AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1923, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LIQUOR SMUGGLERS. NEW YORK, Dee. 1(3. The "Times” correspondent at Titfin, in Ohio, telegraphs that the -Mayor and 2-1 other prominent citizens of that city have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, charged with conspiracy to manufacture and sell liquor. The group’s activities were spread over tv targe territory, and involved an tntiual business believed to exceed a million dollars. It continued to operate unmolested, through the Police Department’s inactivity, and as a result of the Mayor's influence. Several convivial parlies, however, were given hy the group, and resulted in a scandal. The Federal Grand jury, after investigating the case for three months, ultimately returned indictments. QUEENSLAND AND U.S.A. LOANS. NEW YORK, Dee. lb. Air AlacUinnou (Australian Commissioner) at tlie New York Bond Club, composed of prominent bankers and financial magnates, spoke interestingly on the subject of Australian foreign and internal indebtedness, enlivening his discourse with humorous anecdotes of his personal experiences which the audience listened to with the keenest attention and amusement. They appeared to he interested in hints which the Commissioner threw out respecting the possible flotation in the near future of a further Australian loan in New York, especially in connection with the forthcoming visit here of the Premier of Queensland, Air Theodore.