MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1923, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. C.UILK ASSOCIATION. l)RA r daw OPPOSED. NEW YORK. January 3. Governor Smith, in opening the New York State Legislature, declared that the people of the State of New York were unsympathetic towards the Protibition Amendment. He suggested the passage of a Resolution calling on Congress to amend the Volstead Act, to permit of the sale of light wines and I leer. The first Bill introduced asked for the repeal of the State Prohibition enforcement law. FREE STATE COMAIISSIONER. • ' (Received this dav at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4. Air James Al.acNeill has been ap- ) pointed High Commissioner for the Free State, lie was formerly an Indittu Civil Servant, and held the rank of Commissioner. He is a brother oi the'Free State .Minister, GLIDING RECORD. (R'-ooivod this dav at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS. Jan. I. Lieut. Thoret created a gliding re•ord with an Army biplane at Biskra by remaining in the air seven hours, after shutting off his engine. \ BRIDGE CO!.LAPSES. SCENE OF HORROR. - R'-eeivod this dav at 8.30 a.m.) VANCOUVER, Jan. 4. The bridge across Onwltz river, in Kelso.. Washington State, collapsed while crowds were going home from ;hoi relay's work, and twenty were drowned. The cable of the bridge, which was seven hundred feet long, snapped, and one tower fell into the river, and another against a new steel bridge being constructed. The central span buckled, hurling scores of pedestrians and several motor cars into the water. Alanv of the former were rescued, after clinging to the wreckage. The horror of the scene was heightened by the sudden failure of the electrio light, throwing the entire town into darkness. Huge bonfires were lit all night to aid the rescue of the workers. VIEW OF PROHIBITION. GG reived this dav at 8.30 a.m.) XEAY YORK, Jan. 4. The Australian Minister, Giffatt Gordon, after touring the Continent, declared prohibition was a decided success, everywhere ii was imposed. , ( OAIPLETE DIRAGREEAIENT. (Received this dav at 8.30 a.in.) VANCOUVER, Jan. 4. A United Press message states the Premiers’ Conference in Paris ended in complete disagreement.