MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1925, Page 1

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[Australia A X.Z. Cable Association.] LESTER NOT GOING DllV. LONDON, July 9. Mr Pollock (Minister of Finance) speaking at Belfast, said that there was not a word of truth in the report that the Vlster Government was iut reducing prohibition. OLYMPIC GAM its FINANCE-. PARIS. July 19. The accounts of the Olympic Games show a profit of nineteen thousand sterling, a part of which is to bo devoted to the purchase of grounds on which the. Colomlies Stadium will ho built. FRESH-AIR SPORT MOVEMENT. LONDON, June 9. Gilligan. Abrahams, and other representatives of sport, spoke at the inaugural meeting of the National Playing Fields' Association at the Albert Hall, at which the Duke of York pleaded for facilities for fresh air in the crowded cities. TUEKO-J APANESE RELATIONS. TOKIO. July 8. Fund Bey, Turkey’s first diplomatic Representative to Japan arrived at Tokyo this morning ns Charge TVAflaires. pending the appointment of an Ambassador. PROFITS FROM BROADCASTING. LONDON. July 8. The British Broadcasting Company’s balance sheet up to March 25th. shows that the excess of revenue over expenditure. after making all the usual provisions, including ton thousand sterling for the staff provident fund, amounted to eighty-five thousand sterling. The divdend which may not exceed ~i per cent, annually absorbs £5.200. The balance is carried forward. the report states the surplus is only a poor one, since £59.000 has so far been utilised in construction and expansion of stations. Further provision will he necessary in the connection.