AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. OWNED £22,000,000. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. The biggest estate ever appraised here for probate purposes showed that .Mrs Anna Darkness was worth £22,0!I*hOtMl when she died in 1920. She was a witlow and was one of John I). Rockfeer’s earliest partners. She gave a«iiy £7,000.000 before she died, and despite her tremendous wealth, lived very simply. Her entire wardrobe was worth only £llO. .MINISTER'S PETITION. OTTAWA, Fob. •!. In view of the easy condition of the money markets the .Minister ol T inance (Air Robb) will a.sk Parliament for the power to borrow half a billion dollars to meet maturing Canadian obligations, and to purchase and withdraw from circulation Canadian securities. FI! AN’CO-AMKill( AN TREATY. \\ ASi lINGTON. Feb. A. To-morrow the French Ambassador and th<' 1 nder-Seeretary of State, Mr Olds, will sign a new Fraiieo-Ameriian arbitration treaty, marking the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the original Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the two countries. The 177 S preamble of the Treaty states: " It is desired of the two countries always to settle difference by peaceful means.” Questions involving France’s obligations under the League of Nations, those affecting the Monroe doctrine, and those of purely domestic character, are exempted from arbitration. ARBITRATION TREATY SIGNED. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Received this day at 9.30 a.i11.) WASHINGTON. Feb. <». The Arbitration Treaty with France was signed to-dav. The two Governments pledge themselves to arbitrate in any dispute not arising from purely domestic questions and not affecting tlie interest of a third nation and not involving the Monroe doctrine.