AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1927, Page 3

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

CANADIAN CROPS

OTTAWA, Aug. 10

A message from Saskatoon in Saskatchewan says owing to frost damage to wheat crops in that belt a week ago, it is now generally admitted that it is impossible to give an accurate estimate of the crop until threshing. Prospects are still good for a better crop than tile average throughout Canada, provided the weather is favourable, but there have been heavy rains recently in Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan nnd Alberta. Rust infection is now quite general hut only serious with late crops. Harvesting is expeetew to he going on extensively next week, which is about ten days later than usual. SACCO AND VANZETTI APPEAL. (Received this day nt 10.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Four justices of Massachusetts Supreme Court, sitting at Boston as a. lull bench, heard argument on the exceptions taken by counsel for Saccq and Vanzetti to the decisions made by Judges Thayer and Sanderson. The main object of the pleadings tendered by counsel for tfie defence is to obtain a new trial. Counsel based their strongest argument on the alleged prejudice of Judge Thayer, which lie claimed precluded a fair, impartial' trial, hut the Attorney-General in reply described the proceedings as merely a device to further delay the execution.

The bench reserved its decision till 19th August. Meantime Sacco has broken his hunger striker as the result of threats of feeding.

A CHEERY SEND-OFF. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. Five planes hopped off from Oakland fot the Dole prize flight to Honolulu before a. great crowd of cheering spectators. OBITUARY. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. Obituary—-At Chicago, .1. Ogden Armour, capitalist meat packer, aged sixty-four. GILES ABOUT TO START. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Giles is scheduled to arrive at Selfridge Field, Detroit, to-day from Wyandotte. Ho will then start for Wellington, his first stop is planned at San Francisco.

Giles intended to take off on August 15th but discovered acid, seeping from a defective storage battery, had rotted a large portion of the fabric from the lower portion of the l'usellage. Giles declared the acid disabled the plane from entering the Dole race because lie was unable to repair it' in time.