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Evening Star, Issue 17429, 12 August 1920, Page 10

STOP PRESS ITEMS.

an, ’ ii... .ptonii;.. rpi-' ■■<\.'./J?ifi''.,' V^iy'j.Vfi''' r •A ‘ ■*A .LONDON'. August 11. t ie \htar,(|.-uyS rEManm x lias taken. legal advice concermnr rn^lrelat^ o^^l^ l^’'^ f ° r P reventin S him from landing ti hj : ‘VVA'i" nu - t. ROME, August 11. iiie newspapers state that Albania has sent an ultimatum to Serb;, the immediate evacuation of Tarabosch and the payment <•'.'? 600,0 CX) francs. ' t , . . ~ , . PARIS, August 11. • i) ranee, having decided to recognise General tVrangel’s Government r bouth Russia, will assist by all means except troops. . , p , ' WASHINGTON. August 11. As a result of tho assurances in the American Note to Italy, the Polisr Minister, M. Luhomirski, says that Poland is about- to ask immedat American aid in the form of an extension of credits for the purchase of wm stocks. SYDNEY, August 12. Arrived, Joan Craig, from New Zealand; sailed, from Newcastle Koromiko and Ihumata, for New Zealand. - , * . BRUSSELS, August 11. At the Olympic Games at Antwerp the 50-kilometre cycling event re suited : Georges (Belgium) 1. Alden (England) 2, Skelaer (Holland) 3. Wo; b i' IS centimetres. Time, 76min 4sec. King (Queensland) retired after . collision. . , . PEKING, August 11. ihe Acting Premier. Glim lung Peng, in announcing his policy, foreshadows tho unification of tho country, the separation of civil from military administration, the disbandment of superfluous troops, retrenchment in th'o civil administration, reform of tho currency and taxation, and education on practical lines.—Reuter, BERLIN, August 11. The * Ze'itung’s ’ correspondent at the front telegraph's that the Reds are advancing, having been strongly reinforced, and have occupied the Moldai corridor. The Poles are falling back. A pitched battle is developing on the Polish Chorzele line, which will have a decisive effect on the northern flank. The Reds’ mounted storm troops are fighting well, but the Polish troops are demoralised owing to Red propaganda. The Warsaw Council o Defence have appealed to the populace to defend the capital to the last dro of blood. The council declare that the last struggle for tho honor and man tenance of the Polish nation has begun. A mass meeting resolved t defend the city to the uttermost, and great patriotic- pwcozsious maidic tie streets.— Times j r, LONDON, August 11. I Reports from Riga state that the Bolsheviks do not wish to prolong th* war another hour for the sake of creating a revolution in Poland, but arc ready to assist a spontaneous revolutoin if one occurs. I ... LONDON, August 11. At tho tallow sales 1,991 casks were offered. There was an excite demand, especially from the Continent, and all were sold. P'-ices rapid' advanced as the sales progressed, dosing at 15s to 2Cs above last sale Mixed showed the greatest advance. Fine mutton and beef realised 8C medium 755, fair to good mixed 76s to 795. As a result of the Australian Government securing further tonnage fe wheat to Europe the freight on Australian parcels lias -Remi reduced b about 20s a ton. There have been considerable sales of wheat' and Hour b' the Australian Wheat Committee, ehowing a net return to'AustraFa exceed!: los a bushel f.o.b . Lead imports during July wore 12,587 tons, including 4,263 tons uv. Australia. Ihe exports were 3,960 tone. . Wellington.—breaking at a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Ne> Zealand Mar Relief Societies to-day, the Chairman (.Ur L. O. H. Trip stated that the society were never so busy as during the past venr. hum tne last financial year no lees than £303,489 was" snem on "relief bv th Dominion’s war relief and patriotic societies as contrasted with £351. 809 ' the whole of the previous year.

LATEST FROM EICCARTON. August Handicap, 400sovs. 6f.—Clean Sweep (9.9) 1, Aslinonie (10.0) , Killoweu (11.1) 5. All started. Three lengths. Time, Imiu lojsec.

DIVORCE COURT. Petitions for_ the dissolution of marriage were granted this afternoon in tae cases of Elizabeth White Pettitt v. Allred Henry Pettitt (misconduct), and John Hodge y. Agnes Catherine Hodge (desertion).