AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AM) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AMMUNITION explodes. (Received this day at 11.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 12. Niue pen-mo wen; killed ami twentylive injured, mostly women, hv an explosion in ait r.mmimition plant s.L Alsou, Illinois, while extracting powder from cartridges made I'm the 1 nitod. States Army during war time and salvaged by makers for brass. BRICKLAYERS WANTED. (Received this day at 11.-15 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 12. Due to extensive building operations ill the city and desultory building workers’ strikes there is a serious short age of bricklayers who now demand fourteen to eighteen dollars a day. - 1 lie municipal Government is engaged in building several schools to relieve the congestion, which last wilder reached dangerous proportions, causing a popular outcry, hut are unable to get the bricklayers. The schools mud he liuishetl in the next two months, when the annual summer school holidays end. The Mayor has issued a proclamation calling upon men with a knowledge of bricklaying to come forward to help finish the schools and Ims also ordered the heads of lire and police departments to excuse members of their fortes able to lay bricks. AMERICAN SATISFACTION. (Received this dav at 11.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON. July 12. Great satisfaction is expressed m official circles at the French Parliaments ratificatioy of the Naval Treaty without modification. It was feared

iiiiy reservations would necessitate consideration by the American Senate and probably the Parliaments of other powers, resulting in delay. It is now expected ratifications will l.e exchanged and deposited in Washington within <i few months, thus putting the Treaty into forte and earthling the Rowers to proceed with the scrapping programme, especially Japan, which Ims been tielaying dismantling her vessels waiting .French ratification.

A I.IQI'OR I'Ar.F.OT. (Received this dav .'it 12.25 p.m.) OTTAWA. .Inly 12. At Winnipeg early returns .show a. small majority against Die Food and Drink Hill. I>y wliieli hotels in Manitoba would he permitted to sell with me; D, beer and light wines. A RUSSIAN CONTRACT. (Received this dav at 12.‘J0 p.m.) NKW YORK, July 12. At Ciiieinnatti, thirty large American firms forming im assoeiatmn nained the Allied Amoii.an Co-operation. announced they had signet a contract with the Russian (iovernment to provide the k" ter with machinery and purchase ol Russian primary n Inisiness. twentylive hundred thousand dollars, the excess of the association's import "ill be paid in gold.