AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

——— 1 AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. UAllt.E A-ssiiW.WtON j . GOLD PURCHASES. .Received this day M. H a.til.) j NEW YORK. February 2. j The National City Bunk has announe- j O'.) it lias purchased ! i .7>!)Q. 0:111 dollat.sol | gold in Australia, declaring the trails- j a< lion is of a purely commercial nature, bearing no relation to the Australian leans. It was staled the further iui|:ui tation ot gold direct Itoitt .Australia in l'nired Slates might be expected, toil, there wete no assitram-e.s that the volume would be large oi the shipment regular. British newly-minted gold has hitherto been reaching the United States ehielly Irom South Alriett ot London. Observers indicate the Bank’s transaction. which was at ranged liijough the purchase ol the pound sterling, contributed to the recent rally ol sterling, which to-day continued to mount, leaching BIO.’, showing a gain of sixteen cents in the pa-t fortnight.

sneiDKS SL'HIIOENDEI) BY mystery. CANADA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. ,Received this day at, 8 a.m.) OTTAWA,- Eebruaiy 2. The suicide ot three English iniimgtant.s recently, one being a girl domestic in the employ of Admiral Charles Kmgmill here, art* all surrounded by an air of mysteiy and has caused a (.ovcrnmentnl enquiry to determine whether the conditions surrounding iinnngiatioii are favourable. Jurors, attending the inquest oil the deceased, which includes two youth- seventeen and eighteen years old. passed “‘solutions demanding that more attention he paid to immigrants after they have set. tV„| in Canada, and that tin- policy of bringing newcomers and thence abandoning them be immediately brought to a halt.

It is rumoured that the English Government has also made enquiries coll

coining the case which, m a definite manner, apipeurs to have plated the Dominions’ immigration policy under se-

ll IE OH. SCANDAL. FALL'S SHREWD AIOYE. (Received this day at S a.m.) ■Washington. February 2. . In connection with the oil scandal matters took a sudden turn to-day. ExSecretar.v Fall caused a finny when he was summoned from a sick bed. upon a sensational sidi-pocna. Ho declined to give further evidence, especially concerning the conflicting testimony which be had already given on the ground that it would tend to incriminate him and moreover he questioned the Senate Committee's authority to conduct an investigation, raising a technicality concerning its appointment. The Committee. although composed of smart liiwveis. seemed caught ill ibis shrewdly conceived dilemma and abruptly adjourned- H will ask the Senate to renew its authority hv newly enacting a resolution.