MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1925, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

king has a good night. ; [KriUTERS IEEEGUAMS.J j (Received this day at 10.20 a.m.) ‘ LONDON, February 22. The Kin”; had a very good night and is progressing well. THE KING’S PROGRESS. ' LONDON, Eeh. 22. _ 1 An official bulletin states the King’s < temperature is not yet settled. Progress continues, though slowly. < A TRAGEDY. / (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) GENEVA, February 21. Madam Michel, aged 82, wlio has been bed ridden, for many years, died , B jjock ill consequence of witnessing . murder and suicide. Michel lived _ with her nephew who expected to in- , Jierit her wealth but she summoned her r.ieee to visit her. The nephew was ox- . tremedy jealous of her niece’s presence and ordered her to leave. When she , •■refused he shot her dead and then sui- , The invalid old lady was powerless to intervene and the bodies remained on the bedorom floor all night, and when next day n pastor read a service over hem, Michel fell back on her pillow, dead. LABOR ON RUSSIA.

LONDON, February 22. J. Bromley (Labour member lor Barrow in Furness) and a member of the- recent Trade Union delegation which visited Russia speaking at Barrow, said the forthcoming report would not ' please those who thought everything Russian was beautiful. There were ninny things there lie would not -c RUe to see in Britain. Russia was admittedly governed by a dictatorship. A section of the people had neither freedom of speech nor press. Russian trade unions, unlike British, were the • instruments of the. Government A "V permanent committee thereof controlled r industries and receipts therefrom. They first set aside money for taxation, education, old ago pensions, unemployment convalescent homes and medical attendance. The remainder was divided for wages, which fluctuated, ft was false to suggest that the Soviet suppressed religion. There was religious freedom. Though divorce was iairly easy, it was untrue that the Soviet )iad degraded women’s moral position.