MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14365, 17 May 1920, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

SUGAR IN ENGLAND. INCREASED PRICE PROBABLE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, May Li. The Committee on National Expenditure estimates HwU sugar must he raised from (id tnSfls ltd per 11) if the Government is to avoid a subsidy of £20,000,000. DOMINION'S WARSHIPS. A COMMANDER APPOINTED. (Australian and N.Z. Gallic Assn.) LONDON. May Li. Captain Alan Hotham, gunnery expert, has been appointed commander of I,be Now Zealand Division. He will leave for New Zealand as soon as Itic Chatham can tic got ready, with ttic sloops Laburnum and Veronica, and the cruiser Philomel. CONDENSED CABLES. LONDON, May 11. 'flic Daily Express’ air race to India has been postponed at the Government's request owing to the unrest in Asia Minor and Syria. STOCKHOLM, May 11. The funeral of the Crown Princess Margaret was carried out in every detail according to lice wishes. There were deeply pathetic scenes and national mourning, but the wealth of (lowers, the happy music and the absence of ail the Continental trappings made the burial ceremony one of remarkable beauty. MELBOURNE. May M. General Sir .1. Monash has been appointed president of the tribunal in determine certain matters arising out of the recent marine engineers’ strike. The House of Representatives by 12 (o 10. on the motion of Mr Barford, voted that Urn Government be requested I increase Hie salaries of members to LMOOO annually. Mr Hughes supported the motion, stating that outside Parliament they could earn three limes the members’ salary. ADELAIDE, May 14. Brigadier-General Teanc has been appointed Commissioner of Police, in place of Mr Edwards, retired. BRISBANE, May 14. At the Presbyterian Assembly the elders recommended that the ministers’ stipends be increased to £llOO per year. SYDNEY. May 14. The Methodist Conference passed a motion in favour of chureh union.