AMERICAN ITEMS,

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS,

IUSTUAMAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT. (Received this day at. 8 n.m.) NEW YORK. Jan. 2li. The New York "Time-” Washington correspondent say- the Stale Department i- imue or less perturbed as a result of attempts by over-zealutt-police to enforce prohibition, lit connection with the raid eauied on Dee. 22nd ami Jan. 21th Mr Hughes lu-tlny wrote the Polish Mini-icr. \\ rub I lewski, oxpre-sing regret that police entered the Legation. It Im.s been complained that diplomatic immunity had not been observed. Mr Hughes however concluded that it had been determined that the secretary had in his pos.-essioil a quantity ol alcoholic beverages greatly exceeding the privileges and immunities accorded ill this regard. and it had been a matter of concern that diplomatic immunity had been abused. Mr Hughes, however, was glad to learn that the Secretary had been tran-lci red to \\ ar-aw. J AP PROTEST TO US A. .‘Received this day at ,3 a.tit.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 The United States has received the Japanese protest against the proposed immigration law now pending in Congre--. barring all Japanese ininue.ratie.n to A ira and over-riding the so-called Gentlemen'-. Agieement u lio-e purpose was to avoid the lunching stlMrOpUMUties of the J e pat ph’ hi openly declaring Japanese immigrant per.-otta gi ala. I"U W.. Jem <wtU Slab. how Cl el . e’etr-e .he Jap. " mill U’Mabiding hr the Genii,‘line,' ' ,e On id In ■ - !lu 1 ha ih- h -t: .ho Unit. I ...... • La-. > ■ Srei-fh ■■ v.o o', .-. araw .’.gainst■) a iV.o. cc-uiviry CANADIAN FIELD CROPS. OTTAAYA. Jan. ?©. Tiio C'anadian field crops lor l 1 :’-’ arc valued at approximately, S9l million dollars, this representing a decrease of seventy millions Iron) that of E>22, due to lower prices. The C'anadian wheat crop is estimated at 171 million over that ol 1922. I> A Y IS CUP CHALLENGE. NEW YORK. Jan. 2i"l. Holland has challenged for the Davis Cup in the European zoic. NIAGARA FROZEN (Received this day at- 11-25 a.m.") OTTAWA. Jan. 27.

The Niagara is fully dry, the first time in many years. A great ice jam has stopped the waiter.

A CLEVER MURDERER. NEW YORK. January 20. Warren Lincoln has modified tho cuil'e'-sion of wife murder many limes, until he made a clean breast of the clinic, admitting that he first shot his wile, and then killed Byron Stoup, in January last year. He burned the bodies but says la* debated long as to what to do with the heads, finally fast a hollow concrete block, and placed Hie beads inside and sealed the Pluck up and gave it to the garbage man. The police huriicdly searched the ciLv dump and lound a block as Lincoln described and inside were human re mains. I’nr dia’boliea! cleverness in concealing all evidence of the crime the' police regard Lincoln’s work as one ol th,- most remarkable on record. A f iirRGH DISPUTE. OTTAWA. January 27. A Toronto message reports the union ,J Presbyterian Methodists and Congregational churches of Canada has been ar. accomplished fact for several months in many districts of the country, hut there is antagonism amongst a minorii, of the Presbyterian faith which io fuses to join and this minority has appealed to the civil courts, asking a picjlnbitinn of the delivery of church property to the new union organisation. A long battle will probably ensue. STEAMER lU RNT. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. A fire to-night burned the steamer Midland to the water's edge. The damage to the..wharf and smaller craft is half a million dollars.