MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1920, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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LOCAL OPTION. (Received this day at 10.20 a.m LONDON, March 26. The Commons read a second time, bj 186 tq 84 a private members bill for Welsh local option. Mr Asquith supported the Bill on the grounds of the success of the Scottish Act. STRIKE ENDS. (Received this day at 11.25 a m.) CAPETOWN, March 29. After a fortnight’s duration, the Rhodesian railway strike has ended, the management conceding twenty-five t per cent increase in wages. Tlie men originally demanded thirty-five per cent. A LINER WRECKED. (Received this dav at. 1.30 p.m.) BOMBAY, March 28. The Harrison liner, Botanist, grounded on tlie Komari reef. Her passengers Were rescued. There is sixteen feet of water in the hold, and the salvage* ' of the cargo is doubtful. CABINET RESIGNED.

(Received this dav at 1.30 pm.) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 26 Halil Pasha’s Cabinet has resigned. Damadferid Pasha lias been requested to form a Ministry. X BIG EXPLOSIONPARIS, March ‘26. The “Times” Berlin correspondent states that a great explosion of munitions occurred in a store in South Ber- ' lin. It shook the entire city, and many houses were destroyed, and a church and town hall were part.ally wrecked. The casualties are unknown