MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1925, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

f Australia it N.Z. Cable Association.] CHASE WORK INSTRUCTIONS. LONDON, July 23. The .Miners’ Federation Executive is instructin'; the miners to cease work ill July 31st. except a minimum number, for the safety men. LONDON. July 21. At the conclusion of a meeting of the .Miners’ Executive, and a. Special uininiUee of the Trade Lotion Congress, which discussed the possibility of other unions supporting the miners, a statement wits issued urging the Government to convoke an immediate, unconditional conference of the miners and owners. It, was also announced that communication was being addressed to the Premier, expressing a willingness to meet him. AN ASTONISH INC IMVOIiCE. (Received this day at 10.2.3 a.nt.) LONDON. July 21. The •‘Morning Post's’’ Paris correspondent states an astonishing divorce suit was heard in the courts. The principal party was registered as a girl, in accordance with the medical ccrtilicate of liirth. but biter developed male t barcteristics. When sue married in D’2l site borrowed her brother's identity papers in order to overcome the legid obstacle tine to the lact that she was officially of The female sex. The marriage thus took place. Ihe “husband” had served in 1:1m war. and Inter the wife brought a petition for divorce whereupon the “husband” produced the birth curl iticate. and forced the Court to bold that mi-combic! was impossible as bntb parties were proved to be women. The wife’s counsel pleaded tbi> naan absurdity, but the court pointed isnl Hint Dm cii i! code ordained that (juestioiis 111' (bis kind mild not be considered after six mouths of marriage. WIRELESS EXPERIMENTS. LONDON. July 21. Marconi, in a report, says tliat during tbc past fortnight, experimental t ransnii.ssious have been success! ally rcceived for tbc whole twenty-four hours in Canada and Australia, while reception in India ami South Attica has been so successful as to relnovo possible doubts in regard to the Company's ability to carry out the guarantee of port .nuance. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH. LONDON. July 21. The late ('apt. Scott's expedition shift. Discovery, which has been practically rebuilt, sailed from Portsmouth (o carry out two and a hail years' re search in tile Aulnrclie. principally in eouncciim with whaling. After testing the echo sounding instruments in the Ray of Biscay. the Discovery will convey stores to I rislamhtriimha ami will possible i-all at Capetown. She will arrive at .South Georgia in October. END OF CIVILISATION. NEW YORK, July 23. Count. Michiinnsn Keyeshuna proposed a second international conference on international relations lrom a Christian viewpoint in the < nurse cl an address at Conference ( halamiua under the auspices of the Federal Coun.il of Christian Churches. He urged the repeal of the Japanese excltisiu provision in the F.S.A. immigration Act, which, he said, a section oi the .Japanese people feel is “a studied insult.” Count. Mi.cliimasa said thill nationwide mobilisation, and naval manoeuvres on a gigantic scale, almost eclipsing all they read of in the naval struggles of history, and other causes of eon flirt were io be seen in, some parts c; f the globe. If the Powers continued arming as to-day, there would l>e another world war. followed bv a world revolution, and an end tu civiht ion. BEJ F.CTION INTENDED. .Mil iIiOI'KNE. July 21. li is umd'i: iaily stated that the seamen. although they have nut yet replied t i the uAlters’ proprxalx, will ieject them, but winli a riouest that a. further t t.ni'erenco .should he- held. Hie seamen there submitting a now jog to Hie ok nci s’ claims, including increased wages, these in many eases amounting I'd three pounds sterling mom bly. LORI) ( FR/ON'S WILL. LONDON, July 21. renmrkali'e new disclosure is pul■|ished bv the ••.Morning Post” relating to the late Lord C urzon's will of e;n I,(It;.!. Therein be left tii-i; castles to the nation. It is stated that the will consisted of three statements, one of which contained pungent and illuminating comments on his former colleagues, including n former Prime Minister of England. A person who is aware of the contents says their publication must have caused a rude shock to the State. Lord Cnrv.on notified that the document was for guidance and not for publication: Imt. as it. contained directions analogous to those in the ordinary will, ii was shown at the Pro--I,at ■ Cmirl. v here -it was confirmed. If it were admitted to probate, the eon tents inevitably would have Lei••inic known. Accordingly it was v.ithRiFI'S FORGED BACK. PARIS. July 23. A cnniiiiimirjiio from Fez says the enemy were caught under a heavy Iruni liardmcnt. of artillery in the vicinity of A ii-itcha-Ainniatuf. and are now in full retreat, northward, with people and herds from many villages. The situation generally continned to improve on all fronts. ANTI-BRITISH FEEDING. PEKIN. July 21. (treat indignation is felt in the British community shipping circles at the unehivalrous behaviour of the Chinese steamer Kiangshun in, leaving to her fate lire British steamer Laongivo which was aground in the Yangtse and in danger of slipping into deep water and foundering. The Eoongivo signalled the Kiangshun to heir) and take oil the passengers. including women and children. The Kiangshun prepared to obey, but the Chinese passengers, learning that the skinner, who was a foreigner, was going t" the assistance of the British -hip. threatened violence to the captain ami toreign. passengers if ho rendered Loin and toned him to continue the