AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. INFLUENZA SCOURGE. NEW YORK, February 9. Influenza cases are mouning from 10,000 to 13,000 cases daily. The deaths from influenza and pneumonia combined number between 80 and 100 per day. AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Mr Henry Nevison, the well-known editor of the London “Nation,” in a speech on the Armament Conference, made an astounding statement. He said that if the 1916 naval programme of the United States had continued, there doubtless would have been war between the United States and England. He added i We cannot endure to think of any other country being dominant on the seas. It is most surprising to me that public opinion in England was not aroused over the proposal to equalise the fleets of Britain and the United States. I am not such a fool as to say we should have wiped you out, but at best we would have had a good try at you.

U.S.A. SHIPBUILDING. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Mr Den by (Secretary U.S. Navy) lias ordered the immediate reduction m employees at all navy yards where warships construction is in progicss. This affects men in Philadelphia, New York, Marie Island, California, and Norfolk, where shipbuilding is carried out; also Boston and Charleston yards, where armour-plating is made.. BIG BANKRUPTCIES. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Large stockholders in the Columbia Graphophone Company, perhaps the largest manufacturers of phonographs in the world, have asked for the appointment of a receiver, claiming insolvency, and that the liabilities nro more than 22,000,000 dollars with few assets. The authorities are beginning to investigate the failure of 25 Wall Street brokers’ houses during the last two months, resulting in the loss of ten million dollars to customers.