MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1926, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] MIN EPS AGAIN STRIKE. (Received this nay at 11.0 a.til.) NEW S< - l„K. Feh. 18. A message trom Pcianlon. IVnn-I'-vauia. suites that mining v. a , le.-um- | on the anthracite region on T lu.rsdny alter nearly six months’ idleness. Trouble marked the opening of the vaiioit.s in ilk'-. A l \\ ilkosl.iira ti\e hundred miner- struck a few minutes afl.-r resumption, billowing on a dispute over the wage rates. KI EVEN PERISH IN COLLISION. PORT OF SPAIN. (IT ay ti) Feb. 18. Eleven perished when the Trinidad Government steamer Naparima sank in the harbour here eu Wednesday, alter :i iolli-i",i with the liner \andyei;. which wa- clearing from the duck tor New York. PACIFIC CARLE .SQUABBLE. lON DC)N. Teh. 18. Absoloiely 10l ile and lidienlou-ly |„.kited," Wa- Sir James Allen's prouinini' lueiil in reb relief lo 1 lie report cabled trom Australia that Canada objected to Mr Hunter'.- appointment to the A list rain-inn managership ol the Pacific Cable. "It is futile because the appointment is emnpleted. Hunter having already assumed the duties and belated became the whole matter was finally settled long ago." Sir James Alien explained that all members except Canada participated in the preliminary inquiries alter which the Hoard comprehendiug Britain.s, Australia's and New Zealand’s acquiescence approved of Ihc appointment. Paeaiul, a member of the Board, said it was an old story not worth resuscitation. He explained that Canada. a- a result of her own inquiries, was sati-fiel that Bain was suitable for the position. He informed the Hoard accordingly, but was unable to attend Hie meeting, at which the appointment wo- mad.', and there the matter rested. POLAND'S CLAIMS. WARSAW. Fell. 10. That Germany presented a note to Poland regarding the League Council and rei-.'n! arrests in Cpper Silesia is officially denied. Meantime the Polish League of Nations A--n. has appealed to similar organisations abroad, asking tlii-iii to support Poland's rlninifor a permanent seat on the (oiin-il. emphasising the part. Poland would play owing, to her geographical position in seeming European pacification.

APM Y CHANGES. LONDON, Feb. Lb Th.e Fail of Cavan retires from the Army on PHli February. Lieut-General Sir AY. Duncan has been promoted to General. GREEK ARRESTS.' ATHENS. Feb. lib Following the recent Irictinn between General I’angalos (the Dictator) and M. Papaiiiistassiun (ex-lbomier and leader of the opposition). General Kondilis. and ex-.Minisi t and 10 other officers have been arrested. BRITISH POLITICS. THE IP At,) TREATY. LONDON. Feb. 19. In | lie C minions, Hon. A mery in moving the approval of the Iraq T rente, said the labour amendment ealileci on the ItilJi was a c mdemnat ion of Air AlaeDnmild's ministry, because it was l.nrd Pnrmonr's treaty as much ; i s his*. The amendment meant the destruction ot the treaty and the 1 jeetion of the League's award, once more throwing Iraq into the melting put and making us look r.mtcmjiliblc ill Die eyes of the Turks. Tim Trent.' Pill not impo.-e new military lineu.ui. obligati n- or prolong any. lie I - II |,c Id fulfill _ the _ p-lir.' "• ending our re.-pnii-ibilii ie: in L'2’\ cause Iraq was I,'earning increasingly self supporting. . Mr MacDonald. m moving _tlm Amendment urged Iraq's entry into the League should be ex| edited L.iImur wanted Iraq stabilised and unprepared to do anything reasonable to ensure it. H -as absurd to -on end that the 192:1 protocol did not end n spoiisibil it ie- in 1928 LONDON. I'"b. 18.

Afr MacDonald said the League never invited the acceptance of an extended mandate till Mr A mery ha. suggested it. He was glad he ha. n . ver given il with such sang Hold t lien as bv Mr A mery. who now said we mit-l accept or he false to Ihe league. This was not the tune, in view of tli:' situation in the middle east, to commit ourselves to a treats which was sheer lolly. A NEW STEAMER. LOND9X, Feb. 19. The Orient Steam Navigation Coy. has ordered another passenger steamer generally similar in dimensions to toe Omnia and Otranto.