AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION CUTTER CA PTI.’IfFS BRITISH SHIP. NEW YORK, January 8. A telegram from Galveston, Texas, say.- that a eoastgia:d cutter i-aptureo tin: British auxiliary .-■..■hnuncr, .Muriel K Winters, live miles elf Galveston Island with a consignment of assorted liquors aboard. Her papers indicated Dial ■l,2o!l e.i.-cs had been her cargo when tlio vessel cleared Bahama lor Tanipie.o, hut tlio cargo had been ’broached before the vessel was eSptiffed, the loreliold prat li. ally being empty. Captain Cooler and the engineer are Americans, but the. crew of thirteen i re British subjects Ironi the West. Indies. AX IMPROVED CABLE. XFW YORK, .January 7. The Western FJeeti ie Company has perfected a cable, believed to be callable of great speed over unlimited distances, thus obviating the. necessity for relays. It will he used for a new speed cable, front New York to the Azores. It is e.xepeted to carry ]BOO words per minute. BUK I’EACE PLAN. A MINED ItEl I'JPTIUX.

NEW YORK, January 7. The IJox Peace [’lan, as foreseen. lias reopened the old division between tlie pro and anti-I.eitgiU' parties, which is clearly evident l>y the press comment. Those newspapers which favoured the League stressed the fact that ti e prize w inner logically, could evolve nothing better, while the opposition newspapers condemn the plan, some even declaring it is obvious the League propaganda is engendered by those who decline to lake the Senate's decision as tinai. The ‘‘New York World" and ■‘'limes' 1 endorse the plan. '1 he ‘Tleii'ld" stales the winnei only needed to consider the judges, whose chairman is Mr Eiiliu .Root, to know what sort of plan would win their favour. Another paper says the winner’s plan i- an attempt to eonipromise the issue that arose between the opponents and proponents of the League. A Portland (Oregon) ‘papetr says only it few oppose the League because of a fear of being wounded in their piirlr of opinion. The ‘‘Minneapolis tribune" remarks there is nothing in the plan to bring America much harm, or the world much good. OCEAN I’ARK DESTROYED. XEYV Y'ORK, January 7. Atlvices from Los Angelos states that Ocean Park, California’s greatest amusement playground was destroyed by lire. The loss was a million sterling. The fire was most, spectacular. Hun- ‘ <1 reds of restaurants, 'dance halls, eeve- 1 ral beautiful theatres, and two ocean piers were destroyed.

Forty firemen were injiued by burns or falls, hut none fatally.