AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1925, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION WOMEN'S COCNCIL RESOLUTION. WASHINGTON, May 11. Temporarily -iclc tracking furlher res.Juti*,n> from ilieir Pc.*acc Committee, 1 1.. ( imiicil nf Woinen considered the rc-c, l oii'ti of- their Educational Coiniciitc',' urging the National Councils 1., ,!,... ~p' ■' -.pccial attcniicm to educap,,,, cemdit ions in the regions where groups ol di lie rent nationalities are li\iii"' together, and that in the schools uf such districts, every aspect of the culture' and education, the character | i 1,,. genius id each nation he re-prescnl'-cl.” Tim ri'solutiun provoke'd considerable discussion. England. seconded hv Australia, faili'd in an attempt to secure its withdrawal. and the motion was carii ii on a viva voce tote. RUM SHIPS EFFORTS. VANCOUVER. -May 12. A message from Sun Diego stales Californian onasi glia i d lorees there admit they are badly ham|H-red in their cli'e.rtN to |irevent large ships ‘.four ol which are carrying the British Hag, and one Belgian) which arc now cruising off the Southern California coast. T heir decks arc piled with liquor. Ships and small boats which go out for cargoes arc all speedier than the Government’s craft. The cutter Tamaroa now in tile port ol Pan Diego toiiud tile Meet on .May Itli and gave chase to iiiic of five l vessels uliich scattered in diifi'iciit directions. The T'aniarua was unaiile to overtake her Ureter quarry, and uas forced to return to San Diego for provisions and liicl. Tim olliccrs oi tie Tamaroa state that the rum Meet! is receiving able assistance' in-m confederates aslicu'e. The Belgian ship Coririiile is the first of llm di-i n I egra ting Atlantic ( oast Fleet to appear in Pacific waters according to tlm iamnroa's nllicers. WASHINGTON. May 12. In the annual report ol I lie department of commeree Secretary Hoover estimates forty million dollars as l lie cost of hoot legged loreign liquor hist year. This is said to he a low estimate. AYO.AIF.V.S Ct INVENTION. WASHINGTON. May 12.

Tilt' Women’s (.'onvciit ion adopted a resolution urging that women in countries which had not ratified the 11)21 Con vent ion of Geneva, for the pro! eel ion of women and children, should use their inlluence to obtain ratification. Resolutions wen* also adopted urging that measures he taken for the suppression of newspaper advertisements calculated to incite “Immoral behaviour'’ and advocating the maintenance ol women police with the same status a.s men.