AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. FRENCH SAILORS OBJECT. NEAV YORK, June 13. Before the steamship France, of the French Line sailed for Havre, 2/0 out of the crew of OfV.) served notice on the captain that they would not return to New York with the ship if the regulation forbidding the wine ration continued effective. The crew, while in port, have been without wine. The officers.of the company announce the notice will he disregarded, and no wine will he served while the ship is in the ITiited States territorial waters, mid the schedule will he maintained at nil costs. A new crew would he recruited if necessary from the students and officers of the French Merchant Atarine School. \ . FIGHT AT SEA. A KAMO PS BATTLE. (Received this day at 11. hi a.m.') NEW YORK. Juno IT Nine men, comprising two whites, two negroes ami five Chinese were killed and thrown into the sea in a furious battle aboard the small schooner Alary Beatrice of British registry, off Sandy Hook. The story was related when fifteen Chinese were picked up drifting without a skipper arid without a crew. The boat was taken to Ellis Island, ft appears the schooner’s captain undertook to smuggle twenty Chinese into Fnited Stales from Havana, at live hundred dollars each, half being paid on sailing. On arriving off the Jersey coast, the captain abandoned the boat, leaving the crew armed with knives, revolvers and I plentv of liquor. The crew threatened the Chinese with death, unless (hey . gave up their money, shooting down one wlm resisted, whereupon a fight, ensued in which all the crew were massacred and thrown overboard, live Chinese being killed.

CANADA AND U.S.A. (Received this dav at 11.45 a.m.) OTTAWA, June I t -Mr Govin informed the House ol Commons that his visit to \\ asliington, cabled on June 101 It. was made for the purpose of pressing Canada's claims, with the result that an agreement was reached, whereby iho matter will he decided by a test ease in the Canadian courts, 1 to which United States will he a party. CORONER’S REPORT. NEW YORK, June 14 A message from Philadelphia states the Coroner's investigator announced 502 persons died from poisonous liquors in Philadelphia during (lie past five months.