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Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1925, Page 3

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fast riding. LONDON. Oct. 12. Biding in a Parry-Tlmmas motor car at Irookland. ('apt. Howoy covered 50

kilometres in 16 minutes 0.00 .seconds, equal to 115.11 miles per hour: •>() miles in 25min. sß.fl.Ssec-. equal to 115.11 miles per hour; 100 kilometres in .‘l2m in 17.(i2.-es. equal to 115.15 miles an hour, all world's records. TRADE RETURNS. I-ON DON. Oct. 12. The Board i.f Trade returns for September are ms follows : —lmports : £07.025.000. exports, £00.701.0 10. an increase ol £0.120.000 and decrease of £:i;i3.f;o.l rc-pc< lively. compared with August. RUBBER PRICES SOARING. LONDON. Oil. It. The rubber share market is again the ehief sphere of activity on the Stock Exchange. Thursday’s settlement is said to have been the heaviest on record a, far ;i- rubber is concerned, and il is predicted that the next settlement will be even heavier. These shares arc advancing all round. Some brokers Lave been advising clients to sell a portion of their holdings and invest the proceeds in gilt-edged stocks, but apparently this advice is not being taken, for undoubtedly a variety of industrial and oilier investment stocks have been sold for exchange into rubber. Activity seems likely to continue, but it is pointed mil that various companies have made forward contracl . for flic sale of their rubber prediction and prospective buyers of shares, should pay particular attention to tlm prices at which llicse contracts have been made, as they are likely to have marked effects on the profits for 102520.

SUVA UK AN KI.ODR. RUSSIAN DISCOVERY. (Received this day at 0.0 a.lu.i LONDON. October I I. Il i- reported licit Russian ehcieisl-; at Harbin has discovered a process for grilling and extracting oil Iroiu -ova beans, resulting in a Hour indistinguishable from wheat Hour and u is producable ai~ one Ihird the cost, l ast areas in Manchuria arc capable ol soya bean cultivation. The discovery is regarded as of world-wide importance THE COMMUNIST STRIKE. LONDON. October 111. In connection with the Paris strike thousands ul armed police and gendarmes patrnlJed the boulevards, while troops guarded the newspaper and post offices, power stations, water and gas works, and the bridges. The Communists utilised the trams, busses, and other vehicle as a barricade, from which they kept sniping filing upon the nolice and troops. MON A IKTI IS I S DEMONSTRATION. BERLIN, (let. 12. A Junker demonstration during the consecration ol a war memorial to the Augusta Regiment aroused Republican indignation. General Non Ariiini, in consecrating the memorial in the Kaiser's name, said: "We mink ol him in reverential gratitude and unchangeable loyalty. I lie supreme law for all of u.- is iidelity to 100 articles of war. This day would he meaningless unless it -tleugll os to work. and light for the well lire ol the Fatherland.” General You Arnim s outburst gained a great significance when President Yon Hiudenburg arrived and lain a wreath on the memorial, which was inscribed:- ‘Trout our bones an avenger will arise!” President You Hiudenburg. irlerriiig to the dead m,ldiots said:— ■•Your blood will not have been shed in vmin/'

GKRAI ANY AND RUSSIA. BERLIN. Oci. 12. The Get mnn-Rusxiati commercial treaty has been signed at Moscow. It recognises the Russian Government'.foreign trade monopoly. It allows Gciinan'hanks and trading houses to oiidi Russian blanches. It trees the Grinuin nationals in Russia from the labour ami military rceuisitions.

I .OSH Of SAMOA. LONDON. Oct. Id. Amusing extracts from an article by a special correspondent of the “Vessichc /.fining" oil New Zealand's administration of Samoa are transmitted by the "Morning Rost’s” Berlin < orrespondeut. The writer deplores the lact that the Oerman colonies should be banded to tlie New Zealander. "W bo lie says, "are able peasants, ii is true. Imt are without any colonisation wishes or iiistim ts.” He has no hesitation, however, in declaring publicly that the New Zealanders have shown themselves ti> l.e gentlemen. X*> harshness was shown those interned in war time, w o ! the Germans who had Samoan wives were, after the war, pin in possession of all their property. When the correspondent endeavoured to ascertain whether the natives desired to retiliu to (lermaii rule, most ot them iep n ( that both the Germans ami New Zealanders were white men. and that bot-i wanted copra. The correspondent laments thill tbc Samoans are now singing ‘-Hod save the King" with the same teelmg l hat I hey saii' r the German national anthem. He' coiteTudes: "The Samoans are amiable. pesicubic, and amusing, bill loyal I bey certainly are not.

\ train collision. LONDON. Del. 1-'

Seeing tin- only chance of ,i\omi collision was to 'a-h l!l . 1 ' ''V*’ before the arrival of a steam tram, th* driver of an electric tram approaching a junction at Llandudno Station l>'st failed to clear the danger point. Ihe l hinl coach .containing mny si e-aU-ehildrep, was partially wrecked. None of the children v.a . injured. A Imi.lh carriai'e was smashiul to match wo.m. Ten were injured. An extraordinary feature was that the train ilrivers were father and son.

another amendsen expedition.

(Received this day at 9.0 a.nO OSLO. October 13

A partv has proceeded to spitzbeito erect a hangar for Captain Amundsen's polar expedition next year where! or arrangements are now settle! . It will cost a million and a halt kroner, whereof Ellsworth has contributed one hundred thousand dollars on the condi Lm it h.' called the Amnndsen-Ells-worth expedition, under the Norwegian King and that Ellsworth he the soli' American aboard.

NEW SECRETARY EOR WAR. WASHINGTON. Oetolier 13. Dwight E. Davis, of Missouri, has been appointed Secretary for War.

PROFESSION AE. NOT POT.TTK \LP VRTS. Oct. T 3. The night was rpiiet anil everything normal except that the iramwaymen and busmen are still striking for professional and not for political reasons.