MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1923, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

.iff TEAMAN AM) N.Z. ( AIII.I-; ASSOC I.VIION t\ HEAT CROP. MELBOURNE, April 22. Victoria’s wheat yield la-t -oiv n, .’!/>,G97.00U bushels average R” bushelper aero the total being 8.170.000 ami an average of :!/! bushels below tile 1921-22 crop. l UNRULY STUDENTS. (Rcfcived this day at 8..‘5:1 a.m.) HOBART. Apiil 23. j f’liiversily students’ behaviour at the annual commomoration led In the Lieut.-f Governor. Sir llcrhert Xicholson taking extreme steps. When he rose to address tile students hi- voice was continuously drowned lr. ■alvoe-: from 1 mcchanicel iu.-trumeiil* The Governnr angrily resumed his scat and musidcring the d"inon.-! ration an affront to the Kiiig through his representative*, refused to acce]it an apology and struck all concerned olf the (lovcrmnent House visiting li-t. Tin* University i Council informed the -indents’ union that unless tin* olfemiers were punished I lhe ('mineil will punish them. j LATEST LONDON REPORT. I OX DON. April Hotter lias slumped badly owing to too almost complete ccssaiiun of demand. Holders have kept on lowering prices in the hope of elfectilig sales, hut buyers, having apparently plenty lor their requirement-, linvc. held oil. Imping for further n duetions. I lie bulk of Australian and Xcw Zealand arrivals have hum placed in the cold .-lores, which arc now,.-overcrowded, ’i Ice demand for Danish from Germany and America has ipiickly ceased, with the r,■.ids that Dani il is freely ollcrotl here* cl die.vu to Rib per cwt. 10-davs i|i:oi aliens lor choicest New Zealand are 1 18- to lolls. Australian 1 IPs to | pi-, unsalted about Is to Id per cwt premium. At those price- some bo-r----ues.-: i- done, but the market is very iicr veins. Cheese lies also slumped. XV,v /.calami is piloted at KKIs to RM- per cwt. .Australian U nominally inis per cwt. VANISH I.I) JEWELS. NICK, .lan. -7. Till- loss of jewellery said to he worth poil,(:(il> has linen reported to the Nice ..-dice* by Ah- Seth, -I Zboiow-ki, an Knglishwonian, born at lliglmm, K<ui, and married to an American. Airs 7 boron-, lei came* to Nice I roll] Beaulieu in company with a woman Yicnd on Thursday c veiling and rein ivd to Beaulieu late at night. She Deed Imr jewels on the mantdepieee in or bedroom and went lo bed. When l.e awakonod next morning, she states, ho jewel- Imcl disappeared. i