December 3: Prince Andrew has been condemned to permanent expulsion from Greece with the loss of all military rank. The evidence of the prosecution showed that Prince Andrew disobeyed General Papotilas's orders on the battlefield. Prince Andrew contended that the orders, if carried out, would have resulted in the irreparable loss of an entire army corps.
Campaign tough for PM
Mr Massey returned from his southern tour on Saturday night. He spoke at Kaikoura on Friday night, and on Saturday motored to Picton, where he caught the Wainui. He was to speak at Pahiatua, Dannevirke. and Woodville tomorrow, but he developed a bad cold, due probably to the wet weather which he had experienced, and, acting under medical advice, he has cancelled his engagements. He is now confined to bed. His condition is not serious, but he has a slight temperature.
William Massey’s UK cameo
It is not generally known that for one glorious hour at any rate Mr Massey was once Prime Minister of England. And, curiously enough, Mr Lloyd George subsequently acknowledged with delight that the responsibilities of the office were most admirably discharged. It happened in the bright dawn of a May morning. Mr Massey had been hastily summoned from the Congress of Paris in 1919 to London, and was thus obliged to cross the Channel in a destroyer from Calais to Dover. On arrival at Dover there was an unusual stir at the pier. The admiral of the port was there with a naval guard of honour. As Mr Massey stepped ashore there was reason for general bewilderment. The Navy had blundered. A wireless message from headquarters had stated "Prime Minister arrives Dover daylight tomorrow." The admiral was a man of quick resource. He mentioned that an excellent breakfast had been prepared, and that it would be a pity to let it spoil. "Ah," said Mr Massey. "I think that in that I shall represent the Prime Minister of England with full justice to Mr Lloyd George."
Trams hooked up
During the past few days the Tramways Department of the City Council has tried the experiment of coupling some of the smaller cars in pairs in order to utilise them to better advantage, and as the new method appears to have given greater efficiency it will no doubt be continued. Under this system, only one motorman and one conductor are necessary, as the cars can be driven from either end. The coupled cars were used to cope with the traffic from Forbury Park on Friday and Saturday nights with satisfactory results.
Dunedin’s library statistics
The library committee reports that the returns of attendances etc at the library for the month of October, 1922, is as follows: Attendance at newspaper and magazine rooms, open on 30 days, 15,345; at reference library, open on 25 days, 3267; total, 18,612; attendance in 1921, 20,856. Lending library: Adult tickets issued to October 31, 1922, 6936; juvenile tickets issued to October 31, 1922, 1487. Total issues for the month, 18,930 volumes, at the average rate of 757 volumes per day. Issues for the corresponding month of last year, 21,678. Books added, 134. Stocks of books, 37,690.
Tough guys tumble in match
A very pleasant evening was spent on Saturday at the rooms of the Otago Chess Club, when Mr A.W.O. Davies played 10 simultaneous games with the members, winning eight, drawing one, and losing one game. The occasion was the departure of Mr R.W.G. Lye, who is leaving Dunedin to take up the position of district telegraph engineer at Napier. — ODT, 3.12.1922
Compiled by Peter Dowden
