AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1926, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS.

I Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] A l’ ST ITALIAN FARMERS PROSPEROUS. OTTAWA, February 21. A Winnipeg message states -Mr MacDonald (Australian Wheat 00l representative?, interviewed cm arrival from St. Pauls, said: “Although my visit here has been brief, it is sufficient to convince me the combination of the local and central control of Canadian wheat pools is virtually perfect, and 1 shall strongly advocate the formation of a central administrative body ior the Australian pools such as now lunetions for the three Canadian "heat pools. L

believe, after a cursory survey of American agriculture, the Australian farmer, on the whole, is in a better financial condition than his brother in either Canada or the Lnited States. The good weather and good markets on our continent have combined to put the farmers on a sound financial loot-

ing. Air AlacDomild declined to comment on the final executive session of the St. Paul conference, further than to point out that the international co-ordination between the wheat pools in the inletchange of crops and pool statistics have been agreed upon. CANADIAN POLITICS. OTTAWA. Feh. 20. A telegram from Regina states the Premier (Air Charles Dunning! of Saskatchewan announced to-day that he has accepted the Federal portfolio of railways and canals. He will tontest a bye-election for Regina late in March.

A RKTFRN AIATCn. NKAY YORK. Feh. 20. The local promoters have granted Aieeske’s demand for a return match with Edwards, who has gained a first decision in the United States against the Australian, when, according to Alec.skes. he kicked the latter’s chin last AVednesday. Aleeske said the \iA was an accident, although it was pa l ’'- lv due to carelessness.

PANAMA CANAL DEFENCE. NEW YORK. Fob. Iff. The Panama Canal was theoretically destroyed when a fleet of twenty-two planes were catapulted front the clocks of the great plane carriers, thirty miles at sea as the supposed enemy. They defeated the scouting fleet of Army planes. The “enemy” fleet were thus placed in control of this strip of land, which is the United States’ only key to the efficient defence of its ten thousand miles of ocean coasts.

This is the first big manoeuvre in the canal zone. Over one hundred and sixtv naval vessels with forty thousand officers and men were assembled for the movements.