MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1925, Page 4

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

C“Tk« Times” Service.] FROMI HITED I .MM ICE A NTS. ( A I’Ll OWN. September 19. The Government l:as decided to lak no furtl.er seamen into the detentioi Camps where, at present, the sliipown eis are paying tor the men's keep am the Immigration Department, has inn declared all seamen prohibited iin mi grants, so. consoijUeiitly, none will hi allowed off the ships. I he l lysses has sailed lor England The Union Castle Company has is sited a statement that they are pre pared to receive, applications at ( ape town and Durban, front strong men willing to proceed as firemen and trim titers. The return passage to Sonli Alma will lie provided if desired. HI V El! BURSTS DYKE. PEKIN, .September Is. I he south dy ke of the Yellow Rivet in Shantung Province broke at Yung ( henhsieii anil Hooded an area thirteen miles wide ami sixty-live miles long, lie river Inis changed its course. Nine hundred villages are surrounded bv water and all crops have been destroyed. EHIX:K OEOiiCK ENTERTAINED. TDK 10, September IS. 'I be British i oinniunity in Tokio and \oko!:ani:i gave a lunch to Prince Ueorge at Yokohama. A UKUEKO.ME KNllllil'l lON. I.ON DON, September I.S. Advices 1 nun Tangters state til' Spanish !■ nivign l.egdim, i elehratin i O'e ri-li.-i of Kudintnhnr, marched through Tel nan’s be,'lagged streets, carry mg Riffs’ tongues and ears on tin.* points o! their bnvotml s.

ROM RAY .MILL STRIKE. DELI 11. September IX. Ike Bombay mill hands -trike is spreading, twenty-one mills being clos'd. The strikers resorting to .urge.

SOVIET'S GREAT AIR FLEET. LONDON, September IS. Ihe “ lime-" Riga correspondent s a. Vs the rapid strides which Soviet aviation i- making can lie judged by tiie tact that the " lied " air lice: numbers 9*7 aeroplanes and seaplanes, w hercol It 2o are tor ohserva t ion purposes. 29:! lighter-, anil 111 bomber-, organised into squadrons ot twelve, mostly stationed in European Russia. Ihe registered airmen number 1211. Great progress was al-o made in oirimetiou with the pmvi-iou of aerodromes. whirl] are now scattered lliroughoui the country, finished with the most modern equipment. The ."ovict makes no secret of its intention to create a licet which will ultimately he the most powerful in the world.

I LEAGUE MCST ENCOURAGE TRUST . I (Received this day nt 0.30 a.m.) LONDON', sept. 18. Mr Drake Brockman, in a lemperate, l;ut frank speech, said the statesmen formed last year's protocol with their eyes only on Europe, yet believed thev were legislating for the world. C'onseC|Uontly, the elements therein were uiiaeeeptahle to nations outside Europe; therefore the world was no nearer its ideal of disarmament. How could there he security when apparently erery nation in Europe distrusted every other nation. Let the League steadily persevere in encouraging trust among the nations. Trust was a condition precedent to evervthinoelso. LONDON, Sept. 18. Strike propaganda among seamen on the Clyde so far has failed to anchor the Donaldson liner Saturuia. which sailed to-day with a full crew. JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT BLENT. TOKIO. Sept. 18. Reuter's Tokio correspondent states a fire destroyed the Diet Buildings. Both houses were gutted. SULTAN'S OFLlift, PARTS. Sept. 18. ’ “Le Journal’s” correspondent at Melilla says the Sultan of Morocco offers half a million francs for Abdul Krim or his brother, alive or dead. This has j been broadcasted among tribes, inelud- j 1 ing the insurgents, . 1

BRITISH LAND REFORM. LONDON. Sept. 17

Mr Lloyd George, outlining the Liberal Party's land campaign, said the State should resume its authority over the land, and the landlords should he fairly compensated, but. not by a. capital payment, and not for the monopoly value.’ They .should get the same net income as they now enjoy. British agriculture was at present under capitalised. so that State credit was essential. In place of the landlord and tenant system, a new form ol land tenure should he established. The only title to use land for agriculture should he the ability to use it well. Indolent and inefficient cultivators could not lie permitted to entrench themselves in the land. Small holdings iuu-t lie encouraged. livery labourer mould receive half an acre of land of his own. Afforestation and drainage must he speeded up. LEOPARD STILE UNCAPTURED. AUCKLAND, Sept. IS. The leopard v.iifc h escaped irom Auckland Zoo on Wednesday had not been recaptured at a late hour tonight. A strong party was out with rifles to-day. anil they discovered footprints of the leopard in a tannery. Traps have been set in hone of taking the animal alive.

COMMUNIST BARR ED. LONDON, Sept. 17. Mr Sakiatvala. M.R. for Battersea, is indignant regarding America’s attitude in excluding him as a Communist, under ts Immigration Act. He states: "That, is 'free’ America! I have not abandoned hope of going there. 1 will not now attempt to proceed with the Hritish Parliamentary deputation, but I will endeavour to go t" America, nevertheless." Some of Mr Saklatvaia's luggage has already been forwarded. He had also resigned his position ot Deprt.mental Manager of the linn with which he is associated. The Daily expre-s, in an editorial, stales: "Another martyr has been created by the refusal of Mr Saklatvaia’s visa. It would lone been better not in ta be this muddle-liead crank seriously. It would have been mine effective to allow the Americans to hear the kind of bosh he puts forth. A wise course is to treat such like woollyheaded ga-bags with pitying indifierotice OTTAWA. Sept. 17. The Depart mini l of Immigration states that Mr Sakiatvala. .M l’., will be permitted to enter Canada, but be must, be amenable to the laws of the count rv. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. The State Department, despite protests, does not intend to reverse its decision banning Mr Sakiatvala from th.' country. The Civil Lils'ities Union, of New York have protested to Mr Kellog (State Secretary) and have cabled U> Mr Sakiatvala, offering him legal aid to test the ruling. A public protest meeting will be called.