AMMRICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1922, Page 3

AMMRICAN ITEMS

tO.VIKAI.iAN AND N.Z. CABI E ASSOCIATION

,- - ! DEHT FOR SHIPS 'REDUCED. j WASHINGTON. July 13. j Tlie British Government lms paid the ! United States Shipping Board 12,00!).(KK)doi. in settlement of the United States’ claim for 22,000,000d01. for the use of American ships to carry cargo shipments during and after the war. The British Government has contended the United States owed it 26,000,(XX) dol. on a similar claim, but, after a year of negotiations, Britain agreed to settle controversy by payment ol 12.000,000d01. instead of '22,0()0.()0.')dol. AMERICAN GOLF. ! NEW YORK, July 12. I The second section in the qualifying round of the open golf championship was played in the rain. Hagen was first with 141 Farrell second with 144 and Sprogell third with 145. TT.S.A. RAILWAY STRIKE. CHICAGO, July 13. Chiefs of the six striking Railway Shop Crafts have telegraphed to President Harding, warning him that the interruptions and interferences with the railroad transportation will continue to increase until an agreement is obtained, to give skilled workmen a reasonable wage, because the interruptions are owing to the employment hv the companies of unskilled men. The strikers, in their statement, declare that the'employers, and not they, are responsible for the interruptions and for any violence, because the employers refuse to even listen to the strikers’ demands. _ The railway service is seriously affected in many districts. The Companies are cancelling numerous trains to-day. They are pleading that they are unable to obtain nurJent protection,