AMERICAN GABLE MEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1926, Page 2

AMERICAN GABLE MEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.) FORGED NOTES. VANCOUVER, July 3. Following the arrest at- Victoria on Friday of two men charged with passing bogus currency, the police at Calgary, Alberta, to-day raided the premises of one of the men conducting a printing business, and discovered more than two million dollars’ worth ot bogus ten and twenty dollar Bank of Alontreal -paper currency, an extremc- ]>,- clever imitation, together with dies and other equipment.

COOLIDGE PROSPECTS. NEW YORK, July 2. The “ New York Times’s ” AVashington correspondent states: “Congress adjourns to-morrow, leaving much important legislation unpassed, and showing a remarkable divergence of opinion between the Republican President and an overwhelmingly Republican legislature. President Coolidge succeeded in getting favourable action upon several matters of policy, notably the reduction of taxation, adherence to the AYorld Court, and the ratification of various war debts, except that of France. Important recommendations, however, were made by President Coolidge which Congress has ignored. These are: The restoration of the seized German property, and tlie issuance of bonds by the United States to pay American claimants against Germany; shipping legislation to secure tlie centralisation of the control of tlie Government-owned merchant marine; legislation to increase tlie efficiency of\ prohibition enforcement ; the centralisation of authority in the Departments of Labour and a committee to deal with coal emergen, eies; and farm aid, whereby a fund of a hundred thousand dollars would have been loaned to co-operative marketing associations. The failure of this farm legislation may cause a political upheaval in the west, and may change the political complexion of the next Congress, mid it may defeat Air Coolidge’s re-nomination for the Presidency in 1928.”

DISSOLUTION IN CANADA. OTTAWA, .July 2. It was officially announced to-day that tlie Canadian Parliament will be dissolved. AVith legislation waiting on the Order Paper, this announcement came as a surprise. ft is expected that Air Afeighan (Premier) will proceed with the constitution of a Cabinet. OTTAWA, July 2.

Referring to the now Government’s defeat early in the morning on what is really a question of law and admittedly not a. question of policy, Air Aleighen (Premier) in a statement, said: “The fact of this defeat, coupled with a consideration of the chaotic condition into which public atfuirs are drifting, and the too-evident instability of the Government, necessitate, in "my opinion, an early appeal to the electorates. It is now my duty to complete the organisation ol the present Cabinet, after which the date of the election will he announced immediately.” Air ABicKenzie King, ex-Premier, in % statement to-day; reviewing the developments of the past week, said:— “This morning a dissolution was obtained by a defeated Ministry—a Alinistrv which, by resolution ol the House of Commons, it had been decided never It ad the right to exist. On Monday last a dissolution u ns denied to a Ministry which had not met with a single defeat in Parliament during a period of over four and a half years. In these circumstances, the issue, which, above all others, is now before the people of Canada is whether or not the Government of Canada is to he carried on ill accordance with the expressed will of the people by their representatives in Parliament under the system of responsible self government.”

A AHNE TRAGEDY. (Received this day at 9.0 n.mA NEW YORK. July 3. A telegram from AV ilkesbarre. Pennsylvania, states seven people were k killed and eight injured on Saturday when the roof fell to a. depth of seven hundred feet over an area of four acres -in a. coal mine near here. The fall released quantities of gas and made rescue difficult. v U.S.A. DROUGHT. NE'AV YORK, July 3. A message states Mr C. Den ell, the United States weather forecaster, declared that the extreme heat and a prolonged drought over the south-west portion of the Middle West has done great damage to the crops. Air Denell asserted that unless rain comes soon, many of the growing crops in Southern Illinois, Arkansas. Missouri, Oklahoma. and Kansas, will he irreparably damaged. The weather lias been cooler. and the rain precipitation practically normal in the northern section.