AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

MTOTKAI.UN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. besieged convicts. NEW Y01?K. Oft. I. A message from Kildysvillo, in Kentucky, states l-lit? State militia lmve besieged the- throe mutinous con vie t« in the State gaol. The convicts have been apparently silenced, after their second day’s resistance, by fire of machine guns which, during the day consumed 2d,000 rounds. ■Jhe prison authorities believe the ■f mutineers are cither killed or wounded but the militia prefers to wait till daylight, before making a further investiTint ion, in view of the possibility that the desperadoes might lie withholding their lire, and conserving their ammunition for a last desperate stand. Three of the guards have died Iron, wounds from the convicts’ bullets. MR LI.OYD GEORGE.

(Received this day at 11.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. d. Mr Lloyd George arrived to-day, it being his first time to set foot oil American soil. Ho said, the unhappiness and difficulties resulting from the war had been caused by the improper or ineffective operation of the . of tho Treaty of \eif>ailles. lie fs en route to Canada.