MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1925, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ifSTUAI.TAX ANI) N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION FOR the north pole. LONDON, April 12. Algarsson. with a crew of twenty volunteers, practically all in the twenties. has sailed from Falmouth aboard the “ilereland” lor the North Pole, lie expects to commence his flight in the mdidie of May. When we reach the Pole, lie declared, we will descend by a rope ladder to the ice and spend several hours making calculations, and then mate a bee line for Alaska, thus proving we have been over the polo. This will involve a flight of over tw, thousand miles. We carry fuel lor •2500 miles. If the airship is destroyed we have sledges and foodstuffs to last six hundred miles. Ale stand a sporting chance.

TURKISH REBELLION. LONDON. April 12

Turkish rebels (cabled on February 25th) are obstinately resisting the Turkish armies three hundred thousand of which have not yet recaptured i\U the positions originally lost. 4he Turks are dealing ruthlessly and have sentenced to death twenty-one persons.

There has been sanguinary fighting on the borders of the disputed territory at Mosul, where British air ‘Squadrons and native troops are watching the Iraq frontier. It is wrongly alleged the British are supporting the Kurds. The Kurds are using British idlos and machine guns, leading to probable diplomatic tension. MUSSOLINI AND ENGLAND. ROME, April 12.

Mussolini conferred with the British Ambassador, asking that England should treat Italy oil the same intimate

terms as France in forthcoming discussions on a mutual security pact instead of merely consulting here after having reached an Anglo-I*rcnch agieemeiit. He pointed out that AngloItalian views were closely allied. Both had turned down the protocol, and both were able to view the European German situation more or less disinterestedly. In the event of future disputes then England and Italy would bo almost certain to act similarly. . EXHIBITION AT MILAN. ROME, April 12. The International Exhibition has opened at Milan. Britain, Belgium, Holland, Frame, German, Czecho-Slo-vakia and Russia contemplate building permanent official pavilions. 1 lie exhibition covers a space of ninety-thou-sand square metres, compared with thirty thousand in 1923. South Africa is the only Dominion participating. 1 /ABOV R D 1 FFERF.XCES. LONDON, April 13.

At the Labour Conference, Socialists bitterly attacked Air MacDonald over tlie handling of the Zinovieff letter during the general election, and the conference by ’3BO votes to 2GI passed a vote of censure on the Independent Labour Party Committee tor ret erring hack the report upon the Zinovieff incident. Peace was only restored when Ylaxton. a member of the House of Commons declared the committee was still determined to find out the truth. Mr MacDonald was present as a delegate for Leicestershire, but did not speak, though his opponents declared the Labour Government had hushed up the letter and lost Labour millions oi votes. There was a further clamour when Allen (President) applied the closure to the debate.