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Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7.. CAUt.E ASSOCIATION. L.S.A. ZEI’DEI.INS. NEW VOLK. Novell! Le i I. The Goeilyea: It u' D■• ■ r < nmpaiiy Los aniioiiie ed that it lias pmclm-cd lioin Hie Gei man Zeppelin ( ompany tliu light to const mi.'i Zeppelin- in the I'nited Stale-, it I- nmlei-looil that the Goodyear ( mu! iiiiy conteiuplates hringing a eoi'i s nl experienced ( .omiuui Initldets de-igm is- and engineers t, am the Zepjelin factories at J'lieil, re j haven t.o Akiou. I lliio. where a | Lot will I) • erected fo;- the purpose of m.b - ing the Enited States a larger | roilie e;ol tiie i igid type of air-hip for milirarv and eomnivreia ! 11 -c■ -. ihe Good; <a i Company at Hie pre-cut time e:e in I . ing arrangement for the War D"| .M ini -lit’- eo 111 a• iat joji in i heir s-hema. A n. es-, age from Aklon, ' lliio, ra'.s the right to man nl act lire Zeppelin-. l>u i eha-ed by the Goodyear ( mop.my. includes ihe right to mamifaetore all the cugdnc-, machinery, and auxiliaries. I lie price is not aannmieed. hut ’t is -aid to ! e the highest in the hi-lory ol internal ional aviation. A N(i!,i I-E.S.A. 'I ELM V. WASHINGTON. Novenil <n | The propo-o'l Treaty , w here h.v liritain would permit a twelve mi!- IPeii search, in ri'Uii n for the privilege ol bringing slops’ liipmr : > L.S.A. I'anumli'i- sea I, v. iII he -1 fen Uoii-iy oppo-- I Iroin three directions when iilnanted to Hie L.S.A. Senate I'm rat ideal ant. Kirs I mining those who have e\pn --ed

di-plea-iu e ale the .so-called ■'t mist rtt •. t ionists’' ill the ! )c|'il It nielli I .1 u.-l ae, wild \v i 1,1 contest the taliditv of any Treaty >• hi< h overt brows ihe Supie.no Court's interpi'et at ion of the ('oilL .1 ■ til.mil A inriulinent. The sm-natl is tile Anti-Saloon l.etgue, w hioh fear- timt I!: n i-h ship li'pmr w ill lie ■ mug;: ! 'I over the -ide into Loot logger "lull. lathird ate the American Shijiown o who are contending that th" -e.t'el liquor privilege will give to the Br:’:-n liners an undue advantage in I m t: a us-A tlnm ie trade since all A men -no vessels are pn hihil ed from -"W'lug liquor. except on the homeward vey.n ■ CANADIAN R ESENT.M ENT.

OTTAWA. Nnv. I. The Montreal "Gazette's" Ottawa c.blTespom leu t telegraphs: "Strong leeling and some rc-i'iitmetil Inis re-tdted from the Australian Indn-tries Protection I.('ague’s represent at ions lor all amendment of tiie lari!!’, whereby gemH containing To per coil of British labour and material should receive a preierence, instead of 2.1 per cent as at present. This is e. ii-i:lereil a Mow against t lie Ganadiau export ef automobiles to Australia, which !m- grown |>!i"tioim'iiall.v since it wa- exiended tic British preference. Tlmi'e I I:id a utimioLiles exported to Australia in il'h’l and ll.fißi for the first -ix month- of I’"-' current year. The Canadian automobiles are the produel of -even hundred branches of Coiled Stales plants." Tim correspondent- declares that Canada will probably tek" active measures to maintain its rmht-g pointing out that a large pron-n't nm . i- Dm Brit i-h goods enjoying preference from Canada are largely produced in Continental countries and only finished oii' in Britain. IMMIGRATION (.H’OTAS EX--IIAESTED. (Pocoivod this dav at S.oO a.m.j NE'.V VO I! K. Nov. 2. The immigration quotas ol nine nations have been exhausted with the arrival of fifteen thousand aliens on j eleven vessels and nieie are en route on flm Majestic, E'-viathiaii and rei:garia. WIRELESS AC'HIE’t'EMENT. i.Rts.eived t!;is. dav at S.fjn a.in.’) NEW YORK. Nov. 2. A revolutionary step in the smeritilie development of radio was recorded wlieii a signal made twenty round trips from the New York Radio Corporation in America to Warsaw, Poland, without. the assistance ol an operator at either end. This demonstrates that simultaneous acknowledgement is possible in long distance radio messages. A single loop connected the vast space, and the dot raced through the ether, being recorded on a tape at each return i trip from Warsaw. OIK TANKER DAMAGED. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. A telegram from San Pedro. ( alifornia reports that the oil tanker K. C. Dodd crashed into the dreadnought New Mexico, in the harbour. The tanker':-' Imw was eafried away and -even I of the dreadnuiigliL'- plates were damaged.