MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1927, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

(I!y Telegraph—Pei' Press Association. STRICT CENSORSHIP. LONDON. .July 21. While calm is reported l<> prevail ill Roumania. there i:s a censorship operating and precautions are still being taken in Bucharest, where the newspapers have been warned against the circulation of any false or any alarmist news.

TRADES CNIO.V BILL. LONDON, duly 21. 'I lie House ol Lords went into committee on the Trade Disiputrs Dill. It agreed to the following amendments: The first was proposed by The fr>nl Clin neellnr, deleting the previous definition ol "intimidation" as “rausing iva'unnlile apprehension or injury to self. 11l dependents, or to property, including injury other than physical anti material.'’ The amendment substitutes the following:—-'’lnjury in respect in business or any other source of income, including any actionable wrong.” The second amendment agreed to was moved by Lord Inchapu and it includes in the definition, of a ‘'strike" a refusal to accept employment. Lord Inehcape pointed out tlmt this is aimed at seamen refusing new work alter they are paid off, which technically is not, jt strike, hut: which might he very serious. Lord Arnold protested that this would form serfdom, which will compel men to accept wont. Lord Reading suggested that before the third reading on duly 21th, the House should consider whether to apply this strike definition only to the shipping industry. BRITISH TRADE. LONDON. July 21. ■‘Do not. make any mistake—if we are indifferent to trade possibilities within the Empire, our rivals will he grateful” said Air Orinsby Core, when addressing the Advertising Convention. ‘-They arc trained to the fast man to capture every potential overseas customer. The Dominions capacity to buy has not yet been tested to a small fraction of its maximum. Tho public's conception of the connection between the overseas sheep runs and orchards and Britain's docks and ft hops, is half alive, the other half depends on wise publicity.

LADDER CONFERENCE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.in.) SYDNEY, duly ’LL The I'nity Conference of llic Australian Labour Party which was summoned by the Federal Executive in tDo hone of sold ling the fact inn dispute in the New South 'Wales branch. meets to-day. It is expected about ICO delegates from all parts of the Slate will he present. 'ldle Cmiferen.ee will probably he divided into three sections, Conroy supporters. Seale supporters and militants, led hv J. Beasley. The last two have coalesced in support of .Mr Lang, while Conroy supports Mr Mutch and the Australian Workers Union. N.S.AY. RUGBY 'IT.A M KAILS. SYDNEY, duly 2:1. The New South Wales Rugby Union team to tour England was enthusiastically farewelled on their departure for Melbourne where they play a match to-day and then join the steamer Ormond there en Tue.-.dav.

CRICKETER’S OFFER ADELAIDE, dulv

It is authoritatively t -tared that Arthur RichtirtLon, Ulna Australian cricketer, has accepted an attractive oiler to coach in Wen Atisiralia and .England. After spending the summer in Perth, he leases for England under engagement lor the ISaeiip Club. KING FERDINAND'S WILL. BUCHAREST, duly L2. King h erdina lid’s will pray.-, Heaven In " Bless our people.” The codicil regrets Carol remicialion of the dhroiie. which necessitated annulments o! bequests to him of castles and real estate, because those were necessary lor lhe future King. Curoi - shares money and state securities. " I pray Led 1 11 help, my dear son in the lito lie has chosen, despite his parents’ wishes, and grant his choice may be happy lor himseli and lor Roumania.” King Ferdinand left a letter for .M.l Braliano stating: ‘‘God has willed that the Crown shall pass to my grandson,| who is yet a child. I call upon thoj citizens to maintain the progress of i the country. f think, with fatherly j love, of my dear son, Carol. No doubt he will strive to hold the kingdom. I charge him to keep his promise not to return without the Government's permission.”

REQUEST REFUSED. BARIS. Julv 22

The Roumanian Embassy considers the Government cannot accede to Carol’s request to he allowed to be present at the funeral. ’D N A .MI <■ v FARE IVI LLHD. LONDON, July 22. After forty-live minutes of handshaking, a party, headed by tho Lord .Mayor and Parliamentarians cheered lion. Amely as he was departing from Waterloo for Southampton, to embark on his Dominions’ cruise. UXE.Af PLOYED DANGER. WELLINGTON, July 23. .Startled by the continued increase in the number of unempolyed. the Executive Committee of the ATayoi-’s funds has decided to insist upon six mouths’ residential qualification by the end of next week. The City Council alone will have put on 500 men besides those for whom work was found by the Government and the boroughs of TTuti and Petono, yet there were 553 men on the register on Monday, since largely added to. AYlien the agitation first began ] there were only supposed to he 557 on . ilie lists, so that iippi’ieants have considerably more than doubled.

WOOL PRICES. LONDON. July 22. Dawsons, reviewing the wool sales, state the result estalishes a remarkably sound basis ot values, generally strengthening the position of raw material, "Inch has been most perplexing for English and American manufacturers, "'ho see little to encourage such confidence. It appears that continental centres are most prosperous. Germany de.-pite her difficult credit position in i event years, seems to he very busy. 1 here is a considerable apprehension among all sections, except won] growers. lest the season’s values, of raw material open too high, retarding the chances for good business in textiles in 102?.

RA.VCTXG ENERGY FIGURES: HELSINGFORS. July 22 Tests conducted at tlic University -Tow a person dancing the charleston expends more energy than a stone n, uson or laundress. The tests were carried out with special apparatus. Floor, walls and ceiling were lined with zinc plates hermetically sealed. An analysis of the results showed the' waltz was the last exhausting of modem dances. A person of normal weight expends in an hour sufficient hodilv heat to raise five pints of ■water from freezing to boiling point. The shimmy, black bottom, and schottische consumed between 281 and 383

onlorics; fox trot 335, charleston 53C, mazurka 761. Exponents of the latter. work even harder than a wood .sower and twice as hard as a stone