AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1924, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

U ICBTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION d " CYCLING. 11 NKM" YORK. August 21. *' At New.uk. A. ,J. Spencer, of New (> York, and loinierlv of Toronto, won I the bicycle championship of the Foiled ' States on Saturday in a two-mile race. 1 Cecil M’alker (Australia) was second. l ' and Pi,ini iTtnlv) third, f ___ * SHIP IN AIU TIC ICF. OTTAMA. Angd-t 21. ' \ Wiicles- me—age liiiiii tie- Hlldsno 15a v ( ,»nq-;iiiy’s iiioi*»i- -bin. I.ndy Kin-der-Icy. states she has been caught in 1 an ice field in the South .Mackenzie * River, with forty seven men aboard. I She asks that an aeroplane he sent im- ■* mediately, as it i- the only chance of r e-tape. The crew have failed in an ' attempt to get ashore over the ieo. The ves-el is now drifting towards the t North Pole and is threatened with destruction. Tlie aeroplane trip will he ’perilous, i It will h** tint days he fore it could reach the vicinity of the motor ship. X FM’ TYI’F OF COM'. OTTAMA. August 24. A telegram from Fdinoiidton. says: Queer entile, with lmiry manes and doubly woolly coats, will soon lie graz- , ing on tin- relatively barren tundra one thousand miles north of here, according to Sir Robert Groig (Chairman of the Scottish Hoard of Agriculture). who predated sneecss for the Dominion experiments with crossbred cows and biili'alnes. when addressing the Agrienltuial Section of the British Association for tlie Advancement o 1 ’ Science. He -aid: “Gelioi'illlv the plough i- twenty times a- ellieient as an anile.d in producing food in a given area, but animals can make available territory that i- of little use for crops. A- soon as we get some of the hull a lee-' blood into tile cow. there will be extensive live stock development in the northern areas. The amdoin.v of the cow will be altered to teut of producing the long line, mat o| hair ol the game animals, so that the ieo may ticoze on the longer hairs without chilling the beast. The second object is to develop shaggy litanes and heavy eyebrows. o that the animal may turn into the wind without discomfort . Pol ') M \ TCI I. NKM' YORK. Aug. 21. A telegram from Port M’n.-ltington -av- that a picked team of I'liitcd States polo -tars defeated a British combination, for tlie challenge match* hy II to .-ix. It was a -peetaenl.il' match. IT \ 1.1 AX AVIATOR I'ni'Nl). M'AS! 11 N< ;Tt )\. o,i. A mes-ago from the • -miser Raleigh -an- that l.ueatelli has ln-en found SO Util'S east of Cap- Farewell. All are well. ' ’ :