MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1927, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

(Anstrali.../ it N.Z. Cable Associat 'd,

N.S.W. POLITICS. >S) DAE) , November 1. A combined pro-sessional meeting of I" Xiljicii.ilist and Ooiintrf Parties selected Mr Levy as the Pacts candidole for the Speakership. He will there lore lie elected when Parliament meets.

N.S.W. MAGISTRATE’S RULING SYDNEY, November 1.

R’.ie (.Magistrate in the Kogai-.tb Court ruled that it is illegal for a wireless shop to operate a loud speaker, thereby attracting crowds to the pavement. He fined a shopkeeper a nominal penalty for operating wireless in his shop. The decision is expected to have far reaching effects. CHALIAPIN’S DIVORCE. .MOSCOW, October 31.

Ali'-ulamc Chaliapin, now staying at Chaliapin’s former town house, say: that the news that her husband's divorce petition is down for hearing on November 3rd., is staggering and can only bo described Lis an attempt or someone ole’s part, to get Chaliapin's fortune. She made this statement:—

‘•When I married Chaliapin he was an unknown singer. I earned more than he as Ballerina. AVhen Chali-pin first went to New York, 1 returned for his .sake and lived in seclusion. I have suffered 22 years, while others have revelled in my husband’s glory, but, 1 have kept this secret from my children. Me now mentions alimony publicly, when be might quietly have continued his previous payments. Money cannot pay for my years of sulfering. I have sacrificed my whole life for him.”