AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 February 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

iiy Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. DIRIGIBLE'S LONG FLIGHT. NEW YORK, Fob. 27. A message from Panama stales that the dirigible, Los Angeles completed a non stop Hight of more than 2,200 miles from Lakehurst, New Jersey. TOWN FLOODED. UTO DE JANIF.RO, Feb. 25. Twelve persons were killed as fhe result of heavy rain on Sunday. More than four inches fell, and in a short time it poured down from the hills in' torrents and turned the streets into rivers. A MAJOR DROWNED. ST. JOHN (New Brunswick) Feh. 28. Major G. C. 0. I'shorne was drowned here yesterday when he lell trom the steamer Montmiirn, entering the harbour. I'shorne last summer planned a flight from Vancouver to Australia, but abandoned it when his plane was found unsuitable. AN ARTFUL DODGER. (Received this dav at 8.50 a.in.) OTTAWA, Feb. 2S. Brigadier-General A. E. Ross, speaking in the House called the Minister of Agriculture. Mr Motherwell, the artful dodger of the Liberal Party, •'oeauso lie avoided dairymen’s meetings where he would be asked about the Australian Treaty. WARATAIT’S NKNT MATCH. VANCOUVER.. Feh. 28. To give the AVa rat alls an opportunity l i meet the strongest team. exKing George Club has withdrawn from Saturday’s game and Vancouver representatives will again he the opponents of the visitors. The game at Victoria has I icon abandoned as arrangements are impossible.