MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1925, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AI'STJIAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAIILE ASSOCIATION FOOD (.'(EM MISSION REPORT. BONBON. Alay 8. Hylands minority report objects to the establishment of a Food Council as a definite advance in the direction of State socialism, imposing a heavy burden on the taxpayer and entailing a serious risk of increasing the cost of the people's food. Smith's minority rej ort recommends t!:e Government to assume open responsibility for .-implies and prices of mod. the centralisation of the import of wheat and Hour in the hands of a si.-Hilary Import Board, acting on behalf of the whole community, and a similar centralisation of meat, carrying out- the recommendation;, of the Bridgenuiii and Macrc-ity Committees in regard to the public acquisition ol freezing works in South America by Britain. The 'milling industry should he formed into a statutory corpora-l-ion wherein the present mill owners should hold debentures, the Government holding a majority of tho ordinary shares. I. seal authorities should he empowered to upon municipal bread mi l meat shops and require' the licensing of retailers in their areas.

PRINCESS BOA All. BONBON, May 8. The Princess Royal continues to make slow, definite progress. A CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE. Rti.AIK. Alay 8 An English Roman Catholic pilgrimage of twelve hundred, led hy Cardinal Bourne, and including live English Bishops and one hundred priests, has arrived for Holy Week. They attended high mass at Saint Peters, conducted by the celebrated Cardinal .Merry Delval. I.I.OYI) GEORGE. LONDON. May 0.

At the National Liberal Club. Mr l.ioyd George opened an attack against the Budget in a speech bristling with all his old-time sparkle, lie admitted that he admired the Chancellor, -Air ( lien hill’s brilliant mind. It, was so brilliant as to dng/.lc the owner's judgiii> in. The I:>--t was that one ol the Chancellor's troubles was that his head light s were blinding. They made it dilfeiili for him to avoid .-mashing into Hie traffic.

During the war, said Mr Lloyd George, the Golden Calf was locked aw a v in the clipboard. Air ( httrehill laid now oi;eii"d lhe cupboard with an American key. lie polished the image with burnishing rhetoric and now the Valhalla el Wall Street was twanging golden harps with it. Mr Churchill's lice ammcial proposals were in grave ilaue; l -of being strangled by a silken cord. lie should have paid for the new pea.-leu-i- srhea:a hy not, reducing the super tax. CHARGED WITH A! FI! DIME PARIS, May !>. The trial of the Coin! esse De Keren, ai, agml ll). charged with murdering her husband, has net-tied at Lamion. in Brittany. The Court was crowded. Tina accused women wept lopious!y .Tilling the judge's searching exaiei untie it. S!" net lared that her husband was : fraid of ! is i •. eißerneiini ■ Nc i'■ lii-. w lai was |-.i- mist i e-s. The ('• -in; a;- - a admitted that she went io casino-, end that -he gambled. She declared that her hti~'>ain 1 had sent her there in order to he a lotto with Rcrnedine. THE Dl'N.AIt iW I I .IK 11. LONDON. M.ay 0. The Biiiimow I'Tileh Mil Bacon) lor (oujugal IT! Lit v i. about lo he awarded. The Rev. Mi Duuiiico, M.P.. has W lilt, >ll a, I gees t 1 llg Hull .lack llohhs. I , ri< keler. should claim the Dmi- : i .il'Titeh oil t !•• groil'ul that he Ic-ino-d to lour Ail■trn lia without his wile. ‘,mo"e, oilier < leim - for Hu loi uninterrupted doi:io>l;e lebeny are Mi Tom (1 riHitli.-, M.P.. and Mr Roy Davis. AI.P. .Mr o. K. ( lie.-tei 101 l ' the famous writer) will he ilie adiudieatnr oil W'iul Sunday.

A MAY YORK HORROR. NEW YORK, May 8. One of the worst- baby farm sea fidala mi record has ills! been revealed by a raid of the ( hidrelTs Protection Society on a .-.0-ealled infalitoriiim situat,i| in the heart of New York. Therein ’il tiiiv inmates are known to have (Led Since the li-'giniinig of this year. TTie last vieiiin was a little hov, less than a vein 1 old. lie was removed yestcnhiv liv the polii-e. hut died this morning at a hospital, as the result ol

Nineteen oilier infants found in the iiilautoi ium were all stiliering I rom ma Imi t rit ion. One little girl related that it was the custom to whip the children when they asked for more food, and she de, hired that they were idv.'ttvs hungry.

ITALIAN LAW ENFORCED. RO.ME, Muv !)

T'liro!ig.li doctors disagreeing, an Italian sailor named Abate has been sentenced (o a long term ol imprisonment. \bate fought a fellow sailor, mu 1 1!..n pain, at Meweasile-oii-’l’yiie, in 192;i liiinip.-ini died. An Fnglisli post morl-

■ showed that death was due to a full. .Abate was sentenced to two years’ gaol, lie was released yesterday. Tie-ii he "as bronchi: lielore a Pisa, tribunal, and was sentenced to a turtlier term of seven years hard labour, on the ground that an Italian post mortem had reported that Uampalii s death was due to a blow with a stick.

ITALIAN .RESIGNATION. ROME. May 9. The King of Italy has accepted the resignation of Admiral Direvel as .Minister of Marine, and has appointed Signor Mussolini to act as Minister of ■Marine ad interim. 11 INDEX!!!'RG’S ELECTION. LONDON. May 9. President 1 limleiihurg’s election has be,-n validated. I! FPC 1!I -If A NS’ < HI.) FC'TTONLONDON. May !>• As the coffin containing the body of .lo'in l.elinox. who served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, in the Great War. wa.s being carried into St.. Patrick's Cathedral at Armagh, several Republicans • bp:--ted to the Union Jack covering the coffin. They tore it off. In order to avert further troll me. the military party decided not to icstore the ling \ surprise attack. PARIS. May S. | “1.0 Matin” says Abdel Krim’s snr- | prise atta k against the French zone, i was made by a semi-modern army i mi-ired with quick-firing guns, about I tiliv heavy guns and a few tanks and • | K i|f a dozen aeroplanes. The obje<i tive was to cut Feztazza railway and | t i u -.„ rouse the suboct tribes against I ,he French. A successful surprise attack is C . longer possible, in consequence of xhe hurrying of reinforcements from Alttieria. The work of relieving the French position continues methodically. A French counter offensive, however, will not extend hevond the French zone.