CABLE NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18574, 29 November 1920, Page 7

CABLE NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. As a sequel to the recent insulting Conduct of squirting water upon two British and two French officers inspect" fng the Cuxhaven naval barracks. Admiral Charlton handed to the German Government a demand for the dismissal of the commandant at Cuxhaven, in the presence of the insulted officers, and the punishment of the others concerned in the affair. Thb top of the Calcaire pyramid, \vhich is the summit of Mont Blanc, became detached, causing a formidable cvalanche. Huge masses of rocks ewept down the Brenta Glacier, carrying nway fir forests, and then plunged into the' Doire Valley s , stopping on the outskirts of Oredupoutoud, an Italian township. There were no personal injuries. . 'I ho Berlin Government contradicts the report from New York that the United States is granting Germany 400.000,(K)0 dollars credit for foodstuffs unci raw material. The Duke of Westminster was married at the Buckingham Palace Road registry office. The Italian Premier is unable to vmt London to participate in the conversation with M. Leygues, the French Premier, but the Foreign Minister, Sig»or Sforya will go. . An American geologist named Sewell ■was murdered while prospecting in the jjoralai district, Beluchistan, along with his interpreter, by fivo men believed to be Pathans. . The bodies were recovered and the pursuit of tho culprits 5s proceeding. During Thanksgiving Day _ 6ports at Los Angeles a motor-car driven by Eddie O'Donnell collided with that driven by Gaston Chevolet. Both cars were overturned and O'Donnell and Chevolet, the two best known American racers, were killed, and the mechanicians badly injured. A great crowd Witnessed the accident. On tho motion of Colonel Gibb. the House of Commons appointed a committee to consider salaries of members, travelling and other expenses. He complained that it was impossible to live on the present salary. Lord Milner has appointed Mr Alwin Dickinson British Commissioner at Nauru. He formerly was a director of tho Pacific Phosphate Company.