AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1928, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS.

FALL OF 75 FEET

SIX KILLED IN MOTOR

(United Press Association—By Electric To legr aph—Co py right). SAN FRANCISCO, October 27. Failing to see a curve in a narrow road when approaching the town of Alartines, an automobile driven by E. B. Hussey, with five women passengers, plunged over a seventy-five feet perpendicular cliff. All six, who were residents of Berkeley, were killed.

SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27

Expressing gratitude to California and the press for respecting his wish to keep his visit private, Sir Austen .inmberlain leaving for Canada said: “ I start homeward with my health completely restored, ready to resume the heavy work and great responsibilities which await me.

AMERIOAN WHEAT

WASHINGTON, October 27

Jardine to-day reiterated the opinion (cabled on 17th September) that farmers should hold their wheat in anticipation of a rising market and that “ a larger amount which is thrown on the market was vunduly depressing the price. Tliis year’s increased supply of wheat will he offset by increased demand and other factors. I see nothing in the situation-now 7 to change this-ad-vise.” That the Canadian wheat crop last year was apparently undei'-estimated and Canadian bread wheat available for all uses totalled hetweeii 445 and 465 million bushels, ,It is , concluded this year’s crop will furnish an equivalent qlf, bread grain to supply approximately 475 million" bushels. .

AVIATORS KILLED. (Received this day at 11.25. a.m.)

VANCOUVER, Oct. 29

At Fremont, Nebraska, a student aviator and an instructor were killed as they were completing a course in trick flying. The student, John Seville, wanted to 'finish a course so that he could thrill the crowds to-mor-row as a solo pilot. They were flying Upside down when Seville lost control of the plane.

A ROUGH TRIP

VANCOUVER, Oct. 27

The freighter, Choyo Mavu returned to Victoria after fighting a mountainous sea ifor a thousand miles on route to Japan, with half the navigating gear swept away, a heavy list to starboard, and battered to the limit of her experience. One member of the crew is dead and five injured. The third mate was fatally hurt when a sixty foot wave struck the ship on 20th October and-was only saved from a wateiy grave by Captain' Murai risking his life. The bridge, wheelhouse, and five ladders are gone. 1

AMERICAN BAR. NEW YORK, October 27. The “New York American’s” Washington corv'espondent states : under the recently-passed White Merchant Marine Bill, under which the Government is to advance three-quar-ters of the construction costs foi- new merchant vessels, the United States Shipping Board has arranged with private American interests for the building, in American shipyards, of ■thirty-four modern stearmers for the tvans-Atlantic and the trans-Pacific passenger and freight trade. These vessels will range from twelve thousand to thirty thousand tons each, and their speed will he from fourteen up to thirty knots. They will all lie equipped with Diesel engines and. with electric drive. Further details of the enterprise are being kept a secret.