOD. LONDON, .Lin. 138. The- Knights of the Round Table, founded in 1720. tendered a dinner Lo General Rirdivood, wlm in responding to the toast of his health, proposed by Sir Trevor Dawson. Managing Director of Vickers Company, paid a tribute to tiio Australian soldiers, who, he said, were the finest natural-born soldiers in the world. They were wonderfully resourceful, and in an instance he mentioned their utilisation of jam tins on Gallipoli in the manufacture of crude bombs. Had they been furnished with the Vickers bombs, which Sir T. Dawson hail subsequently. supplied to the forces in France, the Australians would have overwhelmed and defeated the Turks. He recognised that the Australians accepted democracy, hut ho hoped that they would not allow themselves to he dominated by aliens. FOLD PLAY SUSPECTED. LONDON. Jan 28. The “Daily Express’ says: “A mystery attaches to the refusal of the Registrar to sign the burial order for Florence Harold, in a bungalow on the outskirts of Frime.v, who died in a Cottage Hospital. The Registrar, after a visit, to the police station, states that an inquest was being held to-day.

AIR DISASTER. INQUIRY. LONDON, January 28. At- the resumption of the Croydon air disaster enquiry, .T. Huntergray, for the Imperial Airways Ltd., replying to the President, said the company’s position was that they were unable to say definitely the cause of the accident. He was of opinion that the theory of a defective pipe must be ruled out, and that a peculiar combination of very difficult' circumstances, including the weather, brought- the aeroplane down. Captain Newton, underwriter io the British Aviation Insurance Group, said ho thought it was in no way due to negligence on the part of the Imperial Airways, and that the Company had taken every precaution. The hearing was adjourned to January 29th.