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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1923, Page 3

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iUHTKAUAX AND N. 7.. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION. WHISKY sMt'i.I.CINC IN I'.S.A. WASHINGTON, November 0. Following oonfereiKos between Messrs Haynes. Coolidge and Alellon, plans were approved 10, a Coiigics.sinnnl a propria timi, prohubly of live million dollars, to const a amt sfi-aially designed xgieiaft, patterned on submarine chasers. tor the pii:pose, of combatting liquor runnel s on the Atlantic coast. The

hauling the la-t-'t smugglers, and in eimjiilidtioii will] the Search Treaty with Britain, il is expected greatly to ieduce the dlii i; liqiu : importations. Al ( liicago thi' drv movement -tai led on Sej'leml ei- is continuing iinahtncd. It has closed -tf>:{ 1 saloons. -.o|t: drink' parlouis, >n.! d;ug stores, illicitly seliing liquor, Five police cap. [.all) s ucic discharged lor aci cpt iog bribes, one thoo-and | er-oo- la jog held on charges of violating the d,y law. Bever.s estimated the di iinkenncss I'm the period ha- been redic cd .'Jo ] Client, while crime and ariots of motorists lor driving while intoxii-atcd were greatly reduced. CAPITALISTS FALL OFT. NEW YuRK, November 8. The Oitoman-Amerii an I levelopment Company. the holder of extensive concessions in Turkey, including the Chester concession, which has been a hone oi contention at the Council tables of Europe, was split open I day hv the resignation ol several of it-- most powerful and inlliienlial tm-lecs and di reefers. rs the icsnlt of an attempt to sell a million dollars of stock to the Public in a hundred <b liars a share

I S.A. I’OI.JTI C>. WASHING lON. Nub. 7. The election I.suits of November nth arc differently intcrpieicd. a,Though the Re|’ii'dicaiis arc on the defensive while the Democrats claim a sweeping majority idl-ging that the Democratic wave i. grow in:;. All three new (iovcniois are Demon.oK. The rc-clc tion ol Governors Richey. <•, Mankind. is being coiisidcod a “v.oi" vi-lory. since the latter inß nroti d a revi-ion of the Volstead l.aw . The now Senator Dorn Verm.ml i- a Re] tihlicau. thus giving Die Republicans a majority ill six in. the Senate, lime being lifly-one Republican.- and I'orivGiiee Deniot rais. and two farmer Labour Senators. The Deuioo.ats have elected lour of the new Senators and the Republicans two. I he Republicans have ;l majniily of seventeen in the House of Representatives there being 227, Republicans and id! j Democrats. one Socialist , one Independent, on Funnel l.ntioiii ile. and two vacancies to he filled by another byelection. The Kti Klux Klan. strangely. won a victory at Ohio and t!ie greater number of candidates lor local offices whom if endorsed, were elected.

RECOR D CHARITY GIFT. NEW YORK. Nov. On of tlie largest donations to charity in recent time- is unmmuecd by Air T. 11. Horsey, the well-known manufacturer of ehololate candy, who ha- Dimed his entire fortune, estimated at sixty million dollars into a trust for the creation and maintenance of an orphanage and an industrial school. Mr llei'shey, who i- known a- Die “Chocolate King.” provided that tin institution shall he constructed mar his vasi mamilaetury, wherein he will maintain a small interest, sufficient e ! personal maintenance. DROP IN FXOII ANGF. FALL OF £ KTERLIN : NEW YORK. Nov. !b The |)otind sterling dropped sensational to-l-itl.i the lovvesi for the present year. Observers declared the decrease was due to the transfer of Hie balances from sterling to dollars, and the absence of American purchasers of British securities. .Moreover. .Britain's payments of war debt was costing half a million dollars daily. Al.-o that tin- now Bavariun coup had made inroads on sterling's stability .