MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14242, 17 December 1919, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

i CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. PAPERS CLOSING DOWN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, December 12. No papers will be published oi Christmas or Boxing Days. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. STRIKE OF TEACHERS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PEKING, December 14. The teachers at the Government schools and colleges have decided tc leave their posts unless the question of their salaries is adjusted. Some ol the teachers have not drawn pay foi three half-yearly periods, and others have been paid in depreciated currency. Chinese students arc searching the shops in order to prevent the sale of Japanese goods. ANGRY PROFITEERS. TAKING NO RISKS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) BERLIN, December 14. The hotels, restaurants and cafes threaten to close owing to the Government’s intention to check profiteering in foodstuffs by imprisonment and fines up to a maximum of £25,000 on proprietors purchasing foodstuffs be-

yond the rationed quantities. COMMERCIAL AVIATION. (Uniled Press Association.) SYDNEY, December 16. A meeting of businessmen adopted a motion recommending the commercial men of Australia to financially support the promotion of commercial aviation, both internal and oversea. THEFT OF RED CROSS STORES. SOLDIERS SENTENCED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) LONDON. December 14. Sergeant-Major W. G. Bradford was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment; Sergeant Simpcock and Corporal W. R. Grosvenor to three months; and Private Courteney was bound over for the theft of Red Cross stores. CANADIAN PREMIER. RETIREMENT IMMINENT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) OTTAWA. December 15. Owing to ill-health continuing, Sir it. L. Borden is retiring from the Premiership at the New Year. ATHLETICS. DAYIS CUP CONTEST.

THE AUSTRALASIAN TEAM. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY, December 15. The Australasian Davis Cup team To play the British Isles ha« been selected as follows: —Anderson, Brookes, Patterson, and E. V. Thomas. BANK ROBBERIES. MESSENGERS ARMED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. December 14. Following the numerous robberies the principal banks arc providing mcs- ! sengers with revolvers, and placing - guards at suburban branches. PRICE OF GOLD. A RECORD REACHE?D.£, (Australian and N.Z. Gable AsSi£9 V LONDON. Dec. 14. The price of gold is £5 11s 3d per ounce—a record since the Napoleonic wars. The advance is , largely due to India buying keenly, following ,lhe Government raising the price of the rupee to 28d. UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS. ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTESTS. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. j

It is announced at Cambridge, Massachusetts, the seat of the Harvard University, that Cambridge and Oxford have challenged Yale and Harvard to an international track contest, which will occur probably in June, DISASTROUS FIRE. DAMAGES, £BO,OOO. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, Dec. 15. A fire destroyed the Palace Compeigne, which was the headquarters of the French general staff in 1917-18. The damage was £BO,OOO. Fortunately the priceless historic furniture had been removed during the war, and had not yet been returned.

CHINA’S FINANCES. AMERICAN ASSISTANCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PEKIN, Deo. 14. President Bruce, of the Pacific Development Corporation, tssuea a statement declaring that we have loaned China £1,100,000, secured by the surplus revenue on wine and tobacco. We* contemplate additional loans on condition that the Chinese Government appoint an American associate InspectorGeneral. The loan has not any political significance. We are only devoting our energies to develop American trade in tile Orient. The Pacific Development Corporation has no connection with any international financial groups. We hope to develop a market for Chinese securities in America. STEAMER ADRIFT. (Australian and N.Z. Cnbi cAssn.) NEW YORK, December 15. The American steamer Davidson County is adrift at Azores. The talc of the crew is unknown CHASTISED WITH A SJAMBOK. ARISTOCRATIC DIVORCE CASE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) DUBLIN, Dec 13. Lady Carbcry lias secured a divorce on llie grounds of misconduct and cruelty during two wild-beast hunting (ours in East Africa. Petitioner was once beaten severely with a sjambok. Lord Gnrhery is a noted airman.