AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1927, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.) alcohol poisoning. (Deceived this day at 9.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.

National attention continues focussed on three thousand deaths from Government poisoned denatured alcohol duriirj: the recent holiday season. Air Afellon has urged Government to use all Possible speed to remove the poison ingredients from the- present supplies. American Chemical Society has requested its fifteen thousand members for suggestions for a new lion-poisuii-ous denaturaU'.

Air Andrews announced it was safe to assume that most of these holiday deaths were caused from officially poisoned denatured alcohol from which bootleggers thought they had removed the poison, hut failed. r.S. THREAT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. IL is officially intimated that any attempt by the Calles Government to seize American property under confiscatory oil laws will be met by retaliation by the American Government. BETTER DUMPING- DUTIES. ißoceived this day at 9.30 a.i11.) OTTAAVA, Jan. 4. Air Bruce, on arrival at Toronto was taken ti the Government House, where he will lie a. guest until he leaves for Hamilton to-morrow. A delegation headed liy J. S. AfcLean, representing the provision interests of the city, asked to meet AIY Bruce to discuss the butter section. Local butter dealers noint out that under the Patterson scheme, Australian butter could enter here five to six cents below the price of the Ontario product, and this resulted in dumping duties which virtually stopped the importation of Australian butter. It is understood it will he pointed out that the Patterson scheme is not State aid to butter producers, but a private arrangement. Provision interests feel that unless Australian butter comes to Canada unaided. whether privately or by Government. local producers, particularly Ontario producing 25 million pounds, annually in order to maintain the level of prices, will succeed in keeping the dumping duties in force, and provision interests will import butter from countries other than Australia. CREW LOST. MEXICO CITY. Jail. 4. The captain and six of the crew were drowned when the British schooner Caiman from Havana to Belize, with a cargo of whisky, was wrecked at Punta Gorda. According to special despatches, the only survivor is insane.

TENNIS. NEW YORK. Jan. 4

TiTden announced to-day that lie has abandoned bjs plans to sail in January to compete in. the Riviera tournaments in February and March, and intends joining the United States Lawn Tennis Association team which is going to Europe to play in May and June.