AMERICAN ITERS,

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1925, Page 2

AMERICAN ITERS,

ÜBTU.LIAN AND N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION

SEVERE EARTHQUAKES. OTTAWA. March 21. Quebec City and the eastern part of the province were shaken seriously by the second earthquake in a fortnight, leaving the population suffering badly from hysteria. The damage is not. extensive. hut. the shocks were the woist in this part of the country tor one hundred years. AEROPLANE rack against TIME. VANCOUVER, March 21. In a race against time. 31 r William Wrigley, jtir., the chewing gum magnate, chartered an airplane at Santa Catalina Island, in California, yesterday to convoy a bond for 1.750.000 dollars to Chicago, in connection with an appeal ill a litigation ease now before the Courts of California' The plane trnnslcrred the bond at Salt Lake City to a United States mail service plane, which reached '(liicago at 8.30 o'clock this .morning, only to find that the bond bad been placed by local attorneys earlier. NEW PROHIBITION LAW. NEW YORK. March 20.

A telearani from Omaha sa.vs it i predicted that Nebraska is the fir-, (state in the Union .to have a lav which came into force to-day. provid ing that the possession of more tliai one pint of liquor shall be held a prima. facie evidence that the posses sor is a bootlegger.