AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

[Reuters Telegrams.] SURGKON.S’ CONGRESS. OTTAWA, October 22. At the Medical Congress at .Montreal, Doctor Robinson described the types of blood infection and treatment, especially laying stress nil the value of coal tar dye chemicals in various combinations for direct injection into the veins with encouraging results. Cases where the temperature was extremely high ol ten thereby got immediate relief. Ihe speaker cited the details of two eases where treatment showed special effectiveness. In one instance a patient was on the verge of death.

JAP .MIGRATION TO MEXICO SAN FRANCISCO, October 24,

It is stated two representatives of the Japanese General Stud, and ten Japanese financiers and industrial experts are in Mexico to direct and finance a colonisation project in Lower California, involving the transportation and settlement of twenty thousand Japanese, and also the eonstri. tion of cotton mills. NEWSPAPER AND RADIO. (Received this dav at ,8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. October 24. A battle appears to be opening between the radio interests and the newspapers. The Associated Press adopted a resolution against broadcasting at the last animal meeting and the climax was recalled "lien it was announced that the Chicago “Tribune”, operating one of the finest sets in America received a warning from the Associated press not to announce the results of the Presidential election over its radio. The order not only includes broadcasting news furnished by the Associated Press, hut the latter also seeks to prohibit the "Tribune” from broad,axting its own election returns mi the grounds that as a member of the Associated Press it must abide by the general decision and that any news the “Tribune” itself may obtain, is automatically the property of the Associated Press. The “Tribune" intends to lake the matter to the courts.