AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1925, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

[HxrTEir Telroramh.J M'li.M I'S EX LENSES. XEW YORK. May 0. The record-breaking American tour of t lit- runner Nurmi ( nine lo n tcnipornry hull when Chairman Unhien of the National Kcgisl. ra t inn Committee of the Amat oir Athletic l.'ninn announced that all future track appearances of the Finnish runner had keen cancelled until his manager. Hugo Quest, o/licially answers a charm- oi demanding excessive expenses and money to run at Drake I'niversity a week ii"d. The sum demanded is said to he a thousand dollars. One-t lias denied the charge in the ii'",v-pnners. hut has not done so oliieiallv. A S I’D IT IN .MASONIC RANKS. NKW YORK. .May 5. riecause tlie Grant! Orient, of Belgium "ahandoned the rerjuirenient of a helief in (hid. and removed the T/ihle from its Altars. 1 ’ tin- Grand Dodge of New York terminated .Masonic relations. This, nils announced a t the opening of the Mll h Annual ('oiiimiinication. r.S.A. NF.t;RODS. WAS! 11 X! !TO.\ . Mas (i. The delegates a I tending the quin(juenuial Convention oi the international Council of Women came tine to lace with typical American problem while assembled to hear a programme of American music. The programme was design. I to show the development. of American music, and included Negro spirituals of the IS!!!! |.u i al. and modern compositions. Ihe Negroes, however, refused to sing liecause the members of their race acre not included among I lie delegates to the Convention, Ini, had segregated in the audience. When the representative of the Negroes announced this decision, hccau.se of tin* discrimination against their race, all the Negroes lelt the auditorium. VISITORS FOR NKW ZEALAND OTTAWA. May li. Reverend Clayton, founder of 'lorh 11. and Radre Leonard, are sailing I y the Niagara, spending a firluighi in New Zcalud, after which they go to Australia. RF.M RENNERS. NKW YORK. .May (i. Coincident with the depart tire ci ships to deal with the ruin runners’ fleet, nineteen Cnited Slates coastguardsmen were arrested on a charge of being spies for the rum-runners.