MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1927, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

I Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] CANADIAN MINISTER WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Mr .Ma-M’y (Canadian Minister) was receivcil by I’resident Coolidge at White I louse, to-day. -when lie presented his credentials. After a brief address in which .Mr Massey expressed the friendliest relations with United States, Mr Cool idee greeted the Minister and promised the co-operation of his administration in the new diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

STORM DAMAGE. (Received this day at DJIO a.in.)

SAN FRANCISCO. Feh. IS. More storms on the Pacific had a disastrous effect on shipping as it approached. Already havoc has been wrought on the coast. Three marine accidents have been reported, the most serious of which concerned the t inted States Shipping Hoard freighter Klkton which is believed to have sank off the Iloilo (Phillipines) with a crew of 37 aboard. Four destroyers are searching for the vessel between the Rhillipinc' and Guam where she was last heard from. Heavy seas forced the Canadian freighter Steel Exporter to return to Honolulu for engine repairs. The Standard Oil Tanker, F. 11. Hillman, bound for San Francisco from London was driven ashore at Sail Nicholas Island. hut finally succeeded in getting off the rocks. At New Orleans tornadoes swept sections of Lousianan, Mississippi and killed at least- tliirtythreo. injured scores and left a trail of damage.

01,!) CITIZEN DEAD. TLM ARC. February 19,

Obituary. Edward lloldgate, one of the founders of Priest and Holdgatc; aetat 02 years.