AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1925, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION TAXED HV C.S.A. NEW YOKE. .May 0. A mild sensation was caused when i'lH' British delegates to- the ( oiivention oi Associated Advertising t lit"-' oi the World, which is being liv'd at Houston, in Texas, were compelled to pay twelve dollars custom.' duly on a British ling which they brought L'l' presentation to Ihe City el lloii'ioii. The story dates hack lo last year' convention in England, when the New York delegation carried lings of I'm United States. New York Slat.', and York City. Hu that occasion, the Duke of York and oilier dignitaries received the American delegation v, itn elaborate ceremony, mid the lily "I York accepted the tings, placing them reverently iti the City Hall. I ids yc.n the British delegates, desiring to return the courtesy, brought a hue? British flag for Houston. When the American Customs' ofliriaL. questioned the British, they explained that the flag was intended inr a gift- and not for sale. Notwithstanding imlignatu protests by tbeir American hosts In lj-v Custom',' authorities, however. tae Britishers were advised that the duty mi the ilag was twelve dollars, wtiicli they paid. American advertising men. Mill angered at what they regarded as an aji'rimt io their guests, ilemamh'-l a 1 hate of the sum paid. T,,,, New York .'ilieials a rt-d thin the law -ays that flag- mu-! | e.y a Fifty per ten!, duty, and iheie i- m u.reason for suspending n ior Britishers than there is for 'U-peiidiiig the pmhihitiou law for 1 hem : but privately they deplored Ihe necessity lor c illeeling the money. DF.MSF.Y’S jIONEY.MHON. NEW YOKE. -May .jHempscv and his wile sailed !,v -|, t , Beri'iigaria on Wednesday on I five-weeks’ trip to England and Era nee lor a belated honeymoon. Deiepsov reiterated that he has no intention of retiring truin tin- ring.

MKHDEHS eok a euktfne. .Received this -lav at !? a.n’. ) NEW YOKE. May -

A coroner's jury in Chicago iound that .Mr- Shepherd. wife of Win Sltepii Mil. was her iiushand’s aecnmplirc m the Inimler of William MeCliiilock, whose million dollars the Shepherds inherited. The evidence disclosed that Hie plot to obtain the iortnne was hatched sixteen years ago when William Shepherd adniinstered mercury to McClinlviek's moi her. causing her ileal h. Her son inherited her lortuno

ami tlu 'i in order to < loam ibis Shepherd la-t December gave the boy typhoid germs. The jury found the aeoised had a guilty knowledge ol both crimes. WDM UN'S ('ONEEHENCE. MASJIIXGTOX. May 0. New /ealaild's National Council of Women delegation, under Miss Kane, is part ieipat ing in tl to Women x lliteinatiomil (ionlerence this year, lor me tirst time. Miss I aylor is .New Zoilaod's repri'senial iv<- on the new Standing Committee dealing with Child I’rotection. under the chairmanship of Lady A herd." n. It was nniiouiiccd at tin? lir-t meeting el ihieommiuee that all imiltei's brought forward were already receiving alien t ion hv lla? ( hild Mellare an! horil ies of New ml. and the delegates ('Jilin;ented op the D Uililliou - line

progress ns this field. ]) r Noi'ihci'olT's report mi New Zealand's public beallli Inc- bi'en '-in."Icil oui for special nuiiti* | ii Ly the Board < ! H!h."i- m -I eomprekeusice and mat i v".

Mrs Junes, the New Zealand n |

s -nt ai 1 vt- on (lie Si ami Ing t on,mil! 1 pal- I‘,-an’. ciaunu-UI iue oil the public Ily givmi til lue 1111. 1 11.-I I 111:11 Conn ,-il's resolulious thereof, said -be 1 m