AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1927, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] TYPHOID EPJDE.AIIC. OTTAWA, March 17. A typhoid epidemic which has been raging at Montreal for a fortnight continues to increase at a rapid rate. Seventy-five new eases have been reported in the last 24 hours, and -143 eases since the 4th. March. NEW SHIPPING SERVICE. NEW YORK, Alarch 17. The “Port Hardy” of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line is departing from Boston on the 2nd of April for New Zealand ports and will initiate a new service. COAIMUNIST CAMPAIGN. MEXICO CITY, Afareh 17. The International Communist Organisation is now distributing circulars, from Belgium, urging the Alexieans to oppose American Imperialism in Mexico, and throughout Latin America. The circulars state: “Down with the rapacious Yankee! Death to the cowardly strangulation of Nicaragua by the Colossus of the North.” The circulars add that it is the United States intention to subjugate all Latin America.

. AIRMAN ARRIVES. BUENOS AIRES, March 18. Bieres arrived at Port Natal on Friday from Fernando de Moronha. LONDON, Alarch 18. A German pilot. Sehabelo, at Dessau aerodrome, flew for sixteen hours loaded with five hundred kilogrammes, a

world’s record. WILKINS’ ARCTIC FLIGHT. NEW YORK, March 17. Everything is ready for him at Fairbanks. Alaska. and Captain Wilkins on Saturday will take off for Point Harrow. His two planes are in splendid shape. Alger Graham is Hying one, and Edward Young the other. Eielson will pilot the old monoplane “Alaska" which is now fully refitted anil heavladen.

NEW YORK, March 18. Amplifying the statements already cabled Heed continued the defence declared that Sapiro planned extending operations to Australia and said he will show that at Minneapolis that plaintiff said that they were going to organise not only wheat growers in the United States-but also in Canada, Australia and Argentine. We shall show that every time Idaho wheat growers had failed California tomato growers were failing. Sapiro wrecked both. Reed alleged that Sapiro collected nearly .'IOO,OOO dollars organisation and counsel fees from eight of over a hundred farmers. The co-operative marketing associations were organised under the so-called Sapiro plan. SECOND PANAMA CANAL. NEW YORK, March 17. Mr Dwight Davis, U.S.A. Secretary for War, prior to his sailing to inspect Panama, said that the business of the Canal has been so rapidly increasing that America probably will he forced to construct another canal through Nicaragua, starting ill 1930.