MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1927, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

j Autstriiliiifj it N.Z. Cable Associatin'... A PAVEIt'S COAST. ROME. Jan. 1-1. 'i 7T • |>;ij;i-r “Popoio l)i Roma,” triumphantly intimates iluit its issue for the lii-.st time is printed on paper imnle exclusively from local materials. Tlie paper a<Uls: “Tliis signalises (he 1 ogimiin;; of Italy’s lieedom from foreign patter pub*. thanks to the efforts of the Technical (A: mmission appointed hy Signor Mussolini. The ( oinmission discarded the idea o{ specially cultivating pine. fir. ami popiar trees, and concentrated instead on tin* chemical treatment of the byproducts of Italian corn. hay. and rice. GERM A X POLITICS. BERLIN. Jan. 15. Dr Cnrt-is has failed to form a Government. This is owing to the Catholic Centre Party refusing to co-oi>crnte with (lie German Nationalists (who supported Dr Curtis!, as the Centre Party doubted the Nationalists’ sincerity, although a promise was given that Dr Marx’s and Herr Stresomann’s foreign policy would be carried out. There is now the possibility of an election. as there is no likelihood of finding a Government commanding a majority in the Reichstag.

PARIS. LOVE TRAGEDY. PARIS, Jan. 15. A typical Montomartre crime passional was described in the Court when Isidore Ramos was charged with murdering a girl, named Lilette, ill a restaurant where he was dining. Ramos told the girl to look out of a window. Then he drew a revolver and fired several shots, killing, her instantly. Ramos told the Court that Lilette’s frivolous nature had made him wildly jealous. He expressed his deep regret. He said that he was mad at the time. A waitress gave evidence stating: “After Monsieur killed Madame, ho settled his hill very calmly, and gave a bigger tip than usual.” Ramos was sentenced fo five years’ imprisonment. 0 The jury found that there had l>een extenuating circumstances. N.Z. TRADE TREATY. OTTAWA. January 15. ■■ Canada has five or six times the best of the deal in the trade between our louutries, but 1 must say that with the assistance of your Premier, Mr Me--1 Kcuzie King, and your Minister of Trade and Commerce, we have been able to set the ball rolling into leading to an interchange of trade between Canada and New Zealand. Mjr J. G. Contes (New Zealand Premier) declared on Saturday, following his conference with the Government, extending over two days. He continued—“ They have made it possible for me to go back home and to arrange with our people to come here and do better business with you than they were able to do in the past. It is understood here that a New Zealand delegation will come over in the near future and will negotiate a trader’s agreement. Mr Coates did not touch on the question of Imperial Defence, hut. in making a passing reference to the possibility of another war, he said that New Zealand would avoid war at all costs, except at the cost of national honour. He said he believed that normal trade would do much to prevent war. and he praised the work of the League of Nations Council in its efforts to give accurate knowledge of world conditions. He paid high tribute to the work of Premier Mackenzie King at the Imperial Conference.