MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1926, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

| 1 Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] " - ■ 3 OBITUARY. | . LONDON, Sept. 24. 1 Obituary—Katherine, Countess of Kill lesmere, daughter of Alurquis of Nor--3 inanhy, successively Governor of Queensland. New Zealand and Vic- | toria. | GERMAN APPROVAL. I BERLIN, Sept. 24. I Cabinet have approved of the Gery man delegations activities at Geneva | and endorsed in principle Stresomaim’s i report of the There conversation. It appointed a committee to deal further D with Franco-German discussions and i report thereon. a 23 NATALITY CONGRESS. PARIS. Sept. 21. |j Isaac (President of the Council for | the study of the hirlh-ratc) presiding, gj of the Natality Congress said he was 13 gratified that since the war. the birthrate in France had increased and was H no longer following the last half con--13 turys downward curve, but lack of II housing accommodation was still H checking the birth-rate. He estimated at least two million workers’ dwcll*3 ings were needed. ~ COMMENT ON LEAGUE GAME. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.'i LONDON, Sept. 24. i “Judging from their showing so far. the All Black League team do not stand the remotest chance of. beating England,’’ says the “Daily News” critic. 1 “Unless a vast change occurs the tourists are likely to win only a small percentage of their matches. Their manager (Mr Mair) rightly detects the | fault and weakness, namely, failure of | scrummages to get possession. Ccr- ' tninly the English hookers have been ] guilty of illegally swinging and re- * forces have been ignoring the practice. Perhaps the New Zea,landers’ complaint will lead to a remedy. Compared with the previous tourists the New Zealanders lack not merely per- — sonnlitv, but ability. They are only average. I have not seen a. more ungainly pack and naturally the back formation is useless with scrummages beaten to ix frazzle. T shudder to think what will happen when they meet stronger League teams.” N.S.AY. LOAN. , i Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) ’ LONDON, Sept. 2-1. Tho “Financial Times” says: Now South Wales lias issued a new loan. This is not welcomed at the present juncture. There is a genei'id feeling that its prospects would have been better if it had been hold over until there were signs of a coal settlement. The “Financial News” says: “The issue has had a depressing elFect on tho recent Colonial scrips, particularly the Australian ones.” •Most of the financial writers cmns meat on the brief interval since the previous N.S.AY. loan. SYDNEY, Sept. 25. Air Lang' commenting on the New South AA’ales loan said it was it five per cent, loan issued at £97. In view of the effect upon the London market of the prolonged coal strike and consequent upon the non-reduction of the bank rate, interest in all colonial stocks had declined and- in all circumstances he was satisfied with the issue. The Agent-General informed him that no Australian State could borrow the same sum now at a price higher than £97. lIUI LITERS’ ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, Sept. 25. At a meeting of Master Eiulders’ Association, cabled yesterday, it was decided the current rate of wages should not be exceeded by any member, builders outside the Association to be asked to co-operate in resisting the job-con-trol tactics. The meeting was not desirous at present of taking the drastic step of closing down jobs in view of the inconvenience that would he caused to the public.' SE A M EN”S RESDI,V E. SYDNEY. September 25. A special meeting of Sydney Branch o! tile Seamen’s .Union decided forth- — with to man tin* C'onihaln in conxf,. plianee xvitdi the owners’ request (cabled ” vesterdavL a ® A START DELAYED O ® MELBOURNE. September 25. When the time arrived for tho commencemenl: of Captain Williams’ flight *£ to the Pacific Islands (cabled on 31st August), the machine refused to rise and the start had to he postponed. U is thought the machine was so heavily “ loaded that the 250 hoi •se-power engine was unable to develop sufficient power =2 to overcome the suction between the ® under surface floats and the water. _ ,