AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1928, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

Australian Press Assn.—United Service E.MPIRE PARLIAMENTARIANS. (Received this dav at 12.25 p.m.) WINNIPEG, September 6. The Empire Parliamentarians conferred with officials of Western Canada wheat pools and gleaned much information regarding the operation of the pool and marketing plans for tho Canadian crop. They were much impressed.

Mr T. W. Rhodes (New Zealand) paid a high tribute to tlie organisation.

The Government of Alanitoha entertained the visitors at dinner, at which .Mr Prpwsc made one of the principal addresses. He said the big problem before the outlying parts of the Empire was to get an adequate market for produce. He felt with this need met, the task of peopling the vacant acres would be easily accomplished. He stressed the necessity for a complete union between the various parts o'f the Empire. Air T. AY. Rhodes said lie believed the mineral wealth ol Canada would lie developed to a far greater extent in the future, whereby he foresaw prosperity not only for Canada but lor the entire Empire. IN CANADA.

WINNIPEG, September 6

British harvesters making a personal investigation were stranded anil received a rough treatment. Mr David Kirkwood (Labour member fin- Dumbarton) conferred with the Dominion immigration officials representatives railways x to-day. He termed the present system ol looking after the men as disgraceful, and described the Baldwin plan for sending British miners to Canada as disgraceful, in view of tlie absence of organised efforts to see the men were looked alter all the

ASTOUNDING CHARGE. WINNIPEG, September C. At the conference on- colonisation today between British Labour members anil delegates of the Empire Parlin- 1 inentary Association, a bombshell was dropped bv Mr Thomas Johnston (Labour member for Stirling) who declared that he had witnessed the spectacle of British harvesters . kept in underground cages at Winnipeg railway station, guarded h.v armed soldiers am two dozen policeman. The men were not being permitted loose and were huddled together like sheep. “ British citizens are not in the habit ol hc.m treated in this way,” Johnson declared, Mr Thomas Shaw, the Minister for Labour, and Rt. H 0... J. Bi.msay Ma<Dnnald declared they accompanied Mr Johnson and they had seen the enmh- ; tinns with their own eyes. 1 Viscount Peel said he had no personal knowledge of the conditions, but 1 | K , felt it was a proper tune or an ! investigation to he held and the charges ■ aired thoroughly. The Winnipeg Hoard ol I rude i. ], K elv to petition the Federal Govern-

ment to investigate. NEW YORK, September (>. V message from Kansas City states 1 Frank Kklridge Webb of San Francisco, 1 and Senator James A. Reed, ol Kansas City, have been selected as the luirmcr- ; Labour Party candidates for the presi- | deucy and vice-presidency .