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Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1924, Page 3

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AUBIIIALIAN AND N.Z. CAlll.K ASSOCIATION. DIKE OK YORK KOI! K.S.A. MAY YORK, Aug. Id The latest, advices from London indicate the Duke and Duchess of York will probably accept the invitation to attend the International ’I reimportation Exhibit ion next June at I’eerskili on the Hudson. Every effort is being made to hold the Duke <>l York cup motor boat races during the festival under the auspices of the royal patron. The celebration will depict the progress of aerial, land and submarine transportation, including the observance ol the , enteiiary of the completion of the “Rocket." the first steam locoinotivi built by Stephenson. This will be brought hither by the courtesy of the licit i-h (tovernment. Meantime the American Embassy at the Court ol St. James' is proceeding with the lormalitie.s and reports lavniirablo progiess. INTER-J.MI’ERIAL REI.A’I MENS. TJIK. CANADIAN ATTITKDE. (Received this day at 1D.2.1 n.m.) OTTAWA. Ait". 17. At Markham. Ontario, summarising lie altitude ot the Canadian (•overuuieiil in in ter-1 nqs'rial relations, Premier MaeKonzic King, in a sjieeeh. said: "We have maintained the day is past when Canada should, ill her relation' wiih oilier parts ot the I'.mpue. noi exepeting lirilam her'clt. take the po-itioii . I a colony -iibordinatc in posite ii and inferior in status. \\ bile Canada did not claim that her interest or her power-, in any degree, were comparable to thu-o ot tin* Motherland. we contend that to the extent ot our interest in Inter-Imperial, as in all partnership arrangements, we are entitled to have niir voice heard in matter- ol toreign policy no less than I bo-" ol domestic concern. There -line,id not he taxation without repre--entat ion." MACI/AR K.N’S I! Edit ETS. (Received this day at 1 1 .21 a.m.) YANCOKYKJ! August 17. Maelaren .states lie does not contemplate another attempt at a world (light. When he realised that the plane was hopelessly damaged and the attempt to girdle the globe trustrated, he sat on the beach and wept. Ili.s feelings were shared by bis comI anions. The real troul m ,at ter thev left Tokio for Kuriles, just ;■ -cries of shore stop.-, and the rest ~l tlie time was spent in sittings on (be -00 beset h.v tog. lie expressed "rent ad,miration lor the lliglu id Lieut. IVnderleits. lie described as one of the lest pilots in the British air force, lie handled his machine single handed in all sorts ol weather without making one had lauding. lie doubts if Zanni, the Argentine aviator, will succeed in flossing the North Pacific this season.