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Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1926, Page 2

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[Australia <fc N.Z. Cable Association.] SPANISH FLIER. VANCOUVER. Feb. 22. \ message from Marble Plateau. Argentine. Males that Commander Franco said to-day that he will leave on Wednesday on a visit to Montevideo as authorised in a message from the Spanish (lovcriinviit offering the abandonment of the < ontemphited flight to the West Coast and thence to North America in continuation of the Transatlantic llighl. The message said: “On consideration of the special circumstances created by the worldwide recognition of the wonderful Might already niiu'ij the Government lias decided to terminate it at the Argent iue capital." COUNTESS C ATHCAKT. NEW YORK, Feb. 22. The United States Attorney, Mr Buckner. announced on Monday that the• Countess Cathcart. by signing a personal bond for her release from Ellis Island, voided the habeas corpus proceedings brought by her attorney, placing herself again under the Labour Department's jurisdiction. ROYALTY LIBELLED. OTTAWA, February 23. *>u the. grounds that it has published articles libellous to the Royal Family, the Canadian .Minister of Customs. Mr Ihiivin. had an order issued banning the importation into Canada of Liberty.” an American weekly magazine. which published an article allegedly misrepresenting the life of the late Queen-Mother, and. in a .subsequent issue, all article of a. similar nature concerning the Prince of Wales. The order of Mr lioivin. which is a permanent one, is based on a section of tin 1 Customs Act. which prohibits the importation of obscene literature. ANTI-PROHIBITION MOVEMENT. WASHINGTON, February 22. The apparent beginning of a great public movement against Prohibition i* heralded I i.v the so-called “ Face the Facts’’ Conference against the Prohibition Amendment, at which more titan one thousand delegates from all parts of the country are demanding the legislation of light wines and beers. •Senator Edward Hew (New Jersey) suit! : " The deceived nation’s eyes have been opened. Fair-minded, honest, just Americans have, since the beginning of Prohibit ion. tolerated blandishments, intolerance and the autocratic exercise of super-power liv an ineoneeivably small minority, who were seeking to overthrow the tolerant, but unassertive majority.” Mr Wayne Wheeler headed an AntiSaloon League division, and he denied that Prohibition had been a failure except to the brewers, distillers, saloon keepers, bar tenders, and brothel keepers. It had been a success, he said, to the masses, and had made America the richest nation in the world.